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- Gillingham is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Crewe Alexandra have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in League One
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gillingham form and stats
Gillingham's struggle is real here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium with only 10 points collected from 14 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-8. When Gillingham hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Gillingham, Fleetwood Town and Cheltenham Town), they have won 2 of 4 matches! All in all it has been a very rough period for Gillingham who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 17 attempts. Their previous win was against Doncaster Rovers, 105 days ago.
The Gillingham supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium: A 2-7 defeat against Oxford United (placed 6th). The striker Lloyd won the honour of being "man of the match" for Gillingham with a rating of 7.41/10. Lloyd scored one goal.
In the match before that, Gillingham hosted Shrewsbury Town and drew the game 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gillingham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost three.
Gillingham are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Ipswich Town awaits in four days.
Gillingham have scored 10 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Gillingham has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
There's been little loot from Crewe Alexandra's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games in the League One. Crewe Alexandra only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. Crewe Alexandra has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Crewe Alexandra have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 315 minutes ago. Mandron was the goal scorer.
Alexandra failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Rotherham United (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. The attacker Long got a match rating of 7.14 in that game. Long dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cambridge United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Crewe Alexandra in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Crewe Alexandra, three draws and two defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Crewe Alexandra's away games in the league this season with only 10 goals from 14 matches. The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Crewe Alexandra's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips. When Crewe Alexandra is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Crewe Alexandra, Fleetwood Town and Cheltenham Town.
Head 2 Head
Gillingham and Crewe Alexandra have faced each other already this season: Crewe Alexandra - Gillingham 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Gillingham wins - draws - Crewe Alexandra wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Oliver 6 goals |   M. Mandron 6 goals | D. Lloyd 4 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Gillingham | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 51 | 28 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 47 |
| 89% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 79% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 39% | 43% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 39% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 11% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 50% |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 43% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 39% |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 5.4 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 12.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 24% | 18% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 25% | 27% |
| 14.9 | 12.4 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16.4 | 15 |
| 5.3 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
- Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Crewe Alexandra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crewe Alexandra have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League One
- Crewe Alexandra have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in League One
- Crewe Alexandra have the most matches under the total-line (16) in League One
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gillingham have the fewest points (10) at home in League One
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in League One
- Gillingham have the most conceded goals (28) at home in League One
- Gillingham have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in League One
- Gillingham is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 23 | 55 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 54 |
| 4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 52 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 49 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 38 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 37 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -10 | 37 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 35 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -4 | 32 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 32 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | -4 | 31 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -7 | 30 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -15 | 28 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -23 | 22 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -28 | 19 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 33 | -32 | 19 |
