An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both Oxford United and Crewe Alexandra experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 21st and the visitors in 18th place.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only three days ago.
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Oxford United form and stats
Oxford United must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three League One games here at The Kassam Stadium. Two home wins in a row for Oxford bring valid hopes of a third.
A strong away win for Oxford against Walsall the last match, as D. Osei Yaw were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Peterborough United with the scoreline 1-2.
Manager K. Robinson felt very clever after D. Osei Yaw scored the winning goal against Walsall, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 72nd minute.
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 Oxford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost two.
There will be little rest for Oxford after this match as they are travelling to Wigan Athletic for a League One game in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Oxford's attacking play is working. Oxford have conceded 5 from these games.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Crewe Alexandra in their League One matches away.
Impressive finishing from Charlie Kirk and Harry Pickering secured the home win 2-0 against Peterborough United in their previous game. Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Shrewsbury Town.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Crewe Alexandra playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Crewe Alexandra wins, four draws and five defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Alexandra manager D. Artell as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Portsmouth.
Goals are few and far between in Alexandra's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. 4 goals have been conceded by Alexandra in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: one win for Oxford, one draw and two wins for Crewe Alexandra. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Taylor 3 goals |  H. Pickering 3 goals |  M. Mandron 3 goals |
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| Oxford United | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 55% |
| 44% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 44% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 56% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 128 | 36 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 34 | 114 |
| 40 | 12 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 17 | 45 |
| 28% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 22% |
- All of Oxford United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oxford United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Oxford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough United | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Hull City | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 10 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
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