It's advantage Portsmouth so far with their 6th position in the League One table, welcoming Crewe Alexandra who are placed 12th.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only four days ago. That game, against Oxford United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Crewe Alexandra.
Portsmouth form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Portsmouth at their home stadium (Fratton Park) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Portsmouth travelled for their previous game, a trip to Plymouth Argyle that ended 2-2. Before that game, the home loss against West Ham United U21 with the scoreline 0-1.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Portsmouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with five wins, two draws and two defeats (from nine games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Oxford United in only three days. This game is also played here at Fratton Park.
Portsmouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Portsmouth's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Crewe Alexandra playing as the away team in the League One this season.
212 minutes! That's how long the Alexandra goalkeeper William Jaaskelainen and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Alexandra, whose manager D. Artell could celebrate last time after the League One win against Oxford United. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Peterborough United.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Crewe Alexandra playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
Alexandra has another fixture away, a League One game, against Accrington Stanley in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Alexandra as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Alexandra as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Portsmouth two wins, one draw and Crewe Alexandra one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Marquis 8 goals | M. Harness 5 goals |   M. Mandron 4 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Portsmouth | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 58% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 152 | 75 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 49 | 129 |
| 55 | 22 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 20 | 48 |
| 38% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 25% |
- Crewe Alexandra has the most matches under the total-line (10) in League One
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crewe Alexandra 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 | Accrington Stanley | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 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 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 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 |