A win for the hosts is expected from this game if the league table is anything to judge by. The Rotherham United club members are hopeful that the difference between 6th and Crewe Alexandra's 22nd spot in the table will show on the arena.
- Rotherham United have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in League One
- Crewe Alexandra have yet to win a game away.
Crewe Alexandra could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only four sleeps ago.
Rotherham United form and stats
Rotherham United have collected 6 points from their League One home games so far after 2-0-2.
Happy days for Rotherham in their previous game, a League One match away at Bolton Wanderers (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Midfield player Ben Wiles got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Wiles scored two goals and hit two key passes.
1-1 away at Lincoln City before that.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AFC Wimbledon are coming to town in three days.
Rotherham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AESSEAL New York Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Crewe Alexandra failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Morecambe (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Defender Rio Adebisi was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Adebisi served one assist, hit two key passes and won 8 of 8 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Burton Albion.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 three days, this time against Plymouth Argyle.
Goals are few and far between in Alexandra's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. Crewe Alexandra have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rotherham five wins, three draws and Crewe Alexandra two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Smith 5 goals |  B. Wiles 3 goals |   M. Mandron 3 goals |
Rotherham United missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Rotherham United | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 6.8 | 6.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.4 | 14.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 26% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 17% |
- All of Rotherham United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Crewe Alexandra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Crewe Alexandra have yet to win a game away.
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crewe Alexandra have scored away.
- Rotherham United have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in League One
- Rotherham 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 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Rotherham United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |