League One preview: Home team members predicting a win when Sheffield Wednesday host Crewe Alexandra

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

League One: High-level against below average, at least that's what the table says. Sheffield Wednesday - Crewe Alexandra. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest points (9) away in League One

For Crewe Alexandra it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

It's no vacation for neither Sheffield nor Crewe Alexandra as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

47 points is a decent return from 21 League One games here at Hillsborough Stadium for Sheffield Wednesday. The data says 14 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sheffield Wednesday after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Sheffield are returning here after visiting Milton Keynes Dons and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Gregory, Bannan and Berahino scored the goal(s). Bannan (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.15/10. Bannan scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.

1-1 away at Bolton Wanderers before that.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sheffield Wednesday as they are travelling to their away game against Wycombe Wanderers in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

Sheffield Wednesday can score goals in their home matches. After 21 league matches they have found the net 43 times. Sheffield Wednesday have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crewe Alexandra so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-16 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Alexandra's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Impressive finishing from Mandron, Long and Sambou secured the home win 3-1 against AFC Wimbledon in their previous game. Mandron, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.0. Mandron scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 0-2 defeat away at Doncaster Rovers before that.

A new game in only four days for Crewe Alexandra, the League One home match versus Ipswich Town. Busy days.

The attacking power of Alexandra when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 21 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Crewe Alexandra have conceded 40 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams faced each other earlier on this season: Crewe Alexandra - Sheffield 0-2. Sheffield Wednesday-Crewe Alexandra H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Sheffield Wednesday two wins, Crewe Alexandra one win, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayL. Gregory
L. Gregory
11 goals
Sheffield WednesdayB. Bannan
B. Bannan
9 goals
Crewe AlexandraC. Long
C. Long
9 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Crewe Alexandra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 7 21 43
21 14 4 Won W 0 2 7
13 5 3 Drew D 2 3 7
8 2 0 Lost L 5 16 29
70 43 10 Scored S 4 14 35
46 17 4 Conceded C 11 40 79
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
79% 81% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 86% 84%
45% 43% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 43% 44%
31% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 28%
19% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 12%
52% 52% 57% BTTS BTTS 57% 52% 51%
36% 43% 43% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
19% 5% 0% Failed to Score F T 43% 48% 42%
 
6.4 6.9 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.9 4.3
4.5 3.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.1 6.3 5.7
1.7 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 2.2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.4 14.8 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.4 8.9 9.6
4.6 5.5 4.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 2.7
36% 37% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 30%
 
10.2 9 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 17 15.7 14.8
3.8 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.1 5.1 4.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • 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 the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest points (9) away in League One
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crewe Alexandra have scored away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 42 26 9 7 74 38 22 13 4 5 35 21 20 13 5 2 39 17 36 87
2 Rotherham United 42 25 8 9 65 29 22 14 3 5 41 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 36 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 24 11 8 71 43 22 12 5 5 32 21 21 12 6 3 39 22 28 83
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 70 46 21 14 5 2 43 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 24 76
6 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
7 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 43 17 14 12 60 43 21 10 8 3 32 20 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cambridge United 43 15 12 16 53 65 21 8 7 6 26 25 22 7 5 10 27 40 -12 57
13 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
14 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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Table
  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 42 26 9 7 74 38 22 13 4 5 35 21 20 13 5 2 39 17 36 87
2 Rotherham United 42 25 8 9 65 29 22 14 3 5 41 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 36 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 24 11 8 71 43 22 12 5 5 32 21 21 12 6 3 39 22 28 83
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 70 46 21 14 5 2 43 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 24 76
6 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
7 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 43 17 14 12 60 43 21 10 8 3 32 20 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cambridge United 43 15 12 16 53 65 21 8 7 6 26 25 22 7 5 10 27 40 -12 57
13 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
14 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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