It's still early in the League One season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Sunderland - Crewe Alexandra preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sunderland and Crewe Alexandra.
Sunderland form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sunderland's two home games in the League One so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadium of Light.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sunderland, as their goalkeeper Lee Burge has completely shut out the opponents for 447 minutes in the League One.
It's back home for Sunderland, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Swindon Town away with the result 2-0. Chris Maguire and Charlie Wyke found the net in that victory. Before that, Sunderland had a EFL Trophy home game versus Carlisle United which ended with a victory 5-3.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sunderland, as the League One home game vs Portsmouth is only four days away.
Sunderland has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
Crewe Alexandra have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League One were 7 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 18 fixtures.
Alexandra's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Blackpool that finished 1-1. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Wigan Athletic.
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 Doncaster Rovers.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Crewe Alexandra has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mandron 3 goals |   C. Maguire 2 goals | L. Gooch 1 goals |
Sunderland missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Sunderland | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | 36 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 9 | 51 |
| 21 | 10 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| 29% | 20% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
- Crewe Alexandra has the fewest scored goals (0) away in League One
- Crewe Alexandra have failed to score a single goal away.
- Crewe Alexandra have lost all their away matches so far.
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland has the fewest conceded goals (1) in League One
- Sunderland has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in League One
- Sunderland has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League One
- Sunderland have not yet lost a game.
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Sunderland | Last season | Crewe Alexandra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 19 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 48 | 35 | Scored | S | 29 | 67 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 94% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 95% | ||
| 69% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 84% | ||
| 39% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 59% | ||
| 17% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 35% | ||
| 3% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 47% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 70% | ||
| 31% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 22% | ||
| 28% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 14% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 419 | 244 | Total Shots | T S | 243 | 541 | ||
| 130 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 81 | 191 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ipswich Town | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Hull City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Lincoln City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Gillingham | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 20 | Blackpool | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Burton Albion | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 22 | Northampton Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 24 | Oxford United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 3 |