League Two preview: Can Crewe Alexandra edge out victory against Port Vale?

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

Crewe Alexandra perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Port Vale can look both up and down from their 11th position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Crewe Alexandra have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.

The points were shared in Crewe Alexandra's previous game, also at home. Visiting Colchester United (placed 9th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Crewe Alexandra won a home game hosting Swindon Town (3-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Crewe Alexandra have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 6 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Crewe Alexandra, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Everton U21 is only four days away.

A decent goal production from Crewe Alexandra in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Crewe Alexandra have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Port Vale form and stats

Port Vale have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-3-4 (8 played).

Port Vale delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Oldham Athletic (placed 19th) in their previous match; a League Two game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bradford City at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Port Vale are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Port Vale find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Port Vale have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Crewe Alexandra won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Port Vale has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Crewe AlexandraC. Porter
C. Porter
7 goals / 1 assists
Crewe AlexandraT. Lowery
T. Lowery
4 goals / 3 assists
Crewe AlexandraE. Nolan
E. Nolan
3 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Port Vale missing players

Crewe Alexandra Port Vale
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
15 8 4 Played P 3 8 16
9 4 1 Won W 1 1 5
3 2 1 Drew D 0 3 7
3 2 2 Lost L 2 4 4
26 13 6 Scored S 2 10 21
17 10 7 Conceded C 4 16 22
93% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
80% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 75%
60% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 44%
27% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
20% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
67% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 75% 69%
20% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
20% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 25% 19%
 
7.5 8.6 8.2 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.5 5.8
5 4.8 2.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 5.1 5.1
1.7 1.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.8
3 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Port Vale have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Port Vale have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Port Vale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Crewe Alexandra
All EFL Trophy League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs mid
05-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 1 - 1 Exeter City
08-10-19 EFL Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
12-10-19 LT Carlisle United 2 - 4 Crewe Alexandra
19-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 3 - 1 Swindon Town
22-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 0 - 0 Colchester United
02-11-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 16:00 Port Vale
06-11-19 EFL Crewe Alexandra 20:30 Everton U21
09-11-19 FAC Accrington Stanley 16:00 Crewe Alexandra
16-11-19 LT Northampton Town 16:00 Crewe Alexandra
23-11-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 16:00 Morecambe
Port Vale
All EFL Trophy League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
05-10-19 LT Port Vale 3 - 1 Morecambe
12-10-19 LT Macclesfield Town 2 - 1 Port Vale
19-10-19 LT Port Vale 1 - 1 Stevenage
22-10-19 LT Bradford City 1 - 2 Port Vale
26-10-19 LT Port Vale 0 - 0 Oldham Athletic
02-11-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 16:00 Port Vale
09-11-19 FAC Milton Keynes Dons 16:00 Port Vale
12-11-19 EFL Port Vale 20:45 Newcastle United U21
16-11-19 LT Port Vale 16:00 Carlisle United
23-11-19 LT Scunthorpe United 16:00 Port Vale

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 15 9 3 3 26 17 8 4 2 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 30
2 Exeter City 16 8 5 3 23 18 8 5 2 1 13 6 8 3 3 2 10 12 5 29
3 Cheltenham Town 14 8 4 2 26 12 7 5 2 0 19 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 14 28
4 Forest Green Rovers 15 8 4 3 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 28
5 Swindon Town 16 8 3 5 26 19 8 4 1 3 11 10 8 4 2 2 15 9 7 27
6 Bradford City 15 8 3 4 22 15 8 5 1 2 13 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 27
7 Newport County 15 7 6 2 16 11 8 5 3 0 10 5 7 2 3 2 6 6 5 27
8 Northampton Town 16 7 3 6 20 16 8 4 1 3 12 7 8 3 2 3 8 9 4 24
9 Colchester United 16 6 5 5 19 14 8 4 2 2 11 7 8 2 3 3 8 7 5 23
10 Plymouth Argyle 16 6 5 5 24 20 8 4 3 1 16 8 8 2 2 4 8 12 4 23
11 Port Vale 16 5 7 4 21 22 8 4 4 0 11 6 8 1 3 4 10 16 -1 22
12 Salford City 16 5 6 5 19 24 8 3 3 2 7 9 8 2 3 3 12 15 -5 21
13 Cambridge United 16 5 5 6 20 16 8 2 3 3 10 8 8 3 2 3 10 8 4 20
14 Mansfield Town 16 5 5 6 24 22 8 2 2 4 13 13 8 3 3 2 11 9 2 20
15 Macclesfield Town 15 5 5 5 16 18 7 3 3 1 9 5 8 2 2 4 7 13 -2 20
16 Leyton Orient 16 5 5 6 24 27 8 2 3 3 12 13 8 3 2 3 12 14 -3 20
17 Crawley Town 16 5 5 6 23 27 8 4 1 3 11 12 8 1 4 3 12 15 -4 20
18 Grimsby Town 15 5 4 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 11 8 0 19
19 Oldham Athletic 16 3 6 7 16 24 8 2 3 3 9 8 8 1 3 4 7 16 -8 15
20 Carlisle United 16 4 3 9 16 28 8 2 2 4 8 14 8 2 1 5 8 14 -12 15
21 Walsall 16 4 3 9 11 23 8 1 2 5 5 12 8 3 1 4 6 11 -12 15
22 Scunthorpe United 16 3 5 8 21 25 8 3 3 2 14 9 8 0 2 6 7 16 -4 14
23 Stevenage 16 2 6 8 12 21 8 2 2 4 8 10 8 0 4 4 4 11 -9 12
24 Morecambe 16 2 4 10 14 29 8 0 3 5 7 14 8 2 1 5 7 15 -15 10

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