Football betting preview: Crewe Alexandra vs Salford City

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

This looks to be an interesting fixture as Crewe Alexandra have their supposed home advantage, while Salford City lead them by 17 points in the League Two standings.

Insights:
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 18 games. Crewe Alexandra are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

Crewe Alexandra drew their last game, 1-1 away at Sutton United (placed 9th). The gifted forward Agyei outdid all the other players in that game and received a match rating of 8.12 out of 10. Agyei scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Rochdale.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

Crewe Alexandra are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Stevenage awaits in four days.

On the other hand, Alexandra have conceded 20 goals.

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Salford City form and stats

Playing away, Salford City have won 8 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the League Two this season.

The supporters enjoyed Salford City's previous match versus Newport County (placed 18th), a 3-1 win played at home. Watt got a match rating of 7.53 in that game, top player of the team. Watt served one assist and hit five key passes.

Before that, Salford City travelled to Barrow and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 12 of this club's last 15 league games.

Salford City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 17 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Salford in these games.

Head 2 Head

Crewe Alexandra and Salford City have met before this season: Salford City - Crewe Alexandra 3-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Alexandra wins - draws - Salford City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crewe AlexandraD. Agyei
D. Agyei
10 goals
Salford CityC. McAleny
C. McAleny
9 goals
Salford CityM. Smith
M. Smith
8 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Salford City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crewe Alexandra Salford City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 18 6 Played P 5 17 35
8 6 0 Won W 1 8 16
15 6 2 Drew D 2 3 8
10 6 4 Lost L 2 6 11
29 18 5 Scored S 4 28 51
40 20 12 Conceded C 5 19 37
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
73% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 65% 69%
39% 39% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 43%
9% 6% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 17%
45% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 51%
33% 39% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 31%
33% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 24% 23%
 
4.6 5.3 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.2 4.5
6 5.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.9 4.8
1.7 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.6 1.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 10.1 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.9 12.5
2.5 3 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 4.1 4
36% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 40% 36%
 
13.6 12.2 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 14 12.7
3.8 2.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 3.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Leyton Orient 35 21 9 5 46 22 18 13 4 1 25 6 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 72
2 Carlisle United 34 17 10 7 56 34 18 10 5 3 28 16 16 7 5 4 28 18 22 61
3 Stevenage 33 17 9 7 46 30 16 12 1 3 29 10 17 5 8 4 17 20 16 60
4 Northampton Town 34 16 11 7 47 32 17 8 5 4 22 15 17 8 6 3 25 17 15 59
5 Bradford City 33 16 9 8 42 29 17 7 6 4 22 15 16 9 3 4 20 14 13 57
6 Salford City 35 16 8 11 51 37 18 8 5 5 23 18 17 8 3 6 28 19 14 56
7 Stockport County 34 16 7 11 48 31 17 9 5 3 24 13 17 7 2 8 24 18 17 55
8 Mansfield Town 33 16 7 10 54 43 16 7 5 4 29 25 17 9 2 6 25 18 11 55
9 Sutton United 34 14 9 11 37 39 17 10 4 3 21 14 17 4 5 8 16 25 -2 51
10 Barrow 35 15 6 14 38 41 17 9 2 6 21 15 18 6 4 8 17 26 -3 51
11 Swindon Town 33 13 10 10 44 36 16 7 5 4 25 15 17 6 5 6 19 21 8 49
12 Tranmere Rovers 35 13 9 13 35 33 18 8 5 5 22 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 2 48
13 Doncaster Rovers 33 14 5 14 36 43 16 9 1 6 22 18 17 5 4 8 14 25 -7 47
14 Walsall 32 10 13 9 35 29 16 7 5 4 21 14 16 3 8 5 14 15 6 43
15 AFC Wimbledon 34 10 12 12 36 39 17 6 6 5 20 19 17 4 6 7 16 20 -3 42
16 Crewe Alexandra 33 8 15 10 29 40 18 6 6 6 18 20 15 2 9 4 11 20 -11 39
17 Grimsby Town 31 10 8 13 34 40 15 3 7 5 15 18 16 7 1 8 19 22 -6 38
18 Newport County 33 9 10 14 32 39 16 4 4 8 15 21 17 5 6 6 17 18 -7 37
19 Colchester United 35 9 8 18 31 42 17 4 7 6 16 18 18 5 1 12 15 24 -11 35
20 Gillingham 33 8 10 15 21 37 16 6 4 6 11 16 17 2 6 9 10 21 -16 34
21 Harrogate Town 34 7 11 16 38 51 18 4 7 7 22 27 16 3 4 9 16 24 -13 32
22 Hartlepool United 35 6 11 18 37 63 17 3 7 7 19 29 18 3 4 11 18 34 -26 29
23 Crawley Town 32 6 8 18 34 54 15 6 2 7 22 26 17 0 6 11 12 28 -20 26
24 Rochdale 35 6 7 22 29 52 18 3 3 12 15 26 17 3 4 10 14 26 -23 25

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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 Leyton Orient 35 21 9 5 46 22 18 13 4 1 25 6 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 72
2 Carlisle United 34 17 10 7 56 34 18 10 5 3 28 16 16 7 5 4 28 18 22 61
3 Stevenage 33 17 9 7 46 30 16 12 1 3 29 10 17 5 8 4 17 20 16 60
4 Northampton Town 34 16 11 7 47 32 17 8 5 4 22 15 17 8 6 3 25 17 15 59
5 Bradford City 33 16 9 8 42 29 17 7 6 4 22 15 16 9 3 4 20 14 13 57
6 Salford City 35 16 8 11 51 37 18 8 5 5 23 18 17 8 3 6 28 19 14 56
7 Stockport County 34 16 7 11 48 31 17 9 5 3 24 13 17 7 2 8 24 18 17 55
8 Mansfield Town 33 16 7 10 54 43 16 7 5 4 29 25 17 9 2 6 25 18 11 55
9 Sutton United 34 14 9 11 37 39 17 10 4 3 21 14 17 4 5 8 16 25 -2 51
10 Barrow 35 15 6 14 38 41 17 9 2 6 21 15 18 6 4 8 17 26 -3 51
11 Swindon Town 33 13 10 10 44 36 16 7 5 4 25 15 17 6 5 6 19 21 8 49
12 Tranmere Rovers 35 13 9 13 35 33 18 8 5 5 22 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 2 48
13 Doncaster Rovers 33 14 5 14 36 43 16 9 1 6 22 18 17 5 4 8 14 25 -7 47
14 Walsall 32 10 13 9 35 29 16 7 5 4 21 14 16 3 8 5 14 15 6 43
15 AFC Wimbledon 34 10 12 12 36 39 17 6 6 5 20 19 17 4 6 7 16 20 -3 42
16 Crewe Alexandra 33 8 15 10 29 40 18 6 6 6 18 20 15 2 9 4 11 20 -11 39
17 Grimsby Town 31 10 8 13 34 40 15 3 7 5 15 18 16 7 1 8 19 22 -6 38
18 Newport County 33 9 10 14 32 39 16 4 4 8 15 21 17 5 6 6 17 18 -7 37
19 Colchester United 35 9 8 18 31 42 17 4 7 6 16 18 18 5 1 12 15 24 -11 35
20 Gillingham 33 8 10 15 21 37 16 6 4 6 11 16 17 2 6 9 10 21 -16 34
21 Harrogate Town 34 7 11 16 38 51 18 4 7 7 22 27 16 3 4 9 16 24 -13 32
22 Hartlepool United 35 6 11 18 37 63 17 3 7 7 19 29 18 3 4 11 18 34 -26 29
23 Crawley Town 32 6 8 18 34 54 15 6 2 7 22 26 17 0 6 11 12 28 -20 26
24 Rochdale 35 6 7 22 29 52 18 3 3 12 15 26 17 3 4 10 14 26 -23 25

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.