Crewe Alexandra have performed better than Scunthorpe United so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Crewe Alexandra have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
The fans are hoping that Crewe Alexandra will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the League Two game against Salford City (placed 11th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Stevenage and winning 5-1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Crewe Alexandra's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 0 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Crewe Alexandra as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Carlisle United are visiting.
Crewe Alexandra have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Alexandra Stadium with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Crewe Alexandra's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Scunthorpe United so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose). It’s been three wins in a row for Scunthorpe United on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Walsall with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Grimsby Town with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Scunthorpe United playing away, we found four games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Oldham Athletic.
Scunthorpe United have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Scunthorpe United in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Crewe Alexandra 4 wins, 1 draw and Scunthorpe United 5 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Porter 8 goals |   K. van Veen 7 goals |  C. Kirk 5 goals |
Crewe Alexandra missing players
Scunthorpe United missing players
| Crewe Alexandra | Scunthorpe United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 39 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 27 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 77% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 78% |
| 59% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 36% | 48% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 27% | 30% |
| 27% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 9% |
| 64% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 48% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 7.8 | 8.6 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 332 | 174 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 115 | 271 |
| 119 | 58 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 36 | 90 |
| 33% | 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 33% | 33% |
- Crewe Alexandra has the most points from losing position (17)
- Crewe Alexandra has the most scored goals in the second half (24)
- Scunthorpe United has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
- Scunthorpe United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Colchester United | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 35 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 35 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 31 |
| 11 | Salford City | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 14 | Newport County | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 15 | Walsall | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 26 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 17 |