Crewe Alexandra vs Swindon Town: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

The managers D. Artell and R. Wellens are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League Two league table.

Crewe Alexandra and Swindon Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Crewe Alexandra, who have the most scored goals (23) in League Two, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.

A good away victory last time out for Crewe Alexandra, who won 4-2 against Carlisle United (placed 20th). Before that, Crewe Alexandra played out a EFL Trophy draw 1-1 when visiting Mansfield Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crewe Alexandra have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 8 Drawn 2 Lost 4.

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. Colchester United are visiting.

The Crewe Alexandra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Crewe Alexandra defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Swindon Town form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Swindon Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Swindon Town's last game was the home draw against Plymouth Argyle (1-1). A loss against Plymouth Argyle was the result prior to that, in a EFL Trophy home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swindon Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Swindon Town wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Swindon Town, the League Two home match versus Stevenage. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Swindon Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Swindon Town have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Crewe Alexandra, 2 draws and 6 wins for Swindon Town. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

J. Yates
7 goals
E. Doyle
7 goals
C. Porter
5 goals / 1 assists

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Crewe Alexandra Swindon Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 6 13
8 3 1 Won W 0 3 6
2 1 1 Drew D 2 2 3
3 2 0 Lost L 1 1 4
23 10 3 Scored S 4 10 20
16 9 2 Conceded C 5 6 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
62% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 54%
23% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 31%
23% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
69% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 54%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 23%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 23%
 
7.4 8.7 8 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 5.8 5.6
5.3 5.3 7.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 4.7 4.5
1.7 2 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.6
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Swindon Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Swindon Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Crewe Alexandra
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
21-09-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 4 - 1 Salford City
28-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
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 14:00 Swindon Town
22-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 18:45 Colchester United
26-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Crewe Alexandra
02-11-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 15:00 Port Vale
06-11-19 EFL Crewe Alexandra 19:30 Everton U21
Swindon Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
21-09-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 1 Swindon Town
28-09-19 LT Swindon Town 0 - 2 Newport County
05-10-19 LT Bradford City 2 - 1 Swindon Town
08-10-19 EFL Swindon Town 0 - 3 Plymouth Argyle
12-10-19 LT Swindon Town 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
19-10-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 14:00 Swindon Town
22-10-19 LT Swindon Town 18:45 Stevenage
26-10-19 LT Crawley Town 14:00 Swindon Town
02-11-19 LT Swindon Town 15:00 Walsall
12-11-19 EFL Bristol Rovers 19:45 Swindon Town

  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 13 8 2 3 23 16 6 3 1 2 10 9 7 5 1 1 13 7 7 26
2 Exeter City 13 7 5 1 18 11 7 4 2 1 9 6 6 3 3 0 9 5 7 26
3 Bradford City 13 7 3 3 19 12 6 4 1 1 10 4 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 24
4 Forest Green Rovers 13 7 3 3 14 7 6 4 1 1 6 3 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 24
5 Newport County 12 6 5 1 12 6 6 4 2 0 7 3 6 2 3 1 5 3 6 23
6 Cheltenham Town 12 6 4 2 21 11 6 4 2 0 16 8 6 2 2 2 5 3 10 22
7 Swindon Town 13 6 3 4 20 16 7 3 1 3 10 10 6 3 2 1 10 6 4 21
8 Colchester United 13 5 4 4 16 12 6 3 2 1 8 5 7 2 2 3 8 7 4 19
9 Crawley Town 13 5 4 4 21 20 7 4 1 2 11 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 1 19
10 Grimsby Town 13 5 3 5 20 16 6 2 2 2 9 8 7 3 1 3 11 8 4 18
11 Plymouth Argyle 13 4 5 4 18 16 6 2 3 1 10 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 2 17
12 Macclesfield Town 13 4 5 4 15 15 7 3 3 1 9 5 6 1 2 3 6 10 0 17
13 Port Vale 13 4 5 4 18 20 6 4 2 0 10 5 7 0 3 4 8 15 -2 17
14 Salford City 13 4 5 4 16 20 7 3 2 2 6 8 6 1 3 2 10 12 -4 17
15 Mansfield Town 13 4 4 5 19 17 7 2 2 3 12 11 6 2 2 2 7 6 2 16
16 Cambridge United 13 4 4 5 16 14 6 1 2 3 6 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 2 16
17 Leyton Orient 13 4 4 5 19 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 6 2 2 2 8 10 -3 16
18 Northampton Town 13 4 3 6 14 16 6 2 1 3 8 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 -2 15
19 Walsall 13 4 3 6 9 17 6 1 2 3 3 8 7 3 1 3 6 9 -8 15
20 Carlisle United 13 4 2 7 15 23 7 2 2 3 8 12 6 2 0 4 7 11 -8 14
21 Oldham Athletic 13 2 5 6 14 23 6 1 3 2 7 7 7 1 2 4 7 16 -9 11
22 Scunthorpe United 13 2 4 7 16 21 7 2 3 2 11 8 6 0 1 5 5 13 -5 10
23 Stevenage 13 1 5 7 10 19 7 1 2 4 7 10 6 0 3 3 3 9 -9 8
24 Morecambe 13 1 4 8 13 26 7 0 3 4 7 12 6 1 1 4 6 14 -13 7

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