Tranmere Rovers know they are in for a grim trip to Crewe Alexandra and their Alexandra Stadium. This article has all the info you require before the fixture.
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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
4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Crewe Alexandra so far this season. Crewe Alexandra has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Bell and the players.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 257 minutes without scoring a league goal. Brook was the last player to find the net.
The Alexandra regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Alexandra Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Carlisle United (placed 4th). Thomas (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.05/10. Thomas hit two key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Stockport County (0-2).Crewe Alexandra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Tranmere play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Barrow (placed 9th). Tranmere Rovers made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Lewis receiving a red card in the 76th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Tranmere Rovers won the match 2-1! Defender Turnbull was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Turnbull scored one goal and won 6 of 8 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Doncaster Rovers.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tranmere Rovers as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Tranmere Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent logged match between these squads is the Tranmere Rovers - Alexandra 3-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Crewe Alexandra won four games, one match ended with a tie and Tranmere Rovers managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Baker-Richardson 7 goals |  D. Agyei 6 goals |  K. Hemmings 6 goals |
Crewe Alexandra missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Crewe Alexandra | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 87% |
| 71% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 70% |
| 48% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 42% | 35% |
| 33% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | 48% |
| 33% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 30% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 9.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 2.3 | 3.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 38% | 35% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 26% | 31% |
| 13.3 | 12 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 52 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Salford City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 9 | Barrow | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Walsall | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -21 | 18 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 15 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -20 | 14 |
