Crewe Alexandra v Walsall betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandra Stadium (10153 seats)

The League Two league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 12th and 6th respectively.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

Crewe Alexandra's first home game here at Alexandra Stadium ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 15 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 23 matches.

A good away victory last time out for Crewe Alexandra, who won 2-1 against Oldham Athletic. Preceding that match was the home game against Plymouth Argyle that was lost 0-3.

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 9 Drawn 1 Lost 4.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Crewe Alexandra at home. 0 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Walsall form and stats

Only one away game so far for Walsall and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 6 draws and 12 losses from 23 travels.

There were no winners in Walsall's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Forest Green Rovers. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Northampton Town at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Walsall playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 6 Walsall wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Walsall has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Crewe Alexandra won 3 games, 6 matches ended with a draw and Walsall has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

C. Porter
2 goals
J. Clarke
1 goals
J. Hardy
1 goals

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Walsall missing players

Crewe Alexandra Walsall
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored 0 1 2
4 3 3 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
8 11 11 Corners For (avg) 0 4 5.5
7 3 3 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 3.5
1.5 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 4 3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Crewe Alexandra Last season Walsall
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
19 15   Won   5 12
8 2   Drew   6 11
19 6   Lost   12 23
60 45   Scored   19 49
59 25   Conceded   34 71
93% 96%   Over 0.5   87% 89%
67% 83%   Over 1.5   78% 78%
46% 57%   Over 2.5   52% 59%
22% 26%   Over 3.5   13% 26%
15% 22%   Over 4.5   0% 9%
39% 43%   BTTS   48% 57%
28% 39%   Clean Sheets   22% 20%
39% 22%   Failed To Score   43% 35%
 
5.2 4.9   Corners For (avg)   5.7 5.4
5.1 5   Corners Against (avg)   6.4 5.6
1.5 1.3   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.6 1.5
1 1   Red Cards   2 3
Key stats last season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crewe Alexandra have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Walsall have scored away.

Crewe Alexandra
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
16-07-19 CF Witton Albion 1 - 5 Crewe Alexandra
20-07-19 CF Crewe Alexandra 1 - 0 Burnley
27-07-19 CF Wrexham 0 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
03-08-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 0 - 3 Plymouth Argyle
10-08-19 LT Oldham Athletic 1 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
13-08-19 CC Middlesbrough 18:45 Crewe Alexandra
17-08-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 14:00 Walsall
20-08-19 LT Crawley Town 18:45 Crewe Alexandra
24-08-19 LT Newport County 14:00 Crewe Alexandra
31-08-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 14:00 Bradford City
Walsall
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Notts County 2 - 1 Walsall
24-07-19 CF Walsall 1 - 5 Aston Villa
27-07-19 CF Tranmere Rovers 0 - 0 Walsall
03-08-19 LT Northampton Town 0 - 1 Walsall
10-08-19 LT Walsall 1 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
13-08-19 CC Walsall 18:45 Crawley Town
17-08-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 14:00 Walsall
20-08-19 LT Walsall 18:45 Newport County
24-08-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 14:00 Walsall
31-08-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Grimsby Town

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

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