Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Exeter City - Crewe Alexandra!
It's no vacation for neither Exeter City nor Crewe Alexandra as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Exeter City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Spain Park as Exeter City, who have the most clean sheets (15) in League Two, have scored 30 goals to get 36 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 10-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Exeter City fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Spain Park and will expect new points from this game. Exeter City has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Exeter City drew their last game, also a home match. Crawley Town (placed 12th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Northampton 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 Exeter City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won seven, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Exeter City as they are travelling to their away game against Walsall in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Exeter City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Spain Park with 30 goals in 17 league matches. From these home matches, Exeter City have conceded only 14 goals.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (63) in League Two, are W7-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Morecambe (placed 22nd) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 1-1. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Macclesfield Town.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Crewe Alexandra in our archives, and the results are: one win for Crewe Alexandra, three draws and six defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Crewe Alexandra are hosting Stevenage in the League Two only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Crewe Alexandra's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, Crewe Alexandra have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Exeter City and Crewe Alexandra have met before this season: Crewe Alexandra - Exeter City 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Exeter City won five games, one match ended with a draw and Crewe Alexandra has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / threeTop Goalscorers
 R. Bowman 12 goals |  C. Porter 11 goals | D. Powell 9 goals |
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| Exeter City | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 51 | 30 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 28 | 63 |
| 39 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | 41 |
| 91% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 66% | 65% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 43% | 41% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 65% | 60% |
| 37% | 35% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 35% | 34% |
| 14% | 18% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 20% |
| 49% | 47% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 69% |
| 43% | 53% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 23% |
| 17% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 14% |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 7 | 7.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 437 | 222 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 235 | 516 |
| 141 | 68 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 80 | 181 |
| 36% | 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | 35% |
- Crewe Alexandra has the most points from losing position (25)
- Crewe Alexandra has the most scored goals (63)
- Crewe Alexandra has the most scored goals in the second half (39)
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Exeter City has the most clean sheets (15)
- Exeter City has the most clean sheets (9) at home
- Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Swindon Town | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 66 |
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 65 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 64 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 63 |
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 62 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 58 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 56 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 55 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 54 |
| 10 | Salford City | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 47 |
| 11 | Forest Green Rovers | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 46 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 36 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 45 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -7 | 45 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 48 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | -5 | 44 |
| 15 | Walsall | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 48 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -11 | 44 |
| 16 | Newport County | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -6 | 43 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 33 | -10 | 41 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -8 | 40 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -9 | 39 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 53 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | -16 | 39 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -8 | 35 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 36 | -24 | 32 |
| 23 | Macclesfield Town | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -12 | 30 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 35 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 22 |