Soccer preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Stockport County meet Crewe Alexandra

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Edgeley Park (10832 seats)

Stockport County have harvested 15 of their 28 in total here in their home stadium. Will they win more points against Crewe Alexandra?

Insights:
  • Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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Stockport County form and stats

4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Stockport County so far this season.

Stockport County's previous fixture was a FA Cup game also played at their home, ending 3-1 against Charlton Athletic. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Midfielder Collar was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.52 (out of ten) in that game. Collar scored three goals.

In the game before, an away victory in the League Two match versus Hartlepool United with a 5-0 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Stockport matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).

The manager Challinor will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Walsall in only three days.

The Stockport County fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

Playing away, Crewe Alexandra have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.

Crewe Alexandra's previous game was their home loss versus Newport County (1-2).

A defeat, in the FA Cup away at Barnsley, earlier. 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 Alexandra playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 1 home win.

A new game in only three days for Crewe Alexandra, the League Two home match versus Carlisle United. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Crewe Alexandra have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the last five meetings): Stockport County won three games, one match ended with a tie and Crewe Alexandra managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one.

Top Goalscorers

StockportP. Madden
P. Madden
8 goals
Crewe AlexandraC. Baker-Richardson
C. Baker-Richardson
7 goals
Crewe AlexandraD. Agyei
D. Agyei
6 goals

Stockport County missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Stockport County Crewe Alexandra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 9 19
8 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
4 3 1 Drew D 1 4 7
8 3 0 Lost L 2 3 6
29 13 1 Scored S 1 5 18
22 10 0 Conceded C 7 12 22
90% 90% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 89%
75% 70% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 68%
55% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 47%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 47%
45% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 37%
10% 10% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 56% 26%
 
5.1 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 3.9 4.6
3.5 3.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 6 5.5
1.1 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.9
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.4 14.8 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.6 9.1
4.4 5.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.3 1.2 2.5
33% 25% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 45% 38%
 
9.2 7.6 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.7 12.6
2.7 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.4 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stockport County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crewe Alexandra have scored 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 Leyton Orient 21 16 3 2 35 12 11 9 1 1 19 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 23 51
2 Stevenage 21 13 5 3 31 16 11 9 1 1 20 5 10 4 4 2 11 11 15 44
3 Northampton Town 20 11 6 3 34 20 10 5 3 2 16 10 10 6 3 1 18 10 14 39
4 Swindon Town 22 9 8 5 25 21 11 5 4 2 13 8 11 4 4 3 12 13 4 35
5 Mansfield Town 21 10 4 7 29 27 10 5 3 2 17 14 11 5 1 5 12 13 2 34
6 Barrow 21 11 1 9 27 25 11 8 0 3 18 9 10 3 1 6 9 16 2 34
7 Carlisle United 20 8 9 3 31 21 10 4 5 1 14 9 10 4 4 2 17 12 10 33
8 Bradford City 20 9 6 5 26 20 10 3 5 2 12 9 10 6 1 3 14 11 6 33
9 Salford City 20 9 4 7 23 18 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 6 1 3 13 7 5 31
10 Doncaster Rovers 21 9 4 8 24 27 10 5 1 4 13 12 11 4 3 4 11 15 -3 31
11 Walsall 20 8 6 6 25 17 10 6 2 2 17 8 10 2 4 4 8 9 8 30
12 AFC Wimbledon 21 8 6 7 25 24 10 5 2 3 13 10 11 3 4 4 12 14 1 30
13 Stockport County 20 8 4 8 29 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 10 4 1 5 16 12 7 28
14 Grimsby Town 20 7 6 7 22 20 10 2 5 3 11 11 10 5 1 4 11 9 2 27
15 Tranmere Rovers 21 7 6 8 20 18 10 4 2 4 12 9 11 3 4 4 8 9 2 27
16 Sutton United 22 7 5 10 19 28 11 6 2 3 12 10 11 1 3 7 7 18 -9 26
17 Crewe Alexandra 19 6 7 6 18 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 2 4 3 5 12 -4 25
18 Newport County 21 6 4 11 20 24 11 3 1 7 9 14 10 3 3 4 11 10 -4 22
19 Crawley Town 21 5 6 10 22 32 11 5 1 5 14 15 10 0 5 5 8 17 -10 21
20 Harrogate Town 20 5 4 11 24 30 10 3 3 4 13 14 10 2 1 7 11 16 -6 19
21 Rochdale 20 4 3 13 14 29 10 2 1 7 8 15 10 2 2 6 6 14 -15 15
22 Hartlepool United 21 3 6 12 18 39 10 2 4 4 7 16 11 1 2 8 11 23 -21 15
23 Colchester United 21 3 5 13 18 29 10 3 4 3 12 11 11 0 1 10 6 18 -11 14
24 Gillingham 20 2 8 10 6 24 10 2 4 4 4 11 10 0 4 6 2 13 -18 14

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.