The Railwaymen are just staying out of the drop zone on goal difference alone but they are well out of form with five defeats in their last six league outings. Will they suffer again as they play host to Crawley on the weekend? The Reds haven’t been doing all that badly recently with only the one loss in their last six and they should at least be targeting a point out of this away game. Crewe are 7/5 odds against to pick up the home win with Crawley at 2/1.
FA Cup – Alexandra Stadium, Crewe – 12th December – 19:45 UK Time
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Crewe Alexandra
Crawley Town FCCrewe Form
Crewe are having a bad season. There’s no beating about the bush at all. They have six defeats in their last seven league games (W1) and are sinking fast. Their home form for the season reads W4 D2 L5 but they are on a three-match losing streak at the Alexandra Stadium and they have conceded at least two goals in each of those losses. They have conceded at least two goals in five of their last seven games home and away. Five of their six away games have been with a clean sheet this season, the only five occasions where they have actually managed a clean sheet. So if they can’t blank their opponents it seems that they can’t win games. Crewe have scored in four of their last five home fixtures and only 45% of their home games have gone above 2.5 goals.
Crawley Form
The Reds start the weekend in 17th place in the division but they have only lost two of their last ten league games which isn’t bad for them really. Wycombe are the only side to have beaten Crawley in their last seven league matches and Crawley are W2 D4 L1 in that sequence. So they have been holding their own. They have have lost only one of their last seven road games as well, winning just the two of those. They are averaging under a goal per game on their travels this season while defensively they haven’t been all that bad in shipping eleven goals in ten road games. They are without a win in four on their travels though (D3 L1).
Head to Head News
From last season’s League Two meetings there was an away victory for both of these. The only other League Two encounters were back in the 2011/12 season with two drawn matches showing up. Crewe edge the head to head 4-2 with four drawn matches from their previous eight meetings in all competitions. Crewe are W2 D2 L1 on home soil against the Reds.
Top Betting Tips
Crawley have been going well enough recently out on the road to be good for a point in this one. With Crewe having no home form to speak of then a Crawley Draw No Bet at even money has to offer up some appeal in this one, while you can sacrifice some odds into 4/7 on a Crawley Double Chance. Crewe had their FA Cup replay against Blackburn moved from Tuesday to Wednesday this week because of weather, which won’t have helped for this league return.