Cheltenham have just started to slip again after they have been going great guns in the league. They have failed to pick up a win in any of their last five league games now but they have drawn four of those so there has been some resilience there from them. Crewe are still flirting with the relegation zone in the division with the defeats still piling up against them. They remain a risky team for punters to get behind and they are going as 3/1 underdogs to collect the victory with Cheltenham odds-on at 11/13 to claim the home win and get themselves going again.
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Cheltenham Town FC
Crewe AlexandraCheltenham Form
The Robins are winless in five league matches now then with a D4 L1 record so at least they haven’t suffered many defeats. They have actually only suffered the one defeat in their last six league games now. At home this season they have put up a W5 D2 L3 record in League Two and they have lost only one of their last seven league games at Whaddon Road. Three of their five defeats at home this season have been by a one-goal margin and it could offer a little value in backing them to edge the Railwaymen by nothing more than that in this one. The Robins have only been trailing at half time in one of their home games this season and they have averaged a decent enough 1.7 goals per game at home, not too bad for a side in the bottom half of the table.
Crewe Form
Crewe are having a rough season still and they have lost five of their last six games played now in the division (W1). The goals have still been flying in against them and the number of defeats that they have suffered on the road this season just isn’t going to give punters any kind of confidence in them going to Whaddon Road and collecting a win. They have lost seven of their nine away games this season. Crewe have only managed to score the seven goals out on the road this season and just 44% of their road games have gone over 2.5 goals. This season they have managed only the five opening goals in their twenty league fixtures played.
Head to Head News
There were fou8r meetings between these two last season as they met in the FA Cup as well. In the League Two meetings Cheltenham collected four points from the fixtures, winning this corresponding home game 2-0. So they blanked the Railwaymen in both league games and after a 1-1 draw at home against Crewe in the FA Cup, the Robins won the replay 4-1.
Top Betting Tips
This has to be a good chance for Cheltenham to get themselves going again because they should be able to find a way through a Crewe defence which has struggled badly all season. This could be the boost that Robins need to get themselves up and running again. Back the home side to grind one out by a one-goal margin.