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Crewe Alex. face a trip to Derby County at Pride Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 5 games played, The Railwaymen have recorded 1 wins, and Derby County have come away with 2 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 2 - 4 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 11 Sep | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 1 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 05 Apr | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 28 Aug | Derby County | 2 - 4 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 03 Mar | Derby County | 0 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 18 Oct | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 0 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 16 Nov | Derby County | 5 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | FAC |
| 1956/1957 | Sat 26 Jan | Derby County | 4 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Crewe Alex. is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the The Railwaymen have hit 4 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Derby County find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 29 points from their 28 matches. Crewe Alex. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 28 games have yielded only 22 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rams, as the The Railwaymen have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. |
| Crewe Alex. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 11 most recent games. |