Crewe Alex. are ready to welcome Luton Town to The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 6 of the previous 8 games.
The previous match played between the two at The Alexandra Stadium was within the last three years, in October 2002, with Luton Town inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the The Railwaymen in a League Division Two match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Luton Town | 0 - 4 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
2002/2003 | Tue 29 Oct | Crewe Alex. | 0-1 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
1996/1997 | Wed 14 May | Luton Town | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | D2PO |
1996/1997 | Sun 11 May | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 1 | Luton Town | D2PO |
1996/1997 | Sat 15 Mar | Crewe Alex. | 0 - 0 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
1996/1997 | Sat 14 Dec | Luton Town | 6 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
1978/1979 | Tue 03 Oct | Luton Town | 2 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While The Railwaymen have scored 6, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Luton Town however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the The Hatters, and 6 goals against.
Crewe Alex. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 12 games have yielded only 9 points. Luton Town are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 24 points from 12 games.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Crewe Alex. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
Luton Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the The Railwaymen at home recently, but despite this poor sequence of home displays, I can see the Alex just edging this one. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Crewe Alex. | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 12 most recent games. |
Luton Town | 9 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |