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Crewe Alex. face a trip to Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Railwaymen will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them being consigned to defeat by opponents in 5 of the 8 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2004, with Crewe Alex. inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Rangers in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 4 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 28 Dec | Q.P.R. | 1 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 14 Sep | Crewe Alex. | 0 - 2 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Q.P.R. | 0 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Oct | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 0 | Q.P.R. | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 10 Apr | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 2 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 26 Aug | Q.P.R. | 1 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Queens Park Rangers are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 6 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. The Railwaymen have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Q.P.R. see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola Championship, showing a record of 49 points from their 40 games played so far, Crewe Alex. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 40 games have yielded only 31 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rangers, as the The Railwaymen have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Q.P.R. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Crewe Alex. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 12 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |