Crewe Alexandra match preview

Last updated : 16 April 2004 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Crewe Alexandra v Coventry City fixture

Coventry City pack their bags to visit Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Monday afternoon, hoping to improve on a record of draws against their opponents.

The previous match played between the two at The Alexandra Stadium was within the last three years, in February 2002, where Coventry City annihilated the Sky Blues 1 - 6 in a League Division One match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004Wed 01 OctCoventry City2 - 0Crewe Alex.LD1
2001/2002Sat 09 FebCrewe Alex.1 - 6Coventry CityLD1
2001/2002Sun 21 OctCoventry City1 - 0Crewe Alex.LD1
1965/1966Mon 14 FebCoventry City4 - 1Crewe Alex.FAC
1965/1966Sat 12 FebCrewe Alex.1 - 1Coventry CityFAC
1963/1964Wed 02 OctCrewe Alex.2 - 2Coventry CityDIV3
1963/1964Tue 17 SepCoventry City5 - 1Crewe Alex.DIV3

Recent respective form guides

Crewe Alexandra's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.

Coventry City's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Crewe Alex. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 48 points from their 41 matches. Coventry City's 58 points from 41 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Crewe Alex.6114594
Coventry City63031469

FootyMad's prediction ...

Coventry City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Crewe Alex.Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Coventry CityLost each of the previous 3 away matches.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
Last drawn game 14 outings ago.