Preston NE pack their bags to visit Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 8 games played, North End have recorded 1 wins, and Crewe have come away with 4 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was within the last three years, in October 2001, the CreweAlex.com carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2001/2002 | Wed 20 Mar | Preston NE | 2 - 2 | Crewe | LD1 |
2001/2002 | Sat 13 Oct | Crewe | 2 - 1 | Preston NE | LD1 |
2000/2001 | Sat 28 Apr | Crewe | 1 - 3 | Preston NE | LD1 |
2000/2001 | Fri 10 Nov | Preston NE | 2 - 1 | Crewe | LD1 |
1996/1997 | Mon 31 Mar | Crewe | 1 - 0 | Preston NE | LD2 |
1996/1997 | Tue 27 Aug | Preston NE | 2 - 1 | Crewe | LD2 |
1993/1994 | Fri 17 Dec | Crewe | 4 - 3 | Preston NE | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
The away form of Preston NE is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the North End have hit 4 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Crewe see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 17 points from their 13 games played so far, Preston NE's 19 points from 13 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Crewe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
Preston NE | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Preston NE on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Crewe. No-score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Crewe | 7 games since last home draw. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
Preston NE | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |