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Crewe Alexandra v Cheltenham Town : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 1st Jan, 15:00 BST, Alexandra Stadium, Crewe

Lee Bell welcomes Steve Cotterill to the Alexandra Stadium on Thursday afternoon, as their Crewe Alexandra and Cheltenham Town teams clash in the League Two. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with additional weight applied to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head-to-head statistics between the team are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Crewe
53%
--
Draw
23%
--
Cheltenham
24%
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Draw 1-1
10%
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Crewe 2-1
10%
--
Crewe 1-0
9%
--
Crewe 2-0
8%
--
Cheltenham 2-1
6%
--
Crewe 3-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Cheltenham 1-0
6%
--
Crewe 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Crewe 3-2
4%
--
Cheltenham 2-0
3%
--
Crewe 4-1
3%
--
Cheltenham 3-1
2%
--
Crewe 4-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
59%
--
BTTS - No
41%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
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Home/draw
76%
--
Away/draw
47%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
69%
--
Away DNB
40%
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Crewe win to nil
26%
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Cheltenham win to nil
11%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Crewe have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 3 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Crewe have outscored their opponents by 33 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Crewe have played 10 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Cheltenham are in 19th position in the League Two on 21 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Cheltenham have conceded 30 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Crewe
Cheltenham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Walsall2012351139 
Mar 14
Dec 26
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
2
Notts C2011451337 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 24
l
 
1-2A
Mar 21
3
Swindon201145937 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 21
Dec 29
w
 
0-1F
4
Bromley201064936 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 27
l
 
1-2A
Feb 17
5
MK Dons209651433 
Apr 18
l
 
3-1A
Feb 7
l
 
5-0A
6
Salford201037033 
Apr 6
w
 
1-3F
Feb 21
d
 
1-1F
7
Chesterfield20884532 
d
 
3-3A
Apr 25
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
8
Crewe20947631 
-
-
Mar 17
Jan 1
9
Cambridge20875431 
May 2
l
 
2-1F
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
10
Gillingham20794630 
Feb 14
l
 
1-0A
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
11
Fleetwood20866330 
Feb 17
w
 
1-4F
w
 
2-0F
Jan 10
12
Colchester20776628 
Jan 31
d
 
1-1F
May 2
l
 
2-0A
13
Barnet20776528 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 4
l
 
0-1A
Feb 14
14
Grimsby20767527 
w
 
3-2A
Apr 11
Jan 24
l
 
7-1F
15
Tranmere20686326 
Feb 28
w
 
1-4F
Mar 28
l
 
3-2A
16
Oldham20596224 
Mar 28
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-3A
Jan 17
17
Accrington20668024 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 3
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
18
Barrow20569-821 
Jan 17
l
 
1-0A
Mar 6
Dec 19
19
Cheltenham206311-1721 
Jan 1
Mar 17
-
-
20
Shrewsbury20479-1319 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 21
Dec 26
Mar 14
21
Crawley204610-1018 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 7
Jan 4
l
 
2-0A
22
Harrogate204511-1317 
Jan 10
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
Feb 27
23
Bristol R205213-2317 
Dec 19
Mar 7
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
24
Newport203413-1713 
d
 
2-2F
Dec 29
Apr 18
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Crewe 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe2 - 2Newport
Crewe3 - 3Chesterfield
Crewe3 - 1Shrewsbury
Crewe3 - 2Grimsby
Crewe0 - 1Bromley
Crewe2 - 1Notts C
Crewe1 - 2Barnet
Crewe0 - 3Swindon
Crewe1 - 0Crawley
Crewe2 - 0Accrington
Crewe0 - 1Walsall
Crewe0 - 1MK Dons
Crewe2 - 3Cheltenham
Crewe2 - 0Grimsby
Crewe0 - 1Port Vale
Crewe1 - 1Doncaster
Crewe1 - 4Fleetwood
Crewe3 - 0Barrow
Crewe0 - 3Newport
Crewe1 - 1AFC Wim
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACrewe4 - 1Tranmere
HCrewe2 - 2Newport
ACrewe1 - 2Cambridge
HCrewe3 - 3Chesterfield
ACrewe0 - 0Oldham
HCrewe3 - 1Shrewsbury
HCrewe3 - 2Grimsby
ACrewe1 - 3MK Dons
HCrewe0 - 1Bromley
ACrewe2 - 1Harrogate
HCrewe2 - 1Notts C
ACrewe0 - 1Barrow
HCrewe1 - 2Barnet
ACrewe1 - 1Colchester
HCrewe0 - 3Swindon
ACrewe0 - 1Gillingham
ACrewe4 - 1Fleetwood
HCrewe1 - 0Crawley
HCrewe2 - 0Accrington
ACrewe3 - 1Salford
Cheltenham 19TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Swindon0 - 1Cheltenham
Colchester2 - 0Cheltenham
Tranmere3 - 2Cheltenham
Newport0 - 2Cheltenham
Gillingham1 - 1Cheltenham
Grimsby7 - 1Cheltenham
Crawley2 - 0Cheltenham
Salford1 - 1Cheltenham
MK Dons5 - 0Cheltenham
Cambridge1 - 0Cheltenham
Bromley3 - 0Cheltenham
Notts C1 - 2Cheltenham
Crewe2 - 3Cheltenham
Morecambe2 - 0Cheltenham
Tranmere2 - 0Cheltenham
Swindon3 - 3Cheltenham
AFC Wim1 - 2Cheltenham
Bradford3 - 0Cheltenham
Newport0 - 3Cheltenham
Fleetwood2 - 0Cheltenham
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCheltenham1 - 1Harrogate
ACheltenham1 - 0Swindon
ACheltenham0 - 2Colchester
HCheltenham1 - 0Bristol R
ACheltenham2 - 3Tranmere
HCheltenham1 - 2Notts C
HCheltenham1 - 0Walsall
ACheltenham2 - 0Newport
ACheltenham1 - 1Gillingham
HCheltenham2 - 0Fleetwood
ACheltenham1 - 7Grimsby
HCheltenham0 - 3Oldham
ACheltenham0 - 2Crawley
HCheltenham1 - 0Accrington
ACheltenham1 - 1Salford
HCheltenham0 - 1Barnet
HCheltenham1 - 2Bromley
ACheltenham0 - 5MK Dons
HCheltenham0 - 2Chesterfield
ACheltenham0 - 1Cambridge
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Crewe since 2006
Crewe
Cheltenham
Goals: Scored
24
15
Games: Scored
11 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
1 / 12
CRE
6
D
2
CHT
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Crewe
2 - 3Cheltenham
Draw1 - 1Draw
Crewe1 - 0
1 - 3Cheltenham
Crewe2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Crewe1 - 0
Crewe8 - 1
1 - 2Cheltenham
1 - 2Cheltenham
Crewe3 - 1
Crewe3 - 1
League games at Cheltenham since 2007
Cheltenham
Crewe
Goals: Scored
14
14
Games: Scored
9 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
3 / 12
CRE
3
D
4
CHT
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cheltenham
Cheltenham2 - 1
1 - 2Crewe
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Cheltenham1 - 0
Cheltenham2 - 0
0 - 1Crewe
Cheltenham3 - 2
0 - 4Crewe
Cheltenham1 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Crewe 8th Cheltenham 19th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Crewe will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Cheltenham will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
Crewe have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
+12
Cheltenham have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
2.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Crewe
PG (predicted goals)
Cheltenham
1.9
1.2
Attack rating
29%
better
CRE
CHT
view stats
Games scored15
13
Failed to score5
7
Scored first11
10
Goals scored33
16
Avg. goals scored1.7
0.8
Avg. shots per game9
6
Avg. shots per goal5
8
Conversion rate for18
13
Avg. XG for1.6
0.8
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
CRE
CHT
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded17
14
Clean sheets3
6
Conceded first8
10
Goals conceded27
33
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded9
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against15%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
2
KickOff rating
+2%

Crewe v Cheltenham League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Crewe League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20776
L BillingtonE TezgelT O'ReillyR Hutchinson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Billington DEF20
2
-
T O'Reilly MID2047
3
-
E Tezgel FWD2071
1
-
T Booth GLK19
1
-
J Connolly DEF191
4
-
R Hutchinson DEF1931
6
-
M Sanders MID1934
4
-
O Lunt MID1813
4
-
C. Agius FWD1731
-
M Demetriou DEF161
2
-
C Thomas MID152
1
-
J March FWD1544
1
-
C Finney DEF131
1
-
L Moult  FWD131
-
J Golding DEF12
1
-
M Holicek MID10
1
-
J Powell MID61
1
-
J Lankester MID61
-
D Rankine FWD6
-
J Mingi DEF4
-
S Waller GLK1
-
S. Dancey DEF1
-
O Bogle FWD11
1
-
Cheltenham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20425
J DayI HutchinsonE ArcherL Young 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Day GLK20
1
-
E Archer FWD2012
2
-
L Young  MID192
5
-
J Bickerstaff FWD1911
2
-
L Kinsella MID17
1
-
A. Jude-Boyd DEF161
4
-
J Wilson DEF16
2
-
R Broom MID15
1
-
J Martin FWD153
1
-
J. Thomas FWD1411
1
-
I Hutchinson MID1241
4
-
D Power DEF11
1
-
S Sherring DEF111
-
B Stevenson MID10
1
-
J Tomkinson DEF91
3
-
L Angol FWD9
3
1
G Harmon DEF8
1
-
T. Taylor MID8
-
G Miller FWD81
-
F Willcox DEF6
1
-
S Bennett MID6
2
-
J. Mažionis DEF5
3
-
R Cundy DEF3
-
H Pell MID3
1
1
T Backwell MID1
1
-
English League Two match betting previews, predictions and odds
Barrow v Cheltenham
Fri 19th Dec, 19:45
Cambridge v Accrington
Fri 19th Dec, 19:45
Crewe v Bristol R
Fri 19th Dec, 19:45
Notts C v Walsall
Sat 20th Dec, 12:30
Bromley v Grimsby
Sat 20th Dec, 12:30
Shrewsbury v Chesterfield
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Harrogate v MK Dons
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Colchester v Newport
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Fleetwood v Gillingham
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Oldham v Tranmere
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Swindon v Crawley
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Barnet v Salford
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Bristol R v Bromley
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Salford v Harrogate
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
MK Dons v Swindon
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Grimsby v Oldham
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Gillingham v Cambridge
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Cheltenham v Shrewsbury
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Accrington v Barrow
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Chesterfield v Notts C
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Walsall v Crewe
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Crawley v Colchester
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Newport v Barnet
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Tranmere v Fleetwood
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Newport v Crewe
Mon 29th Dec, 19:30
Walsall v Oldham
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Bristol R v Barnet
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Chesterfield v Cambridge
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Salford v Fleetwood
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
MK Dons v Notts C
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Grimsby v Shrewsbury
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Tranmere v Barrow
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Accrington v Harrogate
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Crawley v Bromley
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Gillingham v Colchester
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Cheltenham v Swindon
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Fleetwood v Grimsby
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Oldham v Chesterfield
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Bristol R
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Colchester v MK Dons
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Bromley v Newport
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Harrogate v Tranmere
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Barrow v Salford
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Cambridge v Walsall
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Barnet v Crawley
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Crewe v Cheltenham
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Notts C v Accrington
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Swindon v Gillingham
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00