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

Sat 3rd May, 15:00 BST, Alexandra Stadium, Crewe

the Alexandra Stadium is the stage on Saturday afternoon, as Lee Bell's Crewe Alexandra welcome Matthew Sadler's Walsall in the League Two. We have predictions, tips, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and head-to-head statistics across the biggest markets, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this League Two clash.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be no more than 3 goals scored by Crewe and Walsall combined during the standard 90 minutes. Recent form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this conclusion, and we're suggest there's a 76% chance of it being a winning tip. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.29.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 44% chance of Walsall coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Crewe
30%
16/5
8%
-
Draw
27%
5/2-
Walsall
44%
5/6
4%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2-
Walsall 1-0
12%
11/2
7%
-
Crewe 1-0
9%
10/1-
Walsall 2-1
9%
15/2-
Draw 0-0
9%
17/2-
Walsall 2-0
8%
7/1
11%
-
Crewe 2-1
7%
14/1
15%
-
Crewe 2-0
5%
20/1
11%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1
13%
-
Walsall 3-1
4%
14/1
12%
-
Walsall 3-0
4%
14/1
12%
-
Crewe 3-1
2%
40/1
21%
-
Walsall 3-2
2%
28/1-
Crewe 3-0
2%
50/1
24%
-
Crewe 3-2
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
21/20
3%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
3/4
3%
-
Home 1st Goal
45%
15/8
10%
-
Away 1st Goal
50%
8/15
3%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
17/2-
BTTS - Yes
49%
5/6-
BTTS - No
51%
5/6-
BTTS - Home Win
13%
8/1
13%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
18%
3/1
8%
-
Home/draw
56%
10/11
4%
-
Away/draw
70%
2/9
2%
-
Home/away
73%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
1/3
2%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
9/4
4%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
5/2-
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
2/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
7/1
14%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/12
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
16/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/40-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
9/1
5%
-
Home DNB
48%
9/4
18%
-
Away DNB
62%
1/3
5%
-
Crewe win to nil
17%
6/1
8%
-
Walsall win to nil
25%
2/1
8%
-
Crewe / Crewe
11%
13/2
15%
-
Crewe / Walsall
4%
22/1-
Crewe / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Crewe
9%
8/1
6%
-
Draw / Walsall
17%
15/4
5%
-
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1-
Walsall / Crewe
2%
33/1-
Walsall / Walsall
29%
15/8
7%
-
Walsall / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Crewe have played 45 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 11 and won 6. Crewe have conceded 22 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Crewe have played 22 games at home, winning 9, drawing 6 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 26 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Walsall lay in 4th place on 74 points in the League Two league table having played 45 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 39 games against teams below them in the table, winning 17, drawing 13 and losing 9 games. They have scored 65 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Walsall have conceded 45 goals and have failed to score in 9 matches.

Away league performance

Walsall have played 22 away games, winning 8, drawing 8 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Crewe
Walsall
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Doncaster452312102281 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
2
Port Vale45221492080 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-3A
w
 
0-1F
3
Bradford452112121875 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
4
Walsall Away452014112074 
May 3
d
 
1-1F
-
-
5
Notts C452012132072 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-2A
6
AFC Wim451913132070 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
7
Salford451814131068 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-2F
8
Grimsby4520817-568 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-3F
w
 
1-4F
9
Chesterfield451813141867 
l
 
0-5A
w
 
1-3F
w
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2F
10
Colchester45161811566 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1F
11
Bromley45161514263 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
2-2A
12
Crewe Home45151713262 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
May 3
13
Swindon45151614861 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-4F
14
Fleetwood45151515160 
l
 
1-4A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
2-6F
l
 
2-0A
15
Cheltenham45161217-760 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2F
16
Barrow45151317258 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
17
Gillingham45131616-655 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
18
MK Dons4514922-1451 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-2A
l
 
1-0A
19
Accrington45121419-1550 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
20
Harrogate45131121-1950 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
21
Newport45131022-2149 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
22
Tranmere45111519-2348 
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
5-1F
l
 
1-0A
23
Carlisle45101124-2741 
w
 
3-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1F
24
Morecambe4510629-3136 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
7
Walsall have not won in 7 consecutive away league games
Crewe 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe0 - 1MK Dons
Crewe2 - 3Cheltenham
Crewe2 - 0Grimsby
Crewe0 - 1Port Vale
Crewe1 - 1Doncaster
Crewe1 - 4Fleetwood
Crewe3 - 0Barrow
Crewe0 - 3Newport
Crewe1 - 1AFC Wim
Crewe0 - 1Accrington
Crewe4 - 1Bromley
Crewe3 - 2Carlisle
Crewe0 - 0Colchester
Crewe1 - 1Bradford
Crewe2 - 0Notts C
Crewe3 - 1Tranmere
Crewe1 - 1Salford
Crewe2 - 0Gillingham
Crewe3 - 0Harrogate
Crewe1 - 0Morecambe
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACrewe0 - 2Tranmere
HCrewe0 - 1MK Dons
ACrewe0 - 0Colchester
HCrewe2 - 3Cheltenham
ACrewe0 - 2Bradford
HCrewe2 - 0Grimsby
HCrewe0 - 1Port Vale
ACrewe0 - 0Notts C
HCrewe1 - 1Doncaster
ACrewe1 - 1Salford
HCrewe1 - 4Fleetwood
ACrewe3 - 1Chesterfield
HCrewe3 - 0Barrow
ACrewe0 - 0Gillingham
ACrewe0 - 3AFC Wim
HCrewe0 - 3Newport
ACrewe1 - 1Harrogate
HCrewe1 - 1AFC Wim
HCrewe0 - 1Accrington
ACrewe1 - 0Morecambe
Walsall 4TH
20 league games
Away
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport0 - 0Walsall
Barrow2 - 0Walsall
Doncaster2 - 2Walsall
Gillingham0 - 0Walsall
Bromley2 - 2Walsall
Carlisle1 - 1Walsall
Cheltenham2 - 2Walsall
Morecambe0 - 2Walsall
Colchester2 - 1Walsall
Fleetwood2 - 0Walsall
Bradford3 - 0Walsall
Notts C1 - 2Walsall
Harrogate0 - 2Walsall
Port Vale0 - 1Walsall
AFC Wim0 - 1Walsall
Accrington0 - 0Walsall
Grimsby1 - 4Walsall
Chesterfield2 - 2Walsall
Salford0 - 2Walsall
MK Dons1 - 0Walsall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
2
Draw
10
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWalsall0 - 1Accrington
AWalsall0 - 0Newport
HWalsall2 - 2Harrogate
AWalsall0 - 2Barrow
HWalsall2 - 3Port Vale
AWalsall2 - 2Doncaster
HWalsall1 - 1AFC Wim
AWalsall0 - 0Gillingham
AWalsall2 - 2Bromley
HWalsall1 - 3Grimsby
AWalsall1 - 1Carlisle
HWalsall0 - 1Swindon
AWalsall2 - 2Cheltenham
AWalsall2 - 0Morecambe
HWalsall3 - 1Chesterfield
HWalsall1 - 1Gillingham
AWalsall1 - 2Colchester
HWalsall2 - 2Salford
AWalsall0 - 2Fleetwood
AWalsall0 - 3Bradford
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Crewe have not lost to Walsall in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Crewe since 2000
Crewe
Walsall
Goals: Scored
16
12
Games: Scored
10 / 12
7 / 12
Clean sheets
5 / 12
2 / 12
CRE
6
D
4
WLS
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Crewe
Draw2 - 2Draw
Crewe2 - 0
Crewe1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Walsall
Crewe2 - 0
Crewe2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Crewe1 - 0
Crewe2 - 1
2 - 3Walsall
League games at Walsall since 1999
Walsall
Crewe
Goals: Scored
14
16
Games: Scored
11 / 13
11 / 13
Clean sheets
2 / 13
2 / 13
CRE
3
D
8
WLS
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Walsall
Draw1 - 1Draw
Walsall2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Crewe
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Crewe
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Walsall2 - 1
1 - 4Crewe
Goal Statistics
Crewe 12th Walsall 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Crewe will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Walsall will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Crewe’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-13
Walsall have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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Crewe
PG (predicted goals)
Walsall
1.1
1.4
Attack rating
CRE
WLS
21%
better
view stats
Games scored30
35
Failed to score15
10
Scored first18
26
Goals scored49
74
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.6
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
17
Avg. XG for1.2
1.7
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
8%
better
CRE
WLS
view stats
Games conceded29
31
Clean sheets16
14
Conceded first21
16
Goals conceded47
54
Avg. goals conceded1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
5
Conversion rate against12%
19%
Avg. XG against1.2
1
KickOff rating
+8%

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

Crewe League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
457615
F MarschallJ LankesterJ LankesterZ Williams
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Marschall GLK45
4
-
M Conway DEF4521
7
-
Z Williams DEF4112
14
1
J Tabiner MID4123
4
-
M Sanders MID401
6
-
R Cooney DEF3835
10
1
M Holicek MID3815
8
-
M Demetriou DEF3521
7
-
S Tracey FWD336
8
-
J. Knight-Lebel DEF323
10
1
O Bogle FWD2952
1
-
C Long FWD246
1
1
L Billington DEF232
4
-
J Lankester MID2376
5
-
J Powell MID221
3
-
J Connolly DEF20
4
-
K Hemmings FWD204
1
-
C O'Riordan DEF193
2
-
C Thomas MID181
3
-
T Lowery MID1721
2
1
A. Thibaut FWD1711
5
-
C. Agius FWD1311
2
-
C Finney DEF9
-
F. Roberts FWD3
-
Walsall League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4312913
T AllenJ MattC BarrettL Gordon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Allen DEF44107
4
1
D Okagbue DEF4323
11
-
L Gordon DEF4331
13
-
C Barrett DEF439
12
1
R Stirk MID4314
3
-
J Jellis MID4252
11
-
J Matt FWD42122
8
-
A Adomah FWD4154
5
-
T. Simkim GLK39
3
-
C Lakin MID3521
2
-
O McEntee DEF3013
9
-
H Williams DEF293
6
-
D Johnson FWD245
-
J Earing MID202
-
B Comley MID18
1
-
L Amantchi FWD173
-
E Weir DEF143
2
-
G Hall MID1311
-
E Harrison FWD1231
1
-
N Asiimwe DEF9
2
-
J Gordon FWD81
1
-
D Daniels DEF7
1
-
S Hornby GLK6
-
A Chang MID4
1
-
E. Wheatley FWD4
-
P Farquharson DEF3
1
-