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Thursday 1 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 3-1 · Referee Dale Baines

Crewe Alexandra v Cheltenham Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Crewe Alexandra's last 10 home games and Cheltenham Town's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 12 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 9.1 corners per match (league 9.8) and 3.9 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Crewe Alexandra v Cheltenham Town, full match

37%

Possession

63%

1.70

Expected goals (xG)

1.41

15

Shots

13

6

Shots on target

3

6

Corners

5

10

Fouls

14

0

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

1'

Goal

Matúš Holíček CRE

20'

Yellow card

Hakeeb Adelakun CHE

22'

Goal

Josh March CRE

34'

Goal

James Connolly CRE

43'

Goal

George Miller CHE

77'

Goal

Josh March CRE

At a glance

Crewe Alexandra

11th in the table

L

D

W

D

Cheltenham Town

18th in the table

L

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Crewe Alexandra's home games and Cheltenham Town's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Crewe Alexandra's last 10 home games and Cheltenham Town's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

60%

12/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

85%

17/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

55%

11/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

35%

7/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

10/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

10/20 games · League 55%

Crewe Alexandra clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Cheltenham Town clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Crewe Alexandra fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Cheltenham Town fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.2

League 2.6

Corners

9.1

League 9.8

Cards

3.9

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Crewe Alexandra

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Sam Waller

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

18

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Sanders

17

Matúš Holíček

19

Owen Lunt

FORWARDS

20

Calum Agius

24

Josh March

26

Tommi O'Reilly

SUBSTITUTES

1

14

22

8

23

9

31

Cheltenham Town

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joe Day

DEFENDERS

2

5

6

27

MIDFIELDERS

8

Luke Young

21

Isaac Hutchinson

26

Ben Stevenson

FORWARDS

10

George Miller

22

Ethon Archer

31

Hakeeb Adelakun

SUBSTITUTES

41

12

3

4

11

16

20

Referee: Dale Baines

4 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.0

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

27.5

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.25

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

CRE

CHE

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

2.5

2.7

2.6

Over 0.5

96%

22/23

100%

23/23

98%

45/46

94%

Over 1.5

74%

17/23

74%

17/23

74%

34/46

75%

Over 2.5

57%

13/23

35%

8/23

46%

21/46

47%

Over 3.5

35%

8/23

17%

4/23

26%

12/46

29%

Over 4.5

17%

4/23

13%

3/23

15%

7/46

11%

Bet

CRE

CHE

Match

League

Yes

61%

14/23

39%

9/23

50%

23/46

55%

Yes and win

30%

7/23

9%

2/23

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

52%

12/23

26%

6/23

39%

18/46

41%

Yes and draw

17%

4/23

13%

3/23

15%

7/46

22%

Yes and loss

13%

3/23

17%

4/23

17%

Yes in both halves

4%

1/23

4%

1/23

4%

2/46

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Bet

CRE

CHE

Match

League

Corners per match

9.3

9.7

9.5

9.7

Over 7.5

65%

15/23

65%

15/23

65%

30/46

72%

Over 8.5

65%

15/23

65%

15/23

65%

30/46

61%

Over 9.5

61%

14/23

52%

12/23

57%

26/46

50%

Over 10.5

35%

8/23

43%

10/23

39%

18/46

38%

Over 11.5

13%

3/23

35%

8/23

24%

11/46

25%

Over 12.5

9%

2/23

26%

6/23

17%

8/46

20%

Referee Dale Baines: 4.0 cards and 27.5 fouls per game in 4 games this season

Bet

CRE

CHE

Match

League

Cards per match

4.4

3.7

4.0

4.1

Over 2.5

87%

20/23

83%

19/23

85%

39/46

79%

Over 3.5

61%

14/23

43%

10/23

52%

24/46

61%

Over 4.5

39%

9/23

30%

7/23

35%

16/46

41%

Over 5.5

35%

8/23

9%

2/23

22%

10/46

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Isaac Hutchinson

14 starts · 0.4 per 90

21%

3/14

36%

5/14

0%

0/14

0%

0/14

Hakeeb Adelakun

5 starts · 0.4 per 90

40%

2/5

40%

2/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

Josh March

15 starts · 0.2 per 90

13%

2/15

20%

3/15

0%

0/15

0%

0/15

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.