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Saturday 13 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-2 · Referee Ross Joyce

Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Tranmere Rovers's last 9 home games and Crewe Alexandra's last 9 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 12 of 18, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 18, with 8.9 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.6 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra, full match

64%

Possession

36%

0.68

Expected goals (xG)

1.63

18

Shots

9

5

Shots on target

5

8

Corners

2

16

Fouls

12

4

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

17'

Goal

Max Sanders CRE

45+1'

Yellow card

Cameron Norman TRA

45+2'

Goal

Max Sanders CRE

45+9'

Yellow card

Nathan James Smith TRA

45+9'

Yellow card

Adrien Thibaut CRE

56'

Yellow card

Jayden Joseph TRA

59'

Penalty

Emre Tezgel CRE

63'

Yellow card

Lewis Billington CRE

71'

Goal

Tommi O'Reilly CRE

82'

Own goal

James Connolly TRA

90+5'

Yellow card

Aaron McGowan TRA

At a glance

Tranmere Rovers

21st in the table

W

D

W

L

Crewe Alexandra

11th in the table

D

L

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Tranmere Rovers's home games and Crewe Alexandra'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 Tranmere Rovers's last 9 home games and Crewe Alexandra's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

67%

12/18 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

78%

14/18 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

9/18 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

33%

6/18 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

39%

7/18 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

67%

12/18 games · League 55%

Tranmere Rovers clean sheet

22%

2/9 games · League 27%

Crewe Alexandra clean sheet

11%

1/9 games · League 27%

Tranmere Rovers fail to score

22%

2/9 games · League 27%

Crewe Alexandra fail to score

33%

3/9 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.6

Corners

8.9

League 9.8

Cards

4.6

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Tranmere Rovers

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Joe Murphy

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

14

23

MIDFIELDERS

6

Richard Smallwood

7

Charlie Whitaker

24

Billy Blacker

FORWARDS

9

Kristian Dennis

29

Joe Ironside

SUBSTITUTES

12

4

30

42

10

18

25

Crewe Alexandra

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Sam Waller

DEFENDERS

2

3

18

20

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Sanders

19

Owen Lunt

36

Emre Tezgel

FORWARDS

24

Josh March

26

Tommi O'Reilly

29

Adrien Thibaut

SUBSTITUTES

1

4

22

30

15

23

31

Referee: Ross Joyce

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

Cards per game

4.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.2

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

24.4

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.15

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

TRA

CRE

Match

League

Goals per match

3.2

2.9

3.0

2.7

Over 0.5

95%

18/19

95%

18/19

95%

36/38

95%

Over 1.5

95%

18/19

74%

14/19

84%

32/38

76%

Over 2.5

58%

11/19

63%

12/19

61%

23/38

50%

Over 3.5

37%

7/19

37%

7/19

37%

14/38

29%

Over 4.5

21%

4/19

16%

3/19

18%

7/38

12%

Bet

TRA

CRE

Match

League

Yes

74%

14/19

63%

12/19

68%

26/38

57%

Yes and win

16%

3/19

32%

6/19

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

47%

9/19

58%

11/19

53%

20/38

43%

Yes and draw

37%

7/19

16%

3/19

26%

10/38

22%

Yes and loss

21%

4/19

16%

3/19

17%

Yes in both halves

16%

3/19

5%

1/19

11%

4/38

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Bet

TRA

CRE

Match

League

Corners per match

9.6

9.2

9.4

9.7

Over 7.5

74%

14/19

63%

12/19

68%

26/38

70%

Over 8.5

63%

12/19

63%

12/19

63%

24/38

60%

Over 9.5

47%

9/19

58%

11/19

53%

20/38

49%

Over 10.5

32%

6/19

37%

7/19

34%

13/38

38%

Over 11.5

16%

3/19

11%

2/19

13%

5/38

26%

Over 12.5

11%

2/19

11%

2/19

11%

4/38

20%

Referee Ross Joyce: 4.2 cards and 24.4 fouls per game in 13 games this season

Bet

TRA

CRE

Match

League

Cards per match

4.2

4.4

4.3

4.2

Over 2.5

84%

16/19

84%

16/19

84%

32/38

80%

Over 3.5

68%

13/19

58%

11/19

63%

24/38

63%

Over 4.5

47%

9/19

37%

7/19

42%

16/38

43%

Over 5.5

26%

5/19

32%

6/19

29%

11/38

26%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Emre Tezgel

9 starts · 0.7 per 90

22%

2/9

44%

4/9

11%

1/9

11%

1/9

Charlie Whitaker

15 starts · 0.5 per 90

20%

3/15

33%

5/15

7%

1/15

0%

0/15

Joe Ironside

12 starts · 0.3 per 90

8%

1/12

25%

3/12

0%

0/12

0%

0/12

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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.