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Friday 26 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Simon Mather

Walsall v Crewe Alexandra: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Walsall's last 10 home games and Crewe Alexandra's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 13 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 20, with 9.6 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.7 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Walsall v Crewe Alexandra, full match

39%

Possession

61%

2.38

Expected goals (xG)

0.16

13

Shots

6

5

Shots on target

2

Corners

10

Fouls

9

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

45+2'

Goal

Jamille Matt WAL

63'

Yellow card

Lewis Billington CRE

79'

Yellow card

Matúš Holíček CRE

90+3'

Yellow card

Vincent Harper WAL

At a glance

Walsall

13th in the table

D

W

Crewe Alexandra

11th in the table

D

W

D

L

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Walsall'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 Walsall's last 10 home games and Crewe Alexandra's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

65%

13/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

55%

11/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

55%

11/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

75%

15/20 games · League 55%

Walsall clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Crewe Alexandra clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Walsall fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Crewe Alexandra fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.7

League 2.6

Corners

9.6

League 9.8

Cards

4.7

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Walsall

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Myles Roberts

DEFENDERS

2

4

18

30

33

MIDFIELDERS

14

Brandon Comley

22

Jamie Jellis

29

Ryan Finnigan

FORWARDS

9

Jamille Matt

15

Daniel Kanu

SUBSTITUTES

12

20

25

8

17

19

37

Crewe Alexandra

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Sam Waller

DEFENDERS

2

3

14

18

MIDFIELDERS

6

Max Sanders

19

Owen Lunt

23

Jack Powell

FORWARDS

20

Calum Agius

24

Josh March

26

Tommi O'Reilly

SUBSTITUTES

1

22

4

15

17

9

31

Referee: Simon Mather

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

Cards per game

3.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.4

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

22.1

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

WAL

CRE

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

3.0

2.6

2.7

Over 0.5

95%

20/21

95%

20/21

95%

40/42

95%

Over 1.5

62%

13/21

76%

16/21

69%

29/42

77%

Over 2.5

38%

8/21

62%

13/21

50%

21/42

49%

Over 3.5

19%

4/21

38%

8/21

29%

12/42

30%

Over 4.5

10%

2/21

19%

4/21

14%

6/42

12%

Bet

WAL

CRE

Match

League

Yes

52%

11/21

67%

14/21

60%

25/42

57%

Yes and win

33%

7/21

33%

7/21

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

38%

8/21

57%

12/21

48%

20/42

43%

Yes and draw

14%

3/21

19%

4/21

17%

7/42

23%

Yes and loss

5%

1/21

14%

3/21

17%

Yes in both halves

5%

1/21

5%

1/21

5%

2/42

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Bet

WAL

CRE

Match

League

Corners per match

9.1

9.7

Over 7.5

67%

14/21

62%

13/21

64%

27/42

70%

Over 8.5

52%

11/21

62%

13/21

57%

24/42

60%

Over 9.5

38%

8/21

57%

12/21

48%

20/42

49%

Over 10.5

29%

6/21

33%

7/21

31%

13/42

38%

Over 11.5

19%

4/21

10%

2/21

14%

6/42

26%

Over 12.5

14%

3/21

10%

2/21

12%

5/42

20%

Referee Simon Mather: 3.4 cards and 22.1 fouls per game in 13 games this season

Bet

WAL

CRE

Match

League

Cards per match

4.1

4.5

4.3

4.1

Over 2.5

86%

18/21

86%

18/21

86%

36/42

80%

Over 3.5

62%

13/21

62%

13/21

62%

26/42

62%

Over 4.5

38%

8/21

43%

9/21

40%

17/42

42%

Over 5.5

24%

5/21

38%

8/21

31%

13/42

25%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Daniel Kanu

16 starts · 0.6 per 90

25%

4/16

56%

9/16

0%

0/16

0%

0/16

Josh March

14 starts · 0.2 per 90

14%

2/14

21%

3/14

0%

0/14

0%

0/14

Tommi O'Reilly

21 starts · 0.2 per 90

10%

2/21

19%

4/21

0%

0/21

0%

0/21

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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.