The League Two meeting at The Mornflake Stadium on Thursday sees hosts Crewe Alexandra doing battle with Cheltenham Town.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Crewe Alexandra v Cheltenham Town, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Crewe Alexandra
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Crewe Alexandra will be wanting a better result here after a 2-0 League Two loss in their previous game against Bradford City.
Bobby Pointon (1') and Calum Kavanagh (85') scored for Bradford City.
Under three goals per game were seen in 6 of the past 6 meetings where Crewe Alexandra have been participants. With regard to the goal distribution during this period, opposition teams scored a total of 5 and Crewe Alexandra managed a tally of 4.
Cheltenham Town
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Since tasting defeat last time out to Doncaster Rovers in League Two action, Cheltenham Town and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Jamie Sterry (89') and Rob Street (95') scored for Doncaster Rovers.
The numbers tell their own story, and Cheltenham Town have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in total. Defensively, Cheltenham Town seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.
Their prior results show that Cheltenham Town:
- have left without a victory over Crewe Alexandra when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
- are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 30/03/2019, both clubs have shared the honours with Crewe Alexandra winning 2 of those games, Cheltenham Town 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 of them for The Railwaymen and 8 coming from The Robins. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The previous league contest featuring these clubs was League Two match day 22 on 26/12/2024 when the final score was Cheltenham Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra.
The match was refereed by Alan Young.
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Prediction
Here is a game where Cheltenham Town will have to perform well to get anything against this Crewe Alexandra outfit who we think will get the vital goal that wins it.
That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning score for Crewe Alexandra at the end of the 90.
Let’s see how it plays out.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at the bookies’ prices in the win-draw-win market, the win for Crewe Alexandra can be had for 1.7, betting on a draw is 3.5 and selecting a win for Cheltenham Town will get you 5. They are the best bets on offer at this very moment.
Andre Moura,
01:02 08/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Crewe Alexandra
Formed: 1877
Stadium: The Mornflake Stadium (10,153)
Captain: Mickey Demetriou
Chairman: Charles Grant
Manager: Lee Bell
Competitions: League Two position 8
⭐ Key Player: Shilow Tracey
Mostly taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Shilow Tracey was born in England. After making a first senior appearance for Cambridge United in the 2022 - 2023 season, the gifted Forward has struck 6 league goals in the League Two 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 33 appearances.