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Walsall travel to take on Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 30 games played, Saddlers have recorded 12 wins, and Crewe Alex. have come away with 14 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Crewe Alex. was just over four years ago, in August 2003, the The Railwaymen carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 07 Feb | Walsall | 1 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 25 Aug | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 0 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 26 Dec | Walsall | 2 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Sep | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 1 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Jan | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 3 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 21 Aug | Walsall | 1 - 4 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 15 Feb | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 0 | Walsall | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
The Saddlers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Saddlers, and 2 goals against.
Crewe Alex. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 23 points from their 18 games played so far, Walsall's 27 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Walsall | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Walsall are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Crewe Alex.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | 7 games since last home draw. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Walsall | Undefeated in last 8 away games. 9 games since last defeat. |