Blackpool vs Crewe Alexandra prediction and betting tips on September 3, 2024
Game Prediction
Blackpool and Crewe Alexandra will compete in the EFL Trophy on September 3, 2024. Hosting a representative of a weaker division, the hosts will try to achieve a confident victory.
Blackpool vs Crewe Alexandra: key statistics and trends
- Blackpool has won only 3 out of 10 previous matches.
- Crewe Alexandra has lost 6 out of 9 previous games.
- Blackpool wins the first half in 41% of matches, Crewe Alexandra – in 33% of confrontations.
Our prediction for the match Blackpool vs Crewe Alexandra
“The Tangerines” have had several bright periods in their history. For instance, the club, being under the leadership of Holloway, showed itself quite brightly in the Premier League in the season of 2010/2011. However, it flew back to the Championship, and then quickly slid to the level of the fourth division of the country. There is progress now: the team finished the previous cycle of the League One in 8th place, just short of the play-off zone. “The Alex” tried to return there from the League Two again. And again unsuccessfully: the club lost to Crawley at Wembley in the decisive match.
Lee Bell continues to work at Crewe. Still, the renewed team had a difficult start to the season. At first, it lost to everyone in a row – to Rotherham in the cup tournament and to Barrow and Chesterfield in the championship. And only the struggle with Swindon brought at least a goalless draw. Then the team beat Bromley with a 2-1 score, but even there it was losing until the 83rd minute of the game. “The Oranges” thrashed Burton in the League Cup, but at the same time had a weak start to the championship: they lost to Crawley and Stockport, and squandered a two-goal advantage over Cambridge – there happened a 4-4 draw. And the 2-1 cup win on the field of Blackburn was followed by a draw in the confrontation with Wycombe.
Crewe has already started the tournament. The team managed to achieve a crushing 5-1 victory in the battle against Liverpool U21.
Blackpool vs Crewe Alexandra: possible starting line-ups
Blackpool (possible line-up): O’Donnell – Husband, Baggott, Casey – Coulson, Evans, Norburn, Hamilton – Ballard, Fletcher, Joseph.
Crew Alexandra (possible line-up): Marschall – Williams, Demetriou, Knight-Lebel – Conway, Tabiner, Sanders, Thomas, Billington – Hemmings, Tracey.
Previous head-to-head matches: Blackpool vs Crewe Alexandra
All 4 previous official matches between the clubs ended in draws.
Free prediction for the match Blackpool vs Crewe Alexandra
The guests are really weak. This team should be beaten on the native field with “a -1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.71).