England - EFL League TwoAlexandra StadiumData current as of 18 September 2026

Crewe Alexandra vs Shrewsbury Town: match statistics

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Crewe Alexandra vs Shrewsbury Town: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Crewe Alexandra play Shrewsbury Town in EFL League Two (England). The match date is 19 September 2026. Venue: Alexandra Stadium.

Current form

Crewe Alexandra: 1-4-0, 1.40 points/match. Shrewsbury Town: 2-0-3, 1.20 points/match.

Goal statistics

Crewe Alexandra scores 1.00 and concedes 0.67 goals per match. Shrewsbury Town scores 0.67 and concedes 1.67. League average: 2.65 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Crewe Alexandra 50%, Shrewsbury Town 17%. Over 2.5: Crewe Alexandra 17%, Shrewsbury Town 33%. League level: BTTS 56%, Over 2.5 49%.

xG, shots and style

Crewe Alexandra has higher xG: 1.48 vs 1.28. Crewe Alexandra: 14.0 shots per match, Shrewsbury Town: 11.8.

Match halves

Crewe Alexandra: half-time lead 0%, second-half goals 0.83. Shrewsbury Town: half-time lead 17%, second-half goals 0.17.

Goals by minute

Crewe Alexandra: 76-90+ (3 goals). Shrewsbury Town: 31-45+ (2 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

League Two: 2.65 goals per match, BTTS 56%, Over 2.5 49%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 2 previous H2H matches were available: 2-0-0. Average goals 4.00, BTTS 50%.

Before the match

1X2 odds

(2.05)
(3.50)
(3.50)

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
1Goals scored / match0.67
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0.67Goals conceded / match1.67
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
48%Average possession45%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
3.83Shots on target / match2.83
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

14Shots per match11.83
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
3.83Shots on target2.83
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
7.1%Shot conversion5.6%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
48%Possession45%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
1.48xG for1.28
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
1.63xG against1.15
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

Shooting quality

Crewe Alexandra: AttackingShrewsbury Town: Balanced
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
Accuracy (shots on target)27%24%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.260.24

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Crewe Alexandra is 17% better for: last-5 form.

1.4 pts / match - Crewe Alexandra · 1.2 pts / match - Shrewsbury Town

Crewe Alexandra
WDDDD
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
33% W67% D0% L
Season (W-D-L)
2-4-0
1.67 pts / match · goal difference +2
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-4-0
1.40 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
1-2-0
Last 5 at home
1-2-0
WDD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.38Opponent xG: 1.72BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 20%
Shrewsbury Town
LWLLW
Season result split
33% W0% D67% L
Season (W-D-L)
2-0-4
1.00 pts / match · goal difference -6
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-0-3
1.20 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
0-0-3
Last 5 away
0-0-3
LLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 1.6xG: 1.18Opponent xG: 1.18BTTS: 20%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Crewe Alexandra is 49% better for: goals scored per match.

1 goals / match - Crewe Alexandra · 0.67 goals / match - Shrewsbury Town

Crewe Alexandra is 149% better for: goals conceded per match.

0.67 goals / match - Crewe Alexandra · 1.67 goals / match - Shrewsbury Town

Crewe Alexandra scoring profile: very strong

Crewe Alexandra scores in 83% of matches (5 of 6 matches), while Shrewsbury Town keeps a clean sheet in 33% (2 of 6 matches).

Shrewsbury Town scoring profile: mixed

Shrewsbury Town scores in 50% of matches (3 of 6 matches), while Crewe Alexandra keeps a clean sheet in 50% (3 of 6 matches).

6Goals scored (season)4
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
4Goals conceded (season)10
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
1.67Average goals in match2.33
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
5Goals scored (last 5)4
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
4Goals conceded (last 5)8
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

How often they score at least...

83%1 goal50%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
17%2 goals17%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0%3 goals0%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0%4 goals0%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

How often they concede at least...

50%1 goal67%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
17%2 goals67%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0%3 goals33%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0%4 goals0%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

56%
League average

Goal patterns

17%BTTS at half-time17%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0%BTTS in both halves0%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0%Scored in both halves0%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

BTTS and goal count

17%Min. 3 goals and BTTS17%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS17%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
60%BTTS - last 520%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

50%Min. 1 goal before half-time83%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
17%Min. 2 goals before half-time50%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0%Min. 3 goals before half-time0%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

2nd half

67%Min. 1 goal after half-time83%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
17%Min. 2 goals after half-time17%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
17%Min. 3 goals after half-time0%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Shrewsbury Town is 24% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

0.67 pts / match - Crewe Alexandra · 0.83 pts / match - Shrewsbury Town

Crewe Alexandra - half-time state
0% leading67% draw33% trailing
Shrewsbury Town - half-time state
17% leading33% draw50% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

0.67Points per match (1st half)0.83
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0.17Goals scored (1st half)0.5
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0.5Goals conceded (1st half)0.83
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0.67Average goals (1st half)1.33
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
50%Clean sheet before half-time33%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
83%No goal before half-time67%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

After half-time (2nd half)

2.33Points per match (2nd half)0.67
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0.83Goals scored (2nd half)0.17
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
0.17Goals conceded (2nd half)0.83
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
1Average goals (2nd half)1
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
83%Clean sheet after half-time33%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town
33%No goal after half-time83%
Crewe AlexandraShrewsbury Town

Crewe Alexandra - second-half results

67% W33% D0% L
4
Half-time points
1
Half-time goals
-2
Goal difference (1st half)
14
Second-half points
+4
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.67
PPG before half-time
Defence after half-time-0.3

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Shrewsbury Town - second-half results

17% W17% D67% L
5
Half-time points
3
Half-time goals
-2
Goal difference (1st half)
4
Second-half points
-4
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.83
PPG before half-time
Lead holding194%

Leads at half-time in 17% of matches and wins 33%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Crewe Alexandra - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.602.20
Goals scored / match0.20.8
Goals conceded / match0.60.2
Average goals in match0.81.0
1 goal60%60%
2 goals20%20%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet40%80%
No goal80%40%
Goal difference-2+3
Half-time: 0% leading - 60% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 40% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 1
Shrewsbury Town - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.000.80
Goals scored / match0.60.2
Goals conceded / match0.80.8
Average goals in match1.41.0
1 goal80%80%
2 goals60%20%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet40%40%
No goal60%80%
Goal difference-1-3
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 20% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Crewe Alexandra
ScoredConceded
1
0
0-15
0
1
16-30
0
2
31-45
2
1
46-60
0
0
61-75
3
0
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (3 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (2). Late-goal balance (76-90): +3 - wins late phases.

Shrewsbury Town
ScoredConceded
1
1
0-15
0
0
16-30
2
4
31-45
0
0
46-60
1
1
61-75
0
4
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (2 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (4). Late-goal balance (76-90): -4 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.00
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.3 : 0.7
Estimated goal split
home : away
76%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
34%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
42%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
9%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 11 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Crewe Alexandra

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.15
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.48
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-2.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.48
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.96
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
62%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
64%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.27
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.7
Late goals
50% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 17% come in the first quarter-hour.
50%

Shrewsbury Town

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.13
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-1.13
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+3.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.61
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.52
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
64%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
104%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.20
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.3
Late goals
0% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 25% come in the first quarter-hour.
0%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (League Two).

Teams vs league

Crewe AlexandraLigaShrewsbury Town
Average goals in match 1.672.65 2.33
Both teams scored 50%56% 17%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 17%49% 33%
Clean sheets 50%26% 33%
Goal before half-time 50%75% 83%
Goal after half-time 67%76% 83%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.65
Average goals per match
56%
Both teams scored
49%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
26%
Clean sheets
1.61
Home goals / match
1.04
Away goals / match
+55%
Home attack advantage
+35%
Home defence advantage
+36%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
75%
1 goal
33%
2 goals
8%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
76%
1 goal
46%
2 goals
18%
3 goals
4%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (2): Crewe Alexandra 2 - 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town. Average goals 4.00, both teams scored in 50% matches.

Shrewsbury Town FC
0 : 4
Crewe Alexandra FC
Crewe Alexandra FC
3 : 1
Shrewsbury Town FC

FAQ

When do Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town play?

Crewe Alexandra face Shrewsbury Town on 19 September 2026 in EFL League Two at Alexandra Stadium. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town?

In the last 2 head-to-head matches Crewe Alexandra won 2, Shrewsbury Town won 0 and 0 ended level. These games averaged 4.00 goals, with both teams scoring in 50% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Crewe Alexandra vs Shrewsbury Town?

Crewe Alexandra score 1.00 goals per game on average and Shrewsbury Town 0.67. The EFL League Two average is 2.65 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 49% of games. Both teams score in 50% of Crewe Alexandra's matches and 17% of Shrewsbury Town's.

What form are Crewe Alexandra and Shrewsbury Town in?

Over the last 5 games Crewe Alexandra have a 1-4-0 record (1.40 points per game) and Shrewsbury Town 2-0-3 (1.20 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Crewe Alexandra vs Shrewsbury Town?

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