This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Bradford City and Crewe Alexandra at 15:00 on 26th December 2011 in the League Two.

Footymad preview History of the Bradford City v Crewe Alexandra fixture

Crewe Alexandra face a trip to Bradford City at Coral Windows Stadium on Monday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Railwaymen will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2011, where Crewe Alexandra annihilated the Railwaymen 1-5 in a League Two match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 07 May Bradford City 1-5 Crewe Alex. League Two
2010/2011 Tue 25 Jan Crewe Alex. 2 - 1 Bradford City League Two
2009/2010 Sat 08 May Crewe Alex. 0 - 1 Bradford City League Two
2009/2010 Sat 10 Oct Bradford City 2 - 3 Crewe Alex. League Two
2006/2007 Sat 17 Feb Bradford City 0 - 1 Crewe Alex. League One
2006/2007 Sat 11 Nov Bradford City 4 - 0 Crewe Alex. F.A. Cup
2006/2007 Sat 19 Aug Crewe Alex. 0 - 3 Bradford City League One

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Bradford City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.

The Railwaymen have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Bradford City are currently lying in 20th place in npower League Two having mustered a points tally of 19 from their 21 matches played.

Crewe Alexandra see themselves just below half way in the npower League Two, showing a record of 27 points from their 21 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Bradford City 6 2 2 2 7 7 8
Crewe Alexandra 6 2 2 2 7 10 8

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Crewe Alexandra are not doing too bad on their travels, and we think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Bradford City. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Bradford City No sequences of note
Crewe Alexandra Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here