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Notts. County travel to take on Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Magpies 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 last time the two teams met at Crewe Alex. was back in August 2002, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 24 Oct | Notts. County | 2 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 04 Feb | Notts. County | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 13 Aug | Crewe Alex. | 0 - 3 | Notts. County | LGE1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 08 Mar | Notts. County | 0 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 1996/1997 | Fri 20 Dec | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 0 | Notts. County | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 15 May | Notts. County | 1 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | D2PO |
| 1995/1996 | Sun 12 May | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 2 | Notts. County | D2PO |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 10.
The Magpies 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. The Magpies's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Crewe Alex. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 47 points from their 36 games played so far, Notts. County are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League Two, and have accumulated 61 points from the 33 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Notts. County | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Notts. County are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Notts. County | 8 games since last defeat. |