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Leicester City prepare to entertain Crewe Alexandra at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the Foxes.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Walkers Stadium was less than a year ago, in February 2005, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Leicester City | 1-1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 02 Nov | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 23 Sep | Leicester City | 1 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | LGEC |
| 1895/1896 | Sat 22 Feb | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 1 | Leicester F | CHMP |
| 1895/1896 | Sat 21 Dec | Leicester F | 4 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 1894/1895 | Mon 18 Feb | Leicester F | 4 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The away form of Crewe Alex. is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the The Railwaymen have hit 6 goals, 18 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Leicester City are currently lying in 19th place in Coca Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 24 from their 22 matches played. Crewe Alex. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca Cola Championship with a return of just 19 points from their 23 games thus far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Foxes's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Crewe Alex.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Crewe Alex. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 5 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |