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Leicester City pack their bags to visit Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. On each previous occasion, the points have been shared by Foxes.
The previous match played between the two at The Alexandra Stadium was more than three years back, in August 2005, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 25 Nov | Leicester City | 2 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Dec | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The The Railwaymen's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Leicester City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Foxes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Crewe Alex. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 46 points from their 45 games thus far. Leicester City are leading the way in the Coca-Cola League One, with their 45 games giving them a return of 93 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Leicester City 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. | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 9 most recent games. |
| Leicester City | 6 games since last away draw. 6 games since last defeat. |