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Gillingham pack their bags to visit Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Gills will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 12 and win only 4 of the 20 games.
The previous match played between the two at The Alexandra Stadium was more than three years back, in December 2007, with Gillingham inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the The Railwaymen in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 13 Nov | Gillingham | 1 - 3 | Crewe Alex. | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Mar | Gillingham | 0 - 3 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 04 Dec | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 3 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Mar | Gillingham | 1 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 07 Oct | Crewe Alex. | 4 - 3 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Apr | Gillingham | 1 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 20 Nov | Crewe Alex. | 4 - 1 | Gillingham | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the The Railwaymen in those games, with 5 conceded.
The The Gills have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the The Gills, and 4 goals against.
Crewe Alex. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower League Two, picking up 41 points from their 28 games so far. Gillingham's total of 45 points from their 30 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Npower League Two.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 |
| Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Gills's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Crewe Alex., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Won 4 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Gillingham | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. 5 games since last defeat. |