About Match
5 points for Rotherham United (17th), 9 for Crewe Alexandra (7th): a 4-point gap. The last five rounds place Crewe Alexandra 3rd in the league for form — higher than their 7th in the standings. Per game in the league, Rotherham United score 1.2 and conceding 1.4, Crewe Alexandra 1 and 0.6, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game. If Rotherham United win, their total rises to 8 and up to 8th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Crewe Alexandra arrive off three consecutive draws.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 8 Rotherham United wins, 1 for Crewe Alexandra, 4 draws, at 3.31 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 31% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 62% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 77%.
The venue is AESSEAL New York Stadium in Rotherham, with room for 12,021 spectators.