National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sutton United or Crawley Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sutton United form and stats
With 2 League Two wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Sutton United are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Sutton United regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Walsall and win 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sutton United played a great game against Walsall and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The forward Smith bested all others in that game and received a match rating of 10.0 out of 10. Smith scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against Salford City with the scoreline 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Sutton United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sutton United as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Sutton has won 8 of these, drawn 5 and lost 4.
There will be little rest for Sutton United after this match as they are travelling to Doncaster Rovers for a League Two game in only four days.
Sutton has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. On the other hand, Sutton United have conceded 9 goals.
Crawley Town form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Crawley Town have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.
The attacking players of Crawley Town have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 204 minutes.
Crawley Town failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Wrexham that ended with defeat 0-1. Defender Wright was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Wright hit three key passes and won 0 of 4 duels.
It was a League Two defeat before that one as the away game against Doncaster Rovers wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Crawley Town in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Crawley, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Crawley Town have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Crawley Town's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 14 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings with these participants: Sutton United won four, Crawley Town were winners in one and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Patrick 5 goals |  H. Smith 4 goals |   D. Orsi-Dadamo 4 goals |
Sutton United missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Sutton United | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 50 | 18 | Conceded | C | 26 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 40% | ||
| 12.6 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crawley Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Aston Villa U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 4 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Walsall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Newport County | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 7 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
