Betting preview: Crawley Town vs Walsall should be interesting

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Broadfield Stadium (6134 seats)

This is a vital shoot-out in the "wrong" end of the League Two, with both Crawley Town and Walsall feeling more concern than bliss. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts at 22nd and the guests in 17th place.

Insights:
  • Crawley Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in League Two
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Relegation threatens Crawley Town who should definitely be looking for some points here. Walsall is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both participants have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!

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Crawley Town form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Crawley Town at their home stadium (Broadfield Stadium) is 9 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Corey Addai not having conceded a league goal in 262 minutes.

Happy days for Crawley Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Hartlepool United (placed 23rd) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Addai, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.53 out of 10 in that game. Addai topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Crawley Town hosted Colchester United and drew the game 0-0.

Crawley are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 31 goals in 22 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Crawley Town have conceded 30 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Crawley Town has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Walsall form and stats

There's been little loot from Walsall's travels as they have only collected 18 points from 22 away games in the League Two. Walsall only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 9 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Walsall have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Walsall's previous game was their home loss versus Salford City (2-3). Walsall were so close to getting something from the game against Salford City, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal seven minutes into overtime. Defender Gordon was the best team player with a rating of 8.0. Gordon served one assist, hit four key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Harrogate Town's place.

Low-scoring game? 16 of this team's last 21 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Walsall when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 30 goals have been conceded by Walsall in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved encountered each other before this match year: Walsall - Crawley 2-1. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Crawley Town won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Walsall got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownD. Telford
D. Telford
11 goals
Crawley TownA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
7 goals
WalsallI. Hutchinson
I. Hutchinson
6 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Walsall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crawley Town Walsall
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
11 9 2 Won W 0 3 11
12 6 2 Drew D 2 9 18
21 7 2 Lost L 4 10 15
47 31 7 Scored S 5 18 44
69 30 7 Conceded C 14 30 48
91% 86% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 82%
70% 77% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 68% 66%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 34%
32% 32% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 16%
16% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 7%
52% 59% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
20% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 27% 32%
36% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 41% 36%
 
4.6 4.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 4.5
5.3 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.9 4.4
1.9 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
9.6 10.6 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.1 10.9
3.1 3.7 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.1 3.2
35% 38% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 38% 32%
 
13.4 11.4 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 11.6 11.2
4.6 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.2 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in League Two
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 43 25 12 6 58 29 22 15 6 1 32 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 29 87
2 Northampton Town 44 22 14 8 60 40 22 12 6 4 30 18 22 10 8 4 30 22 20 80
3 Stevenage 43 21 13 9 57 39 22 16 2 4 38 16 21 5 11 5 19 23 18 76
4 Stockport County 44 21 12 11 61 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 25 75
5 Carlisle United 44 20 15 9 63 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 9 7 6 31 21 24 75
6 Salford City 44 21 9 14 69 51 22 10 5 7 28 22 22 11 4 7 41 29 18 72
7 Bradford City 43 19 15 9 56 38 22 9 9 4 32 22 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 72
8 Mansfield Town 43 20 12 11 68 51 21 9 8 4 35 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 17 72
9 Barrow 44 18 8 18 46 49 22 12 3 7 29 18 22 6 5 11 17 31 -3 62
10 Swindon Town 43 15 13 15 58 51 21 8 6 7 29 22 22 7 7 8 29 29 7 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 44 15 12 17 44 46 22 10 6 6 27 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -2 57
12 Sutton United 44 15 12 17 44 53 22 11 4 7 25 20 22 4 8 10 19 33 -9 57
13 Grimsby Town 43 14 13 16 46 54 21 5 10 6 21 25 22 9 3 10 25 29 -8 55
14 Newport County 43 13 14 16 47 50 21 6 6 9 23 25 22 7 8 7 24 25 -3 53
15 Gillingham 44 13 13 18 34 47 22 11 5 6 20 18 22 2 8 12 14 29 -13 52
16 Doncaster Rovers 44 15 7 22 44 63 22 10 1 11 26 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -19 52
17 Walsall 44 11 18 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 22 3 9 10 18 30 -4 51
18 Crewe Alexandra 42 12 15 15 41 53 21 9 6 6 27 23 21 3 9 9 14 30 -12 51
19 Colchester United 44 12 13 19 44 48 22 6 9 7 25 21 22 6 4 12 19 27 -4 49
20 AFC Wimbledon 44 11 14 19 47 58 22 7 6 9 25 29 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 47
21 Harrogate Town 43 10 15 18 53 64 22 6 9 7 30 31 21 4 6 11 23 33 -11 45
22 Crawley Town 44 11 12 21 47 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 45
23 Hartlepool United 44 8 15 21 48 76 22 4 10 8 24 35 22 4 5 13 24 41 -28 39
24 Rochdale 44 8 10 26 41 68 22 4 5 13 25 37 22 4 5 13 16 31 -27 34

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 43 25 12 6 58 29 22 15 6 1 32 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 29 87
2 Northampton Town 44 22 14 8 60 40 22 12 6 4 30 18 22 10 8 4 30 22 20 80
3 Stevenage 43 21 13 9 57 39 22 16 2 4 38 16 21 5 11 5 19 23 18 76
4 Stockport County 44 21 12 11 61 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 25 75
5 Carlisle United 44 20 15 9 63 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 9 7 6 31 21 24 75
6 Salford City 44 21 9 14 69 51 22 10 5 7 28 22 22 11 4 7 41 29 18 72
7 Bradford City 43 19 15 9 56 38 22 9 9 4 32 22 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 72
8 Mansfield Town 43 20 12 11 68 51 21 9 8 4 35 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 17 72
9 Barrow 44 18 8 18 46 49 22 12 3 7 29 18 22 6 5 11 17 31 -3 62
10 Swindon Town 43 15 13 15 58 51 21 8 6 7 29 22 22 7 7 8 29 29 7 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 44 15 12 17 44 46 22 10 6 6 27 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -2 57
12 Sutton United 44 15 12 17 44 53 22 11 4 7 25 20 22 4 8 10 19 33 -9 57
13 Grimsby Town 43 14 13 16 46 54 21 5 10 6 21 25 22 9 3 10 25 29 -8 55
14 Newport County 43 13 14 16 47 50 21 6 6 9 23 25 22 7 8 7 24 25 -3 53
15 Gillingham 44 13 13 18 34 47 22 11 5 6 20 18 22 2 8 12 14 29 -13 52
16 Doncaster Rovers 44 15 7 22 44 63 22 10 1 11 26 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -19 52
17 Walsall 44 11 18 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 22 3 9 10 18 30 -4 51
18 Crewe Alexandra 42 12 15 15 41 53 21 9 6 6 27 23 21 3 9 9 14 30 -12 51
19 Colchester United 44 12 13 19 44 48 22 6 9 7 25 21 22 6 4 12 19 27 -4 49
20 AFC Wimbledon 44 11 14 19 47 58 22 7 6 9 25 29 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 47
21 Harrogate Town 43 10 15 18 53 64 22 6 9 7 30 31 21 4 6 11 23 33 -11 45
22 Crawley Town 44 11 12 21 47 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 45
23 Hartlepool United 44 8 15 21 48 76 22 4 10 8 24 35 22 4 5 13 24 41 -28 39
24 Rochdale 44 8 10 26 41 68 22 4 5 13 25 37 22 4 5 13 16 31 -27 34

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.