League Two forecast and pre-match guide: Grimsby Town modest favourite to overwhelm Crawley Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

Crawley Town will not await any pleasantries from hosting team Grimsby Town in this League Two match. Here's your broad match guide!

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Crawley Town have yet to win a game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Grimsby Town so far this season.

Grimsby Town are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Wrexham. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through five league fixtures. Defender Maher got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Maher won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that, Grimsby played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Bradford City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grimsby Town handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The Grimsby fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Grimsby Town have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Crawley Town form and stats

The League Two season is young and Crawley Town have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.

Crawley Town are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the match against Tranmere Rovers (placed 23rd). Lolos came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Tranmere Rovers last time out, making the manager Lindsey feel like a tactical genius. Tsaroulla got a match rating of 8.81 in that game, top player of the team. Tsaroulla scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 46 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Newport County.

Crawley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visiting Crawley Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. There are big problems for the Crawley Town defense as they have conceded 10 goals in 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

Grimsby have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Crawley Town.

Top Goalscorers

Grimsby TownA. Eisa
A. Eisa
4 goals
Crawley TownN. Tsaroulla
N. Tsaroulla
3 goals
Crawley TownA. Campbell
A. Campbell
3 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Grimsby Town Crawley Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 3 8
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 4
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
9 5 3 Scored S 3 4 14
9 1 1 Conceded C 3 10 15
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 62%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 67% 50%
50% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 62%
38% 75% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
4.9 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 5.4
5.9 5.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3 2.8
2.1 1.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.3 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 12 14.4
2.9 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 5
39% 36% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 40% 35%
 
11.9 10.2 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.3 11
4.5 3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6 4.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Crawley Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Crawley Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Crawley Town have yet to win a game away.
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grimsby Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Grimsby Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 Gillingham 8 6 0 2 7 6 4 3 0 1 4 4 4 3 0 1 3 2 1 18
2 Notts County 8 5 2 1 15 11 3 3 0 0 8 4 5 2 2 1 7 7 4 17
3 Swindon Town 7 4 3 0 22 11 4 3 1 0 15 5 3 1 2 0 7 6 11 15
4 Wrexham 8 4 3 1 20 15 5 3 1 1 17 13 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 15
5 Mansfield Town 8 3 5 0 15 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 5 1 4 0 9 6 7 14
6 Crawley Town 8 4 2 2 14 15 5 4 0 1 10 5 3 0 2 1 4 10 -1 14
7 Crewe Alexandra 8 3 4 1 19 13 4 2 2 0 11 7 4 1 2 1 8 6 6 13
8 Accrington Stanley 8 4 1 3 13 11 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 13
9 Milton Keynes Dons 8 4 1 3 15 14 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 2 0 2 10 10 1 13
10 Barrow 7 3 3 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 2 2 1 5 4 2 12
11 AFC Wimbledon 8 2 5 1 12 8 4 0 3 1 5 6 4 2 2 0 7 2 4 11
12 Newport County 8 3 2 3 16 15 4 2 2 0 10 4 4 1 0 3 6 11 1 11
13 Stockport County 8 3 2 3 12 12 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 11
14 Walsall 8 3 2 3 11 13 3 2 1 0 4 2 5 1 1 3 7 11 -2 11
15 Grimsby Town 8 2 4 2 9 9 4 2 2 0 5 1 4 0 2 2 4 8 0 10
16 Morecambe 7 3 1 3 7 8 4 3 1 0 6 1 3 0 0 3 1 7 -1 10
17 Bradford City 8 2 4 2 6 8 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 0 2 2 1 5 -2 10
18 Colchester United 7 2 1 4 9 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 7
19 Salford City 8 2 1 5 9 13 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 2 0 2 6 6 -4 7
20 Harrogate Town 8 2 1 5 5 9 3 1 0 2 2 2 5 1 1 3 3 7 -4 7
21 Forest Green Rovers 8 2 1 5 6 14 5 0 0 5 3 13 3 2 1 0 3 1 -8 7
22 Doncaster Rovers 8 1 2 5 7 15 4 0 2 2 3 6 4 1 0 3 4 9 -8 5
23 Tranmere Rovers 8 1 0 7 10 15 4 1 0 3 7 7 4 0 0 4 3 8 -5 3
24 Sutton United 8 1 0 7 11 20 4 1 0 3 5 6 4 0 0 4 6 14 -9 3

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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.