League Two information and pre-match guide: Swindon Town odds-on expected to subdue Crawley Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: The County Ground (1000 seats)

Turn on the lights for Swindon Town - Crawley Town! Despite the season performances so far, this fixture could be immense!

Insights:
  • Crawley Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in League Two

Swindon are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Crawley Town is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's wish for an active match!

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Swindon Town form and stats

The complete League Two results at home this season for Swindon Town are 8-6-8 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Swindon in their previous match, an away game at Crewe Alexandra that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfielder McEachran was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. McEachran dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Stevenage that was lost 0-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Swindon Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.

The Swindon Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 29 in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Swindon have conceded 23 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Crawley Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crawley Town so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-14 (win-draw-lose).

Crawley Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Corey Addai. It's been 352 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

Crawley's last game was the home draw against Walsall (0-0). Addai was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.84. The agile goalkeeper Addai topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hartlepool United at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Crawley Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The attacking power of Crawley when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 22 league matches away. Crawley Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 39 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this season, as the history books show this recent game: Crawley Town - Swindon Town 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Swindon Town one win, three draws and Crawley Town six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownD. Telford
D. Telford
11 goals
Swindon TownJ. Williams
J. Williams
10 goals
SwindonJ. Wakeling
J. Wakeling
8 goals

Swindon Town missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Swindon Town Crawley Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
15 8 4 Won W 0 2 11
13 6 2 Drew D 1 6 13
17 8 1 Lost L 6 14 21
59 29 13 Scored S 3 16 47
54 23 6 Conceded C 18 39 69
89% 86% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 89%
67% 59% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 64% 69%
47% 45% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 50% 49%
16% 18% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 32% 31%
16% 18% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 9% 16%
51% 41% 43% BTTS BTTS 29% 45% 51%
29% 41% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 22%
31% 32% 14% Failed to Score F T 71% 45% 38%
 
5.3 5.8 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.9 4.5 4.6
4.8 3.9 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6.5 5.3
1.9 2 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.2 1.9
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
12.1 12.6 16.1 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 8.6 9.6
3.8 3.6 3.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.5 3.1
34% 36% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 30% 34%
 
11.4 10 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 15.5 13.4
3.4 3.1 1.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.5 4.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crawley Town have the fewest points (12) away in League Two
  • Crawley Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (42) in League Two
  • Crawley Town have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in League Two

  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 45 26 12 7 60 33 23 15 6 2 32 13 22 11 6 5 28 20 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 23 13 9 60 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 22 6 11 5 20 23 21 82
3 Northampton Town 45 22 14 9 61 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 22 10 8 4 30 22 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 22 12 11 64 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 78
5 Carlisle United 45 20 15 10 65 42 23 11 8 4 34 21 22 9 7 6 31 21 23 75
6 Salford City 45 22 9 14 72 53 22 10 5 7 28 22 23 12 4 7 44 31 19 75
7 Bradford City 44 20 15 9 58 39 22 9 9 4 32 22 22 11 6 5 26 17 19 75
8 Mansfield Town 45 20 12 13 70 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 22 11 4 7 33 24 15 72
9 Barrow 45 18 8 19 47 52 22 12 3 7 29 18 23 6 5 12 18 34 -5 62
10 Swindon Town 45 15 13 17 59 54 22 8 6 8 29 23 23 7 7 9 30 31 5 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 13 17 45 47 22 10 6 6 27 19 23 5 7 11 18 28 -2 58
12 Grimsby Town 45 15 13 17 48 56 22 6 10 6 23 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -8 58
13 Sutton United 45 15 12 18 45 57 22 11 4 7 25 20 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 57
14 Newport County 45 14 14 17 51 54 22 6 6 10 25 28 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 56
15 Doncaster Rovers 45 16 7 22 45 63 23 11 1 11 27 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -18 55
16 Crewe Alexandra 44 13 15 16 43 56 22 10 6 6 29 24 22 3 9 10 14 32 -13 54
17 Walsall 45 11 19 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 23 3 10 10 18 30 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 13 13 19 35 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 22 2 8 12 14 29 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 12 15 18 58 67 22 6 9 7 30 31 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 51
20 Colchester United 45 12 13 20 44 49 22 6 9 7 25 21 23 6 4 13 19 28 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 11 15 19 48 59 23 7 7 9 26 30 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 11 13 21 47 69 23 9 7 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 46
23 Hartlepool United 45 9 15 21 51 77 23 5 10 8 27 36 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 9 10 26 45 69 23 5 5 13 29 38 22 4 5 13 16 31 -24 37

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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 45 26 12 7 60 33 23 15 6 2 32 13 22 11 6 5 28 20 27 90
2 Stevenage 45 23 13 9 60 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 22 6 11 5 20 23 21 82
3 Northampton Town 45 22 14 9 61 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 22 10 8 4 30 22 19 80
4 Stockport County 45 22 12 11 64 36 22 11 8 3 31 15 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 78
5 Carlisle United 45 20 15 10 65 42 23 11 8 4 34 21 22 9 7 6 31 21 23 75
6 Salford City 45 22 9 14 72 53 22 10 5 7 28 22 23 12 4 7 44 31 19 75
7 Bradford City 44 20 15 9 58 39 22 9 9 4 32 22 22 11 6 5 26 17 19 75
8 Mansfield Town 45 20 12 13 70 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 22 11 4 7 33 24 15 72
9 Barrow 45 18 8 19 47 52 22 12 3 7 29 18 23 6 5 12 18 34 -5 62
10 Swindon Town 45 15 13 17 59 54 22 8 6 8 29 23 23 7 7 9 30 31 5 58
11 Tranmere Rovers 45 15 13 17 45 47 22 10 6 6 27 19 23 5 7 11 18 28 -2 58
12 Grimsby Town 45 15 13 17 48 56 22 6 10 6 23 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -8 58
13 Sutton United 45 15 12 18 45 57 22 11 4 7 25 20 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 57
14 Newport County 45 14 14 17 51 54 22 6 6 10 25 28 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 56
15 Doncaster Rovers 45 16 7 22 45 63 23 11 1 11 27 30 22 5 6 11 18 33 -18 55
16 Crewe Alexandra 44 13 15 16 43 56 22 10 6 6 29 24 22 3 9 10 14 32 -13 54
17 Walsall 45 11 19 15 44 48 22 8 9 5 26 18 23 3 10 10 18 30 -4 52
18 Gillingham 45 13 13 19 35 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 22 2 8 12 14 29 -14 52
19 Harrogate Town 45 12 15 18 58 67 22 6 9 7 30 31 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 51
20 Colchester United 45 12 13 20 44 49 22 6 9 7 25 21 23 6 4 13 19 28 -5 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 45 11 15 19 48 59 23 7 7 9 26 30 22 4 8 10 22 29 -11 48
22 Crawley Town 45 11 13 21 47 69 23 9 7 7 31 30 22 2 6 14 16 39 -22 46
23 Hartlepool United 45 9 15 21 51 77 23 5 10 8 27 36 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 42
24 Rochdale 45 9 10 26 45 69 23 5 5 13 29 38 22 4 5 13 16 31 -24 37

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