League Two: The mid-table positions tell a story of the journey Walsall and Crawley Town have been on uptil now. Both contenders are ready for the game; let's bake this cake!
- Crawley Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Walsall and Crawley Town.
Walsall form and stats
Walsall have collected 11 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-2-1.
Walsall shared the glory with Newport County in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Walsall, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Newport County. Fun stuff to watch! Draper could bring home the match ball after scoring three goals against Newport County, but was annoyed the match ended without a win (3-3). The gifted forward Draper outperformed all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 9.22 out of 10. Draper scored three goals.
Before that, Walsall had a home game versus Gillingham which ended with a victory 4-1.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 Walsall have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Walsall as they are travelling to their away game against Mansfield Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Walsall have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Poundland Bescot Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
Playing away, Crawley Town have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Crawley as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Sutton United match.
Crawley Town failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Crewe Alexandra (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 2-4. As you can tell from the result, the match against Crewe Alexandra was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The attacker Lolos got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Lolos scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Before that, 0-0 away against Sutton United (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy. We have checked recent matches where Crawley have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 5 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Crawley Town manager Lindsey as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Forest Green Rovers.
Crawley have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Crawley Town are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Walsall wins - draws - Crawley Town wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Draper 8 goals |  I. Hutchinson 5 goals |   D. Orsi-Dadamo 4 goals |
Walsall missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Walsall | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| 93% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 77% |
| 71% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 46% |
| 21% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 60% | 46% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 54% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 31% |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 6.6 | 6.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 11.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12.8 | 15.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 5 |
| 35% | 33% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 34% |
| 13.5 | 14.5 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 15 | 11.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
- All of Crawley Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Crawley Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Crawley Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stockport County | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Notts County | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Wrexham | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 9 | Gillingham | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Walsall | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Barrow | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | Salford City | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Dons | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 19 | Newport County | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 15 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 14 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 10 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 10 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 7 |
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