National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's AFC Wimbledon or Crawley Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Wimbledon and Crawley Town.
AFC Wimbledon form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.AFC Wimbledon have played 4 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for AFC Wimbledon in their previous match, an away game at Carlisle United that ended in defeat 1-2. The talented striker Assal outdid all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.12 out of 10. Assal scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, AFC Wimbledon lost 0-2 at home to Northampton Town.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wimbledon handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.
There will be little rest for AFC Wimbledon after this match as they are travelling to Bradford City for a League Two game in only four days.
Wimbledon's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crawley Town form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Crawley Town have produced an overall stat of 0-3-2 so far.
Crawley Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Crewe Alexandra. Midfield player Tsaroulla was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Tsaroulla hit one key pass.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Stockport County in the League Two.We have checked recent matches where Crawley Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 6 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Crawley have another match away from home in just four nights, a League Two game versus Doncaster Rovers. A hard diary for the visitors!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crawley Town as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AFC Wimbledon four wins, one draw and Crawley Town five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Young-Coombes 3 goals |  E. Chislett 2 goals |  J. Davison 2 goals |
AFC Wimbledon missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| AFC Wimbledon | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Crawley Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Aston Villa U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -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 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Barrow | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Salford City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Carlisle United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 19 | Newport County | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 4 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 2 |
