Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crawley Town & Tranmere Rovers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both participants have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!
Crawley Town form and stats
Last season, Crawley's FA Cup journey ended in the 4th round.Crawley Town have played 8 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Crawley with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Rochdale game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Crawley Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Port Vale. Crawley's goalkeeper Glenn Morris was extremely busy against Port Vale, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The forward Kwesi Appiah outperformed all others in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.6 out of 10. Appiah scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Heartbreak before that as Crawley lost 1-2 at Scunthorpe United's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Crawley Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Crawley Town as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Crawley Town has won eight of these, drawn four and lost three.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Southampton U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at The People's Pension Stadium.
Crawley has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Tranmere Rovers have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-4-3 (8 played).
The attacking players of Tranmere have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 215 minutes.
Tranmere lost away at Mansfield Town (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Defender Tom Davies was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Davies won 9 of 10 duels.
A 0-2 loss hosting Northampton Town before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Tranmere Rovers in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Tranmere, six draws and two defeats.
After this away game Tranmere Rovers return home for a EFL Trophy game against Oldham Athletic. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Tranmere Rovers's away league games. Only 3 goals from 8 travels. Tranmere Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous nine meetings): Crawley won four games, one match ended with a tie and Tranmere Rovers have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / threeTop Goalscorers
  K. Appiah 6 goals | J. Hessenthaler 3 goals |  P. Clarke 3 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Crawley Town | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Newport County | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Salford City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |