Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Bolton Wanderers in 15th and Crawley Town in 10th place.
Crawley Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Forest Green Rovers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Crawley Town.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Bolton Wanderers have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bolton Wanderers, their manager I. Evatt and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Wanderers drew their last game, 3-3 away at Carlisle United (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Wanderers lost 0-3 at home to Tranmere Rovers.
Late drama in the game against Carlisle United as Bolton Wanderers were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Peter Kioso popped out and made it level in the 88th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wanderers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost five.
Wanderers has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
Crawley Town have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Newport County.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Crawley in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Crawley Town, four draws and six defeats.
Crawley have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Crawley struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Doyle 8 goals |  N. Delfouneso 5 goals |  T. Nichols 5 goals |
Bolton Wanderers missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Bolton Wanderers | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 31 |
| 32 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 27 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 75% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | 86% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | 48% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | 24% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| 45% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 64% | 62% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 36% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 11.6 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.3 | 10.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 34% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | 40% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 6 | Salford City | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 33 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 31 |
| 8 | Cambridge United | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 9 | Walsall | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 21 | Barrow | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 19 |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 24 | Southend United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -18 | 16 |