Struggling Bradford City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Crawley Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Bradford City form and stats
3-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Bradford City so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Bradford, as their goalkeeper Sam Hornby has completely shut out the opponents for 221 minutes in the League Two.
Bradford City drew their last game, also a home match. Port Vale (placed 13th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Tranmere Rovers and winning 1-0.
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 Bradford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won five, drawn six and lost six.
Bradford aren't scoring a lot here at Northern Commercials Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Bradford have conceded 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
Playing away, Crawley Town have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season. Crawley have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Crawley Town won their last game, 3-0 versus Leeds United played at home. Prior to that result Crawley won their away game at Bolton Wanderers in the League Two. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Crawley Town in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Crawley Town, four draws and six defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Stevenage in just three days.
The visiting Crawley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. Crawley have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Crawley Town - Bradford City 1-1. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Bradford City victories, one draw and four Crawley Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Watters 13 goals |  T. Nichols 7 goals |   L. Novak 6 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Bradford City | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 34 |
| 25 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 28 |
| 90% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 86% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 42% | 50% |
| 19% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 43% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 64% |
| 24% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 8% | 18% |
| 43% | 45% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 12.1 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.8 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 24% | 20% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 38% |
- 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 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Newport County | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Cambridge United | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Salford City | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 31 |
| 11 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 23 |
| 21 | Barrow | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 20 |
| 24 | Southend United | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -19 | 19 |
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