League Two match prediction and preview for Cambridge United vs Crawley Town clash

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abbey Stadium (8127 seats)

It's advantage Cambridge United so far with their 1st position in the League Two table, welcoming Crawley Town who are placed 12th.

Insights:
  • Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+15) in League Two
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

The visiting Crawley Town played their last game only four days ago, a FA Cup match. That game was also an away game, at AFC Bournemouth. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

D W D L W

Cambridge United form and stats

Cambridge United, who have the the best goal difference (+15) in League Two, have played 13 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Cambridge United, who played 0-0 against Bradford City. That match was also played at this venue (Abbey Stadium). Before that match, a win away at Southend United.

Cambridge are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Cambridge have conceded only 11 goals.

L W W W D

Crawley Town form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Crawley Town have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Crawley on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Crawley, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus AFC Bournemouth. Before that, Crawley secured a home win against Leeds United with the score 3-0.

It's a bit worrying for Crawley that their goalkeeper Glenn Morris made eight saves in the AFC Bournemouth game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.

A quick return to home after this game, as Crawley Town are hosting Leyton Orient in the League Two only three days away.

Crawley Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 12 games (in the league). 17 goals have been conceded by Crawley in these games. 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 - Cambridge 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cambridge won six, Crawley Town won four and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedP. Mullin
P. Mullin
17 goals
Crawley TownM. Watters
M. Watters
13 goals
CambridgeJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
9 goals

Cambridge United missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Cambridge United Crawley Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 3 12 22
12 7 3 Won W 1 4 9
6 4 0 Drew D 1 4 7
7 2 2 Lost L 1 4 6
38 19 8 Scored S 3 15 34
23 11 6 Conceded C 4 17 28
92% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 86%
52% 62% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 50%
12% 8% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
56% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 64%
24% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 18%
28% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.4 10.8 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.8 10.9
3.7 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.1
41% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 38%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+15) in League Two
  • Cambridge United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Cambridge United 25 12 6 7 38 23 13 7 4 2 19 11 12 5 2 5 19 12 15 42
2 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 9 5 32 23 12 5 5 2 15 11 13 6 4 3 17 12 9 42
3 Morecambe 24 12 5 7 33 33 12 6 4 2 17 14 12 6 1 5 16 19 0 41
4 Cheltenham Town 24 11 7 6 34 23 13 6 4 3 20 13 11 5 3 3 14 10 11 40
5 Newport County 23 11 7 5 34 25 10 7 2 1 15 10 13 4 5 4 19 15 9 40
6 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
7 Salford City 24 10 8 6 31 19 12 5 7 0 20 9 12 5 1 6 11 10 12 38
8 Tranmere Rovers 24 11 5 8 31 30 12 7 0 5 19 14 12 4 5 3 12 16 1 38
9 Exeter City 23 9 9 5 44 30 13 7 2 4 26 14 10 2 7 1 18 16 14 36
10 Leyton Orient 24 11 3 10 34 27 13 7 2 4 21 12 11 4 1 6 13 15 7 36
11 Walsall 25 8 11 6 32 33 13 5 4 4 14 15 12 3 7 2 18 18 -1 35
12 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
13 Mansfield Town 24 7 11 6 32 30 12 2 6 4 16 17 12 5 5 2 16 13 2 32
14 Oldham Athletic 26 9 5 12 40 46 13 3 1 9 19 25 13 6 4 3 21 21 -6 32
15 Colchester United 24 7 10 7 28 33 11 6 4 1 18 11 13 1 6 6 10 22 -5 31
16 Port Vale 26 8 5 13 34 39 13 4 3 6 16 17 13 4 2 7 18 22 -5 29
17 Scunthorpe United 25 9 2 14 27 34 13 5 2 6 15 18 12 4 0 8 12 16 -7 29
18 Bradford City 23 7 7 9 23 26 11 3 4 4 10 11 12 4 3 5 13 15 -3 28
19 Bolton Wanderers 24 7 7 10 28 37 12 3 3 6 12 17 12 4 4 4 16 20 -9 28
20 Harrogate Town 24 7 6 11 26 31 10 1 4 5 7 13 14 6 2 6 19 18 -5 27
21 Barrow 23 5 8 10 30 32 12 3 7 2 19 16 11 2 1 8 11 16 -2 23
22 Stevenage 23 4 10 9 17 25 12 4 4 4 10 8 11 0 6 5 7 17 -8 22
23 Grimsby Town 25 5 6 14 19 43 12 2 4 6 8 18 13 3 2 8 11 25 -24 21
24 Southend United 25 5 5 15 16 39 14 4 1 9 13 22 11 1 4 6 3 17 -23 20

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.