Receiving guests at their own home is comfortable and friendly for Crawley Town, but Bradford City are fully motivated and capable to win this one. How will it turn out?
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in League Two
Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic match!
Crawley Town form and stats
8 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Crawley Town have to build on here at Broadfield Stadium in the League Two. When Crawley Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Salford City, Mansfield Town, Leyton Orient, Carlisle United, Stevenage, Stockport County and Northampton Town), they have won 3 of 7 matches!
The club members are hoping that Crawley will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the match against Mansfield Town (placed 8th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through five league rounds. Crawley Town's goalkeeper Addai was extremely busy against Mansfield Town, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Attacking player Nadesan edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Nadesan served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that, Crawley Town drew at home versus Grimsby Town.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Crawley as they are travelling to their away game against Barrow in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Crawley Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Broadfield Stadium with 29 goals in 19 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Crawley Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Newport County, Colchester United, Rochdale, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 6 of 7 times.
Bradford City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in League Two, on their League Two travels is 9 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Bradford are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Bradford City had fun at their own home (Broadfield Stadium) last time out, beating Grimsby Town 3-2. Cook, Gilliead and Walker scored. That win felt sweet as this side had gone four league rounds without victory. The attacker Cook got a match rating of 8.6 in that game. Cook scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Carlisle United.Lacking goals? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league rounds have seen two goals or less.
A new game in only three days for Bradford City, the League Two home match versus Sutton United. Busy days.
Bradford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 18 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Bradford City as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Crawley Town have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) versus Bradford City.The two teams in this fixture also faced each other before this campaign: Bradford City - Crawley 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cook 23 goals |   D. Telford 9 goals | A. Nadesan 7 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Crawley Town | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 39 | 19 | 7 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 38 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 20 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 43 | 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 64 | 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 34 |
| 95% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 82% |
| 72% | 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 56% | 63% |
| 51% | 53% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 39% | 39% |
| 33% | 37% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | 21% |
| 18% | 26% | 71% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 56% | 63% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 39% | 45% |
| 15% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 44% | 42% |
| 33% | 21% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 39% | 32% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.4 | 10.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.7 | 11.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 35% | 40% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 54% | 52% |
| 13.3 | 10.9 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 5.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
- Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in League Two
- Bradford City have the most clean sheets (8) away in League Two
- Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 77 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 70 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 68 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 39 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 58 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 66 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 39 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 64 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 64 |
| 7 | Salford City | 39 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 63 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 59 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 61 |
| 9 | Barrow | 39 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 58 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 57 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 51 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 39 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 54 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -14 | 51 |
| 13 | Walsall | 39 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 50 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 50 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 26 | -5 | 48 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 25 | -5 | 46 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 47 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -11 | 45 |
| 18 | Newport County | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 20 | -5 | 44 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 25 | -15 | 44 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 55 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -12 | 39 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 39 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 46 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 26 | -12 | 38 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 39 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 64 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 35 | -21 | 37 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 39 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 68 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 36 | -25 | 35 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 39 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 59 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 29 | -25 | 29 |
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