Crawley Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Bradford City.
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.
Crawley Town form and stats
Crawley Town have collected 19 points from their League Two home games so far after 5-4-4. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Crawley Town.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Forest Green Rovers in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Colchester United the opponent.
Crawley Town has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Crawley Town have conceded 15 goals.
Bradford City form and stats
The visitors are W3-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Bradford City when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Plymouth Argyle match has the points been distributed unevenly.
Bradford City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Swindon Town for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Morecambe.
Bradford City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Bradford City have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bradford City - Crawley Town 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Crawley Town, 0 draws and 4 wins for Bradford City. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Lubala 10 goals |   J. Vaughan 9 goals |  O. Palmer 5 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Crawley Town | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 7 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 33 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 32 |
| 36 | 15 | 11 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 81% | 69% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 54% | 46% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 31% | 31% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 69% | 46% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 23% | 38% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 15% | 23% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 6.1 | 6.8 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 372 | 209 | 90 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 144 | 333 |
| 103 | 57 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 39 | 94 |
| 32% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 31% | 34% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 41 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 41 |
| 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Walsall | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Salford City | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 31 |
| 15 | Newport County | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 29 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 25 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 23 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 25 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 18 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -24 | 18 |