Crawley Town vs Bristol Rovers betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 08.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The People's Pension Stadium (30750 seats)

This is where the action is, this is League Two and this is Crawley Town - Bristol Rovers. Prepare with our comprehensive match preview!

Insights:
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Crawley and Bristol Rovers.

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Crawley Town form and stats

The total League Two statistics playing at home this season for Crawley Town are 5-6-6 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Crawley Town drew their last game, also a home match. Scunthorpe United (placed 24th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Lynch was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.62 out of 10. The defender Lynch won 13 of 15 duels.

In the match before that, Crawley hosted Oldham Athletic and drew the game 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Crawley Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Crawley Town as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Crawley Town has won six of these, drawn three and lost six.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Crawley Town as they are travelling to their away game against Port Vale in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Crawley has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Crawley Town have conceded 24 in these home matches.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Playing away, Bristol Rovers have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 6 defeats in the League Two this season.

Bristol lost away at Newport County (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Connolly, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.22. Connolly won 4 of 5 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Barrow.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Bristol Rovers in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Bristol Rovers, four draws and four defeats.

A new game in only four days for Bristol, the League Two home match versus Harrogate Town. Busy days.

Bristol Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Bristol have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H encounter ended Bristol Rovers - Crawley Town 1-0, played this season. Crawley Town-Bristol Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crawley Town two wins, Bristol Rovers five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownT. Nichols
T. Nichols
8 goals
Crawley TownK. Appiah
K. Appiah
8 goals
Bristol RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
8 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crawley Town Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
12 5 2 Won W 2 5 14
9 6 1 Drew D 2 6 9
12 6 2 Lost L 1 6 11
41 21 7 Scored S 6 22 46
44 24 9 Conceded C 5 22 41
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
67% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 82% 76%
55% 65% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 41% 44%
24% 35% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 24% 26%
6% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
67% 71% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 56%
18% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 32%
21% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 15%
 
4.2 4.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.4 4.7
5.3 5.1 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 5.1
1.7 1.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.5 2.2
3 3 2 Red cards R C 0 3 8
 
10.8 10.6 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 12.1 11.8
3.3 3.1 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 4.2
37% 40% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 32%
 
12 11.4 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 13 12.1
4.5 4.8 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 Forest Green Rovers 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
4 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
5 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
6 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
7 Swindon Town 34 15 10 9 57 41 17 5 7 5 27 19 17 10 3 4 30 22 16 55
8 Exeter City 32 14 12 6 47 33 15 8 5 2 24 14 17 6 7 4 23 19 14 54
9 Bristol Rovers 34 14 9 11 46 41 17 9 3 5 24 19 17 5 6 6 22 22 5 51
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 33 12 9 12 41 44 17 5 6 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 34 19 11 4 64 29 16 11 2 3 27 11 18 8 9 1 37 18 35 68
2 Northampton Town 35 17 9 9 42 29 18 11 3 4 26 13 17 6 6 5 16 16 13 60
3 Sutton United 34 16 9 9 53 39 18 11 4 3 31 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 14 57
4 Newport County 35 15 11 9 56 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 11 56
5 Mansfield Town 32 16 8 8 44 34 18 12 3 3 31 19 14 4 5 5 13 15 10 56
6 Tranmere Rovers 35 16 8 11 38 30 17 12 1 4 24 11 18 4 7 7 14 19 8 56
7 Swindon Town 34 15 10 9 57 41 17 5 7 5 27 19 17 10 3 4 30 22 16 55
8 Exeter City 32 14 12 6 47 33 15 8 5 2 24 14 17 6 7 4 23 19 14 54
9 Bristol Rovers 34 14 9 11 46 41 17 9 3 5 24 19 17 5 6 6 22 22 5 51
10 Port Vale 33 13 11 9 46 33 16 7 5 4 21 13 17 6 6 5 25 20 13 50
11 Salford City 33 13 9 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 48
12 Hartlepool United 34 13 8 13 36 44 16 9 5 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 47
13 Crawley Town 33 12 9 12 41 44 17 5 6 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 45
14 Harrogate Town 34 11 10 13 52 52 17 5 6 6 26 24 17 6 4 7 26 28 0 43
15 Bradford City 35 9 13 13 38 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 17 5 5 7 15 20 -7 40
16 Walsall 35 10 10 15 37 47 17 6 5 6 24 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -10 40
17 Rochdale 33 8 14 11 39 45 15 4 8 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 38
18 Carlisle United 34 9 10 15 28 46 17 4 7 6 12 18 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 37
19 Colchester United 35 8 12 15 33 49 18 4 8 6 19 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -16 36
20 Leyton Orient 33 7 14 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 35
21 Stevenage 35 7 13 15 32 54 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 1 7 10 11 31 -22 34
22 Barrow 34 7 12 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 33
23 Oldham Athletic 33 7 10 16 34 51 16 4 3 9 21 28 17 3 7 7 13 23 -17 31
24 Scunthorpe United 35 4 12 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 18 1 7 10 12 36 -35 24

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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.