Open game expected at Broadfield Stadium: Crawley Town vs Forest Green Rovers preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Broadfield Stadium (6134 seats)

Crawley Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Forest Green Rovers.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Crawley Town form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Crawley Town at their home stadium (Broadfield Stadium) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Crawley Town manager J. Yems and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Colchester United (placed 6th) in the League Two. Before that, Crawley Town played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Grimsby Town.

Crawley Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Crawley Town have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

The manager M. Cooper was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground The New Lawn. Forest Green Rovers suffered a 0-1 loss to Exeter City (placed 2nd). Before that, Forest Green Rovers secured a home win against Macclesfield Town with the score 1-0.

Forest Green Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Forest Green Rovers - Crawley Town 3-1. Crawley Town-Forest Green Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crawley Town 3 wins, Forest Green Rovers 5 wins, 2 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownB. Lubala
B. Lubala
9 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Mills
J. Mills
7 goals
Crawley TownO. Palmer
O. Palmer
5 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Crawley Town Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 6 Played P 4 12 25
6 5 3 Won W 2 6 11
10 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
9 4 3 Lost L 1 3 7
32 16 8 Scored S 7 16 27
35 14 8 Conceded C 3 8 19
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 84%
80% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 44%
56% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 28%
32% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 20%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
68% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 28%
24% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 48%
16% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 40%
 
6.2 7.1 6.2 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 4.7 5.1
5.6 5.3 4.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.2 5.3
1.6 1.5 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 4
 
359 195 88 Total Shots T S 30 124 301
101 52 23 Shots on Target S O 12 46 94
32% 31% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 35% 29%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers has the most matches under the total-line (18)
  • Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 25 15 4 6 45 27 12 8 1 3 20 11 13 7 3 3 25 16 18 49
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 24 12 7 5 31 19 13 9 2 2 20 8 11 3 5 3 11 11 12 43
5 Forest Green Rovers 25 11 7 7 27 19 13 5 4 4 11 11 12 6 3 3 16 8 8 40
6 Colchester United 24 10 9 5 35 23 12 6 4 2 18 10 12 4 5 3 17 13 12 39
7 Northampton Town 25 11 6 8 34 28 13 8 2 3 21 9 12 3 4 5 13 19 6 39
8 Cheltenham Town 24 9 11 4 35 20 11 5 4 2 22 13 13 4 7 2 13 7 15 38
9 Plymouth Argyle 23 11 5 7 34 25 12 7 3 2 24 12 11 4 2 5 10 13 9 38
10 Port Vale 25 8 11 6 32 31 13 6 6 1 18 11 12 2 5 5 14 20 1 35
11 Salford City 25 8 8 9 31 34 12 4 4 4 12 14 13 4 4 5 19 20 -3 32
12 Scunthorpe United 25 8 7 10 33 33 12 4 5 3 18 14 13 4 2 7 15 19 0 31
13 Cambridge United 25 8 7 10 30 30 13 5 3 5 18 15 12 3 4 5 12 15 0 31
14 Newport County 23 7 9 7 21 21 13 5 6 2 14 11 10 2 3 5 7 10 0 30
15 Walsall 25 8 6 11 23 32 13 3 4 6 10 16 12 5 2 5 13 16 -9 30
16 Crawley Town 25 6 10 9 32 35 12 5 3 4 16 14 13 1 7 5 16 21 -3 28
17 Mansfield Town 25 6 9 10 33 37 12 2 4 6 18 22 13 4 5 4 15 15 -4 27
18 Grimsby Town 23 6 8 9 23 28 12 3 4 5 11 17 11 3 4 4 12 11 -5 26
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 24 6 8 10 25 37 13 3 5 5 15 18 11 3 3 5 10 19 -12 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 23 5 11 7 22 26 10 3 6 1 11 7 13 2 5 6 11 19 -4 20
23 Morecambe 25 4 6 15 20 44 12 2 4 6 12 18 13 2 2 9 8 26 -24 18
24 Stevenage 24 2 11 11 15 30 11 2 4 5 9 15 13 0 7 6 6 15 -15 17

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.