The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Crawley Town are in the 12th position while the guesting Grimsby Town worry at 20th.
It's no vacation for neither Crawley Town nor Grimsby Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Crawley Town form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at The People's Pension Stadium as Crawley Town have scored 12 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Crawley's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Carlisle United (placed 4th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Harrogate Town that finished 1-1.
Glenn Morris had a busy but productive day in the Carlisle United match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.
The Crawley manager J. Yems has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. Crawley have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
There might be some fixture complaints from Grimsby as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Tranmere Rovers (0-5). Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Hull City's place.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Tranmere Rovers was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 10 goals have been conceded by Grimsby Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
Crawley Town-Grimsby Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crawley Town four wins, Grimsby Town two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Nichols 4 goals |  G. Francomb 3 goals | T. Frost 2 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Crawley Town | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 10 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 71% | 82% |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 55% |
| 46% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 45% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 18% |
| 46% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 29% | 36% |
| 23% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 27% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 71% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 141 | 62 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 62 | 102 |
| 51 | 22 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 18 | 30 |
| 35% | 55% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 30% |
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crawley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grimsby Town has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League Two
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Barrow | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
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