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- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hartlepool United have the fewest points (6) away in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Crawley Town nor Hartlepool United 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
Crawley Town have played 13 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Crawley Town, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Harrogate Town away with the result 3-1. Oteh, Tsaroulla and Nichols found the net in that victory. The striker Nichols won the honour of being "man of the match" for Crawley with a rating of 8.22/10. Nichols scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Stevenage that ended 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 14 games. Crawley Town has won seven of these, drawn two and lost five.
Crawley Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Crawley Town have conceded 20 from these games.
Hartlepool United form and stats
Hartlepool United have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-3-10 (14 played). Two points from the last two away games for Hartlepool United, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Hartlepool United go into this game after a win, the home game against Barrow that ended 3-1. The attacker Molyneux got a match rating of 8.45 in that game. Molyneux scored two goals and hit one key pass.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hartlepool United playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Hartlepool United wins, three draws and five defeats.
A new game in only three days for Hartlepool United, the League Two home match versus Tranmere Rovers. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Hartlepool United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hartlepool United - Crawley 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of teams last did battle, earlier this season. Head to head data (for the preceeding seven meetings): Crawley Town won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Hartlepool United got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fiveTop Goalscorers
  T. Nichols 8 goals | K. Appiah 8 goals |  L. Molyneux 5 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Hartlepool United missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 12 |
| 37 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 40 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | 38 |
| 97% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 79% | 82% |
| 69% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 68% |
| 55% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 36% | 43% |
| 24% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 36% | 29% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | 14% |
| 69% | 77% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 29% | 46% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| 17% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 71% | 43% |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 9.8 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.7 | 10.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 41% | 86% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 22% | 32% |
| 12.2 | 11.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 13.7 | 11.5 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crawley Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hartlepool United have scored away.
- Hartlepool United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hartlepool United have the fewest points (6) away 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 60 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 37 | 65 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 55 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 51 |
| 4 | Sutton United | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 49 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 48 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 47 |
| 7 | Newport County | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 47 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 43 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Salford City | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 41 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -3 | 40 |
| 13 | Harrogate Town | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 37 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -10 | 34 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 33 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -16 | 32 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -3 | 30 |
| 19 | Barrow | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 30 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -13 | 30 |
| 21 | Walsall | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 29 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -19 | 27 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 25 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 22 |
