League Two match preview: Crawley Town versus Lincoln City

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Broadfield Stadium

Struggling Crawley Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lincoln City in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Crawley Town form and stats

Crawley Town have played 19 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager G. Cioffi led his Crawley Town to a defeat in the League Two match away at Crewe Alexandra. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Broadfield Stadium. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Mansfield Town.

Crawley Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Broadfield Stadium with 29 goals in 19 matches. Crawley Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times.

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Lincoln City form and stats

10-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lincoln City in their matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Lincoln City as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Everton game have they lost an away game, meaning Lincoln City has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Lincoln City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mansfield Town for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Lincoln City secured a home win against Oldham Athletic with the score 2-0.

Lincoln City are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 33 times in 19 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (18 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lincoln City - Crawley Town 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Crawley Town won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Lincoln City has 0 wins.

Top Goalscorers

O. Palmer
14 goals / 2 assists
J. Akinde
14 goals / 5 assists
Bruno Andrade
8 goals / 4 assists

Crawley Town missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Crawley Town Lincoln City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
92% 95% Over 0.5 100% 100%
63% 79% Over 1.5 79% 79%
45% 53% Over 2.5 47% 45%
29% 37% Over 3.5 32% 24%
13% 16% Over 4.5 11% 11%
45% 47% Both teams to score 74% 66%
29% 32% Clean Sheet 21% 26%
34% 26% Failed To Score 5% 8%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 38 21 13 4 66 36 19 11 7 1 33 18 19 10 6 3 33 18 30 76
2 Bury 37 20 10 7 71 41 18 12 5 1 45 18 19 8 5 6 26 23 30 70
3 Mansfield Town 38 17 15 6 55 31 19 12 5 2 31 11 19 5 10 4 24 20 24 66
4 Milton Keynes Dons 38 19 9 10 62 40 19 12 4 3 31 11 19 7 5 7 31 29 22 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 37 17 10 10 54 42 19 12 4 3 27 10 18 5 6 7 27 32 12 61
6 Forest Green Rovers 38 15 13 10 55 39 19 6 8 5 23 17 19 9 5 5 32 22 16 58
7 Exeter City 37 16 10 11 50 37 19 10 3 6 29 18 18 6 7 5 21 19 13 58
8 Colchester United 38 16 9 13 57 46 19 10 4 5 36 19 19 6 5 8 21 27 11 57
9 Carlisle United 38 17 6 15 57 49 19 9 2 8 32 25 19 8 4 7 25 24 8 57
10 Stevenage 38 15 8 15 43 47 19 10 2 7 22 19 19 5 6 8 21 28 -4 53
11 Northampton Town 38 12 16 10 48 47 19 6 10 3 23 21 19 6 6 7 25 26 1 52
12 Newport County 37 15 7 15 46 56 18 11 4 3 26 21 19 4 3 12 20 35 -10 52
13 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 43 46 19 6 8 5 22 23 18 7 4 7 21 23 -3 51
14 Crewe Alexandra 38 14 8 16 46 48 19 12 2 5 35 19 19 2 6 11 11 29 -2 50
15 Oldham Athletic 37 12 12 13 54 48 18 7 5 6 31 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 6 48
16 Grimsby Town 38 14 6 18 40 48 19 9 3 7 23 19 19 5 3 11 17 29 -8 48
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 9 17 46 56 19 8 5 6 27 25 19 4 4 11 19 31 -10 45
18 Crawley Town 38 12 7 19 40 55 19 9 4 6 29 24 19 3 3 13 11 31 -15 43
19 Morecambe 38 11 9 18 44 58 19 6 3 10 26 29 19 5 6 8 18 29 -14 42
20 Port Vale 38 10 11 17 33 43 19 6 3 10 22 29 19 4 8 7 11 14 -10 41
21 Cambridge United 37 11 8 18 32 54 19 7 6 6 20 20 18 4 2 12 12 34 -22 41
22 Yeovil Town 38 9 9 20 36 54 19 4 7 8 18 29 19 5 2 12 18 25 -18 36
23 Macclesfield Town 37 8 9 20 38 62 18 4 7 7 19 29 19 4 2 13 19 33 -24 33
24 Notts County 38 7 12 19 38 71 19 4 8 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 20 43 -33 33

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