Crawley Town vs Oldham Athletic match preview: Even contest expected at Checkatrade.com Stadium

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Checkatrade.com Stadium (6134 seats)

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 Oldham Athletic worry at 17th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Crawley Town form and stats

9 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Crawley Town have to build on here at Checkatrade.com Stadium in the League Two.

Crawley Town manager J. Yems and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Exeter City (placed 4th) in the League Two. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Stevenage.

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 twelve games. Crawley Town has won six of these, drawn four and lost two.

Crawley Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Checkatrade.com Stadium with 27 goals in 18 league matches. On the other hand, Crawley Town have conceded 19 goals.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Oldham Athletic have only collected 16 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-7-8 (18 played).

Impressive finishing from Thomas Hamer, Jonny Smith, Danny Rowe (2) and Zachary Dearnley secured the home win 5-0 against Newport County in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Leyton Orient that ended 2-2.

As you can tell from the results above, Oldham Athletic was very dominant against Newport County, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Thomas Hamer, Jonny Smith, Danny Rowe (2) and Zachary Dearnley providing the goals.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Oldham Athletic in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Oldham Athletic, six draws and seven defeats.

The attacking power of Oldham Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 18 league matches away. Oldham Athletic have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Oldham Athletic - Crawley Town 2-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - two - five (Crawley Town wins - draws - Oldham Athletic wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley Town
O. Palmer
13 goals
Crawley TownB. Lubala
B. Lubala
11 goals
Oldham Athletic
J. Smith
9 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crawley Town Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
10 9 3 Won W 2 3 9
15 5 2 Drew D 1 7 14
11 4 0 Lost L 2 8 13
48 27 7 Scored S 4 16 44
47 19 2 Conceded C 6 33 54
89% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
81% 72% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 72% 78%
56% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 53%
31% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 31%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
69% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 58%
25% 39% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 19%
17% 22% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 39% 31%
 
5.5 6.4 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.7 5.6
6.1 5.7 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.8 5.4
1.7 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
497 286 85 Total Shots T S 47 200 490
149 84 24 Shots on Target S O 14 61 153
32% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 29%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Oldham Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Oldham Athletic 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 35 21 6 8 62 37 18 13 2 3 34 15 17 8 4 5 28 22 25 69
2 Crewe Alexandra 36 19 9 8 64 42 18 12 3 3 35 16 18 7 6 5 29 26 22 66
3 Plymouth Argyle 36 19 8 9 58 39 18 11 5 2 35 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 19 65
4 Exeter City 36 18 11 7 52 40 18 10 7 1 31 15 18 8 4 6 21 25 12 65
5 Cheltenham Town 35 17 12 6 52 27 17 11 4 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 63
6 Northampton Town 36 17 7 12 53 38 18 11 2 5 30 12 18 6 5 7 23 26 15 58
7 Port Vale 36 14 14 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 18 5 6 7 22 29 6 56
8 Colchester United 36 14 13 9 49 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 18 5 8 5 21 20 12 55
9 Bradford City 36 14 12 10 44 38 18 11 5 2 29 14 18 3 7 8 15 24 6 54
10 Salford City 36 12 11 13 47 46 18 4 6 8 18 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 1 47
11 Forest Green Rovers 35 12 10 13 41 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 18 7 6 5 25 18 1 46
12 Crawley Town 36 10 15 11 48 47 18 9 5 4 27 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 1 45
13 Cambridge United 36 12 9 15 39 46 18 7 3 8 23 27 18 5 6 7 16 19 -7 45
14 Grimsby Town 36 11 11 14 43 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 18 5 6 7 21 24 -8 44
15 Walsall 35 12 8 15 37 48 18 5 5 8 18 25 17 7 3 7 19 23 -11 44
16 Newport County 34 11 10 13 31 37 18 8 7 3 19 13 16 3 3 10 12 24 -6 43
17 Oldham Athletic 36 9 14 13 44 54 18 6 7 5 28 21 18 3 7 8 16 33 -10 41
18 Scunthorpe United 36 10 10 16 44 54 18 6 6 6 24 23 18 4 4 10 20 31 -10 40
19 Leyton Orient 35 9 12 14 45 54 18 4 8 6 24 29 17 5 4 8 21 25 -9 39
20 Carlisle United 35 9 12 14 37 53 17 4 7 6 15 23 18 5 5 8 22 30 -16 39
21 Mansfield Town 35 8 11 16 46 54 17 4 5 8 27 29 18 4 6 8 19 25 -8 35
22 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 35 59 18 4 8 6 20 23 18 3 3 12 15 36 -24 32
23 Macclesfield Town 36 7 15 14 32 44 18 5 9 4 19 17 18 2 6 10 13 27 -12 30
24 Stevenage 35 3 13 19 23 47 17 2 6 9 10 22 18 1 7 10 13 25 -24 22

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 Swindon Town 35 21 6 8 62 37 18 13 2 3 34 15 17 8 4 5 28 22 25 69
2 Crewe Alexandra 36 19 9 8 64 42 18 12 3 3 35 16 18 7 6 5 29 26 22 66
3 Plymouth Argyle 36 19 8 9 58 39 18 11 5 2 35 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 19 65
4 Exeter City 36 18 11 7 52 40 18 10 7 1 31 15 18 8 4 6 21 25 12 65
5 Cheltenham Town 35 17 12 6 52 27 17 11 4 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 63
6 Northampton Town 36 17 7 12 53 38 18 11 2 5 30 12 18 6 5 7 23 26 15 58
7 Port Vale 36 14 14 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 18 5 6 7 22 29 6 56
8 Colchester United 36 14 13 9 49 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 18 5 8 5 21 20 12 55
9 Bradford City 36 14 12 10 44 38 18 11 5 2 29 14 18 3 7 8 15 24 6 54
10 Salford City 36 12 11 13 47 46 18 4 6 8 18 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 1 47
11 Forest Green Rovers 35 12 10 13 41 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 18 7 6 5 25 18 1 46
12 Crawley Town 36 10 15 11 48 47 18 9 5 4 27 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 1 45
13 Cambridge United 36 12 9 15 39 46 18 7 3 8 23 27 18 5 6 7 16 19 -7 45
14 Grimsby Town 36 11 11 14 43 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 18 5 6 7 21 24 -8 44
15 Walsall 35 12 8 15 37 48 18 5 5 8 18 25 17 7 3 7 19 23 -11 44
16 Newport County 34 11 10 13 31 37 18 8 7 3 19 13 16 3 3 10 12 24 -6 43
17 Oldham Athletic 36 9 14 13 44 54 18 6 7 5 28 21 18 3 7 8 16 33 -10 41
18 Scunthorpe United 36 10 10 16 44 54 18 6 6 6 24 23 18 4 4 10 20 31 -10 40
19 Leyton Orient 35 9 12 14 45 54 18 4 8 6 24 29 17 5 4 8 21 25 -9 39
20 Carlisle United 35 9 12 14 37 53 17 4 7 6 15 23 18 5 5 8 22 30 -16 39
21 Mansfield Town 35 8 11 16 46 54 17 4 5 8 27 29 18 4 6 8 19 25 -8 35
22 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 35 59 18 4 8 6 20 23 18 3 3 12 15 36 -24 32
23 Macclesfield Town 36 7 15 14 32 44 18 5 9 4 19 17 18 2 6 10 13 27 -12 30
24 Stevenage 35 3 13 19 23 47 17 2 6 9 10 22 18 1 7 10 13 25 -24 22

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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.