League Two match sneak peek: Crawley Town against Swindon Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 03.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Broadfield Stadium (6134 seats)

This campaign has been strenuous for Crawley Town up to now, while Swindon Town have done well. Will the away side claim victory again at Broadfield Stadium?

Insights:
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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 9 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Crawley Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Mansfield Town, Leyton Orient, Bradford City, Carlisle United, Stevenage, Barrow and Northampton Town), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Gillingham last time out and are looking for a victory here. Craig was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Craig hit one key pass and won 13 of 17 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Walsall (1-2).

Crawley Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Crawley have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Swindon Town form and stats

Playing away, Swindon Town have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season.

Swindon Town might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Crewe Alexandra proved too strong as Swindon Town slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at County Ground. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points. Gladwin got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Gladwin hit three key passes.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Tranmere Rovers.

The visiting Swindon Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Swindon Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: five wins for Crawley, four draws and one win for Swindon Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
6 goals
Swindon TownJ. Williams
J. Williams
6 goals
Crawley TownJ. Tilley
J. Tilley
5 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Crawley Town Swindon Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 5 Played P 2 9 19
4 4 2 Won W 0 3 8
6 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
9 4 3 Lost L 1 2 4
20 12 7 Scored S 0 11 24
30 13 8 Conceded C 3 11 19
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 89%
68% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 68%
53% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 37%
32% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
21% 33% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
58% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 53%
16% 22% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 32%
37% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 26%
 
3.9 3.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 6.2 6.9
5.8 4 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.1 4.1
2 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.2 7.9 7.4 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 11.3 12.8
2.8 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.1
38% 43% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 31%
 
14.3 12 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 10.5
4.8 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.6 3.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crawley Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 19 14 3 2 30 12 9 7 1 1 14 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 18 45
2 Stevenage 19 12 4 3 26 16 9 8 0 1 15 5 10 4 4 2 11 11 10 40
3 Northampton Town 19 11 5 3 34 20 9 5 2 2 16 10 10 6 3 1 18 10 14 38
4 Barrow 19 11 1 7 27 19 10 8 0 2 18 8 9 3 1 5 9 11 8 34
5 Bradford City 19 9 6 4 26 17 10 3 5 2 12 9 9 6 1 2 14 8 9 33
6 Carlisle United 19 8 8 3 30 20 9 4 4 1 13 8 10 4 4 2 17 12 10 32
7 Swindon Town 19 8 7 4 24 19 10 5 3 2 13 8 9 3 4 2 11 11 5 31
8 Mansfield Town 19 9 3 7 27 26 9 4 3 2 15 13 10 5 0 5 12 13 1 30
9 Salford City 19 8 4 7 20 18 10 3 3 4 10 11 9 5 1 3 10 7 2 28
10 Doncaster Rovers 19 8 4 7 23 25 9 5 1 3 13 10 10 3 3 4 10 15 -2 28
11 Walsall 19 7 6 6 23 17 10 6 2 2 17 8 9 1 4 4 6 9 6 27
12 Tranmere Rovers 19 7 5 7 19 16 10 4 2 4 12 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 3 26
13 AFC Wimbledon 19 7 5 7 24 24 9 4 2 3 12 10 10 3 3 4 12 14 0 26
14 Stockport County 19 7 4 8 24 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 3 1 5 11 12 2 25
15 Crewe Alexandra 18 6 7 5 17 20 9 4 3 2 12 8 9 2 4 3 5 12 -3 25
16 Grimsby Town 18 6 6 6 20 18 9 1 5 3 9 10 9 5 1 3 11 8 2 24
17 Sutton United 19 6 4 9 17 25 10 5 2 3 11 10 9 1 2 6 6 15 -8 22
18 Newport County 19 5 4 10 18 22 10 3 1 6 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 9 -4 19
19 Crawley Town 19 4 6 9 20 30 9 4 1 4 12 13 10 0 5 5 8 17 -10 18
20 Harrogate Town 19 4 4 11 20 29 10 3 3 4 13 14 9 1 1 7 7 15 -9 16
21 Rochdale 19 4 3 12 13 25 9 2 1 6 7 11 10 2 2 6 6 14 -12 15
22 Colchester United 19 3 5 11 17 26 10 3 4 3 12 11 9 0 1 8 5 15 -9 14
23 Gillingham 19 2 8 9 6 21 9 2 4 3 4 8 10 0 4 6 2 13 -15 14
24 Hartlepool United 19 2 6 11 16 34 9 2 4 3 7 11 10 0 2 8 9 23 -18 12

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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.