Crawley Town v Tranmere Rovers betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The People's Pension Stadium (30750 seats)

League Two: Two sides in decent shape get together for this fixture. Tranmere Rovers hold a small advantage with their 2nd spot in the table?

Insights:
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (15) in League Two

There haven't been much to rest for the hosting team, as they had a League Two match only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Stevenage.

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Crawley Town form and stats

4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Crawley Town so far this season.

No payout for Crawley Town in their previous match, an away game at Stevenage that ended in defeat 1-2. The attacking player Nichols was declared "man of the match" for Crawley Town with a rating of 7.83/10. Nichols scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Carlisle United the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Crawley Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn three and lost five.

Crawley has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Tranmere Rovers, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in League Two, have produced an overall stat of 3-6-3 so far.

The supporters enjoyed Tranmere Rovers's previous game versus Rochdale (placed 18th), a League Two 2-0 win played at home. The attacker Jolley got a match rating of 7.9 in that game. Jolley scored two goals.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Salford City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tranmere Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Tranmere Rovers wins, seven draws and two defeats.

The attacking power of Tranmere when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Tranmere Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Crawley Town and Tranmere Rovers have duelled previously this season: Tranmere Rovers - Crawley Town 2-1. Crawley-Tranmere Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Crawley Town four wins, Tranmere Rovers five wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownK. Appiah
K. Appiah
8 goals
Crawley TownA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
4 goals
Crawley TownT. Nichols
T. Nichols
4 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Crawley Town Tranmere Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 5 Played P 4 12 25
9 4 0 Won W 0 3 13
5 3 2 Drew D 4 6 6
10 4 3 Lost L 0 3 6
29 15 3 Scored S 5 8 27
34 17 7 Conceded C 5 9 15
96% 91% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 88%
67% 82% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 33% 48%
54% 73% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 20%
21% 36% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 12%
8% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 82% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 25% 20%
21% 9% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 56%
17% 18% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 36%
 
4 3.5 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.2 4.6
5.6 5.9 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 7.2 6.4
1.6 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.8
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.2 9.5 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.9 11.4
3.2 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.3 3.8
37% 43% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 20% 29%
 
12.1 11.8 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 14.6 13.2
4.8 5.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (15) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most clean sheets (14) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most clean sheets (6) away in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (15) 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 24 15 7 2 48 21 12 8 2 2 20 9 12 7 5 0 28 12 27 52
2 Tranmere Rovers 25 13 6 6 27 15 13 10 0 3 19 6 12 3 6 3 8 9 12 45
3 Sutton United 25 13 4 8 41 33 12 9 0 3 22 12 13 4 4 5 19 21 8 43
4 Northampton Town 24 12 5 7 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 9 12 5 3 4 15 15 8 41
5 Swindon Town 24 11 7 6 39 30 11 3 5 3 15 13 13 8 2 3 24 17 9 40
6 Newport County 25 10 8 7 42 34 12 6 3 3 24 13 13 4 5 4 18 21 8 38
7 Mansfield Town 24 11 5 8 32 30 15 9 3 3 25 17 9 2 2 5 7 13 2 38
8 Exeter City 24 9 10 5 35 26 12 6 4 2 19 11 12 3 6 3 16 15 9 37
9 Port Vale 23 10 5 8 36 27 12 5 3 4 17 12 11 5 2 4 19 15 9 35
10 Salford City 25 9 7 9 29 24 13 5 6 2 15 8 12 4 1 7 14 16 5 34
11 Bradford City 24 7 11 6 31 29 12 4 7 1 19 14 12 3 4 5 12 15 2 32
12 Crawley Town 24 9 5 10 29 34 11 4 3 4 15 17 13 5 2 6 14 17 -5 32
13 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 11 6 3 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 31
14 Harrogate Town 23 8 6 9 35 35 11 3 4 4 18 18 12 5 2 5 17 17 0 30
15 Walsall 24 7 8 9 29 32 12 4 5 3 19 17 12 3 3 6 10 15 -3 29
16 Bristol Rovers 22 8 5 9 29 33 12 6 1 5 19 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -4 29
17 Hartlepool United 25 8 5 12 24 36 12 7 3 2 16 11 13 1 2 10 8 25 -12 29
18 Rochdale 23 6 9 8 30 32 11 3 5 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 16 20 -2 27
19 Carlisle United 25 6 9 10 19 30 13 3 7 3 9 10 12 3 2 7 10 20 -11 27
20 Stevenage 26 6 9 11 24 41 14 5 6 3 18 18 12 1 3 8 6 23 -17 27
21 Barrow 24 6 8 10 25 28 12 3 5 4 14 14 12 3 3 6 11 14 -3 26
22 Colchester United 24 5 7 12 19 35 11 3 3 5 10 14 13 2 4 7 9 21 -16 22
23 Scunthorpe United 25 3 10 12 19 44 11 2 4 5 8 16 14 1 6 7 11 28 -25 19
24 Oldham Athletic 24 4 6 14 22 39 12 2 2 8 16 25 12 2 4 6 6 14 -17 18

Read more about League Two

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.