League Two match preview: Crawley Town versus Walsall

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The People's Pension Stadium (6134 seats)

Crawley Town perform at a high level so far being 8th in the table. Walsall can look both up and down from their 16th position.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Carabao Cup match only four days ago. This match was also played here at The People's Pension Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Walsall have had more rest.

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Crawley Town form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Crawley Town are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).

The points were shared in Crawley Town's previous game, also at home. Visiting Stoke City travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that, Crawley Town played out a League Two draw 2-2 when visiting Northampton Town.

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 eleven games. Crawley Town has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Norwich City U21 are coming to town in three days.

Crawley Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 attempts. Crawley Town have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Walsall form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in League Two, are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

The supporters enjoyed Walsall's previous game versus Scunthorpe United (placed 23rd), a League Two 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Walsall won their away game at Morecambe. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Walsall, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

After this away game Walsall return home for a EFL Trophy game against Southampton U21. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Walsall are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Crawley Town 3 wins, 3 draws and Walsall 1 victory. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Lubala
6 goals / 1 assists
O. Palmer
4 goals / 1 assists
N. Ferguson
3 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Walsall missing players

Crawley Town Walsall
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 3
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
16 7 2 Scored S 0 2 5
13 4 2 Conceded C 1 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
80% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 20% 30%
60% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
40% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 20%
30% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 50%
 
7.2 7.8 4 Corners For (avg) C F 11 6.6 5.9
5.8 5.8 13 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 5.6 4.8
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.1
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Crawley Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Crawley Town have scored more than double the goals of Walsall.
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Crawley Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Crawley Town
14-09-19 LT Crawley Town 1 - 0 Mansfield Town
17-09-19 LT Crawley Town 2 - 2 Plymouth Argyle
21-09-19 LT Northampton Town 2 - 2 Crawley Town
24-09-19 CC Crawley Town 1 - 1 Stoke City
28-09-19 LT Crawley Town 14:00 Walsall
01-10-19 EFL Crawley Town 18:45 Norwich City U21
05-10-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Crawley Town
12-10-19 LT Crawley Town 14:00 Colchester United
19-10-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Crawley Town
Walsall
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Coventry City 0 - 0 Walsall
07-09-19 LT Colchester United 0 - 0 Walsall
14-09-19 LT Walsall 0 - 1 Bradford City
17-09-19 LT Morecambe 0 - 1 Walsall
21-09-19 LT Walsall 1 - 0 Scunthorpe United
28-09-19 LT Crawley Town 14:00 Walsall
01-10-19 EFL Walsall 18:00 Southampton U21
05-10-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Salford City
12-10-19 LT Leyton Orient 14:00 Walsall
19-10-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Cheltenham Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 10 6 4 0 15 7 5 3 2 0 7 3 5 3 2 0 8 4 8 22
2 Crewe Alexandra 10 7 0 3 17 12 5 3 0 2 9 8 5 4 0 1 8 4 5 21
3 Cheltenham Town 10 6 2 2 19 9 5 4 1 0 15 7 5 2 1 2 4 2 10 20
4 Swindon Town 10 6 2 2 18 11 5 3 0 2 9 7 5 3 2 0 9 4 7 20
5 Forest Green Rovers 10 5 3 2 7 5 5 3 1 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 18
6 Bradford City 10 5 2 3 14 9 5 3 1 1 8 3 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 17
7 Newport County 10 4 5 1 9 6 5 3 2 0 6 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 3 17
8 Crawley Town 10 4 4 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 1 3 1 9 9 3 16
9 Grimsby Town 10 4 3 3 16 12 5 2 2 1 9 7 5 2 1 2 7 5 4 15
10 Colchester United 10 4 3 3 11 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 15
11 Cambridge United 10 4 2 4 13 10 5 1 1 3 4 6 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 14
12 Northampton Town 10 4 2 4 12 10 5 2 1 2 8 6 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 14
13 Port Vale 10 3 4 3 11 14 5 3 2 0 7 4 5 0 2 3 4 10 -3 13
14 Plymouth Argyle 10 3 3 4 14 13 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 6 7 1 12
15 Macclesfield Town 10 3 3 4 10 11 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 1 1 3 4 8 -1 12
16 Walsall 10 3 3 4 5 9 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 2 1 2 2 4 -4 12
17 Salford City 10 2 5 3 12 16 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 0 3 2 7 12 -4 11
18 Carlisle United 10 3 2 5 12 18 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 2 0 3 7 10 -6 11
19 Mansfield Town 10 2 4 4 12 15 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 1 2 2 6 6 -3 10
20 Oldham Athletic 10 2 4 4 12 15 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 1 2 2 6 9 -3 10
21 Leyton Orient 10 2 3 5 12 18 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 1 2 2 7 10 -6 9
22 Morecambe 10 1 3 6 9 19 5 0 2 3 4 8 5 1 1 3 5 11 -10 6
23 Scunthorpe United 10 1 2 7 10 18 5 1 2 2 7 7 5 0 0 5 3 11 -8 5
24 Stevenage 10 0 4 6 6 14 5 0 1 4 4 8 5 0 3 2 2 6 -8 4

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