League Two prediction and preview: Forest Green Rovers modest favorites to beat Crawley Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 29.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5147 seats)

Forest Green Rovers have performed better than Crawley Town so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Crawley Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Forest and Crawley Town.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at The New Lawn for Forest Green Rovers. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Forest after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Forest manager M. Cooper and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Exeter City (placed 5th) in the League Two. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Carlisle United.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Forest have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost four.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Forest as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Oldham Athletic are visiting.

Forest has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Forest Green Rovers have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crawley Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Crawley Town's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Crawley Town only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

Crawley played 1-1 against Newport County in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Leyton Orient at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Crawley Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were three victories, seven draws and eight defeats.

Crawley Town has another fixture away, a League Two game, against Bolton Wanderers in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The visiting Crawley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Crawley rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Forest Green Rovers-Crawley Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Forest Green Rovers five wins, Crawley Town three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ForestJ. Matt
J. Matt
9 goals
Forest Green RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
5 goals
Crawley TownT. Nichols
T. Nichols
5 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Forest Green Rovers Crawley Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 3 10 20
10 5 1 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 7
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 6
26 12 3 Scored S 2 12 31
16 7 2 Conceded C 5 16 27
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
35% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 50%
15% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 15%
55% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 70% 65%
40% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.2 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
14.3 15.3 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.9 10.4
4.2 5 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.3 3.9
31% 27% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 28% 40%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Newport County 19 11 4 4 30 20 9 7 1 1 15 10 10 4 3 3 15 10 10 37
2 Forest Green Rovers 20 10 7 3 26 16 9 5 3 1 12 7 11 5 4 2 14 9 10 37
3 Carlisle United 19 11 2 6 27 17 9 8 0 1 20 8 10 3 2 5 7 9 10 35
4 Cheltenham Town 19 10 3 6 29 20 10 5 2 3 16 11 9 5 1 3 13 9 9 33
5 Exeter City 19 8 7 4 40 26 10 6 1 3 22 10 9 2 6 1 18 16 14 31
6 Cambridge United 19 9 4 6 31 18 11 6 3 2 17 10 8 3 1 4 14 8 13 31
7 Morecambe 19 9 4 6 24 29 9 4 3 2 10 12 10 5 1 4 14 17 -5 31
8 Salford City 18 8 6 4 25 14 10 4 6 0 16 7 8 4 0 4 9 7 11 30
9 Walsall 19 7 9 3 26 24 10 5 3 2 12 10 9 2 6 1 14 14 2 30
10 Colchester United 20 7 7 6 27 29 9 6 2 1 17 10 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 28
11 Crawley Town 19 7 6 6 30 26 9 5 2 2 18 10 10 2 4 4 12 16 4 27
12 Leyton Orient 20 8 3 9 29 26 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 3 27
13 Tranmere Rovers 18 8 3 7 22 23 8 4 0 4 11 8 10 4 3 3 11 15 -1 27
14 Oldham Athletic 19 8 2 9 32 35 10 2 1 7 13 18 9 6 1 2 19 17 -3 26
15 Bolton Wanderers 19 7 4 8 22 29 10 3 2 5 11 15 9 4 2 3 11 14 -7 25
16 Port Vale 19 7 3 9 29 27 10 3 3 4 12 12 9 4 0 5 17 15 2 24
17 Harrogate Town 19 6 4 9 19 23 9 1 3 5 7 13 10 5 1 4 12 10 -4 22
18 Mansfield Town 20 3 11 6 22 27 10 0 6 4 10 16 10 3 5 2 12 11 -5 20
19 Bradford City 19 5 5 9 19 25 10 3 3 4 10 11 9 2 2 5 9 14 -6 20
20 Scunthorpe United 19 6 2 11 19 28 10 3 2 5 10 17 9 3 0 6 9 11 -9 20
21 Grimsby Town 19 5 4 10 17 32 9 2 2 5 7 16 10 3 2 5 10 16 -15 19
22 Barrow 19 3 7 9 26 30 10 2 6 2 17 15 9 1 1 7 9 15 -4 16
23 Southend United 19 4 4 11 13 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 9 1 3 5 3 15 -18 16
24 Stevenage 17 2 7 8 11 20 8 2 2 4 6 7 9 0 5 4 5 13 -9 13

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.