Match guide for League Two: Gillingham - Crawley Town at MEMS Priestfield Stadium

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

Gillingham - Crawley Town: League Two cellar teams desperate for points and greatness. Read all the available stats and information before the match!

Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (14) in League Two
  • Crawley Town have the fewest points (6) away in League Two

Gillingham and Crawley Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gillingham form and stats

Overall League Two results at home this season for Gillingham are 3-4-5 (wins-draws-losses). When Gillingham hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Newport County, Colchester United, Rochdale, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate Town), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

The Gillingham manager Harris and his pawns return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Swindon Town (placed 6th). A disappointing finish for Gillingham in their match versus Swindon Town as their 3-1 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Nichols, having found the net in three consecutive matches. Nichols, a natural forward, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.94 (out of 10). Nichols scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Colchester United with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gillingham handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be noted that a look at the 12 latest league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Gillingham aren't scoring a lot here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium in the league, with only {6 goals} from 12 games. Gillingham has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Crawley Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crawley Town so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-6 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Impressive finishing from Telford, Conroy and Jenks secured the home win 3-2 against Salford City in their previous game. That win felt good as this club had gone four league rounds without victory. Crawley goalie Addai was high and low in the Salford City game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Midfielder Powell was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.72. Powell signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Crawley Town travelled to Newport County and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

We have checked recent matches where Crawley Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

The attacking power of Crawley Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Crawley have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Gillingham have avoided a loss in the last 8 games (5-3-0) facing Crawley Town.

These competitors have played previously this season: Crawley Town - Gillingham 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
6 goals
Crawley TownD. Telford
D. Telford
6 goals
Crawley TownJ. Tilley
J. Tilley
5 goals

Gillingham missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Gillingham Crawley Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 5 12 25
4 3 2 Won W 0 0 6
9 4 0 Drew D 4 6 7
13 5 2 Lost L 1 6 12
14 6 3 Scored S 5 11 29
31 12 3 Conceded C 6 22 41
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 92%
62% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 76%
15% 8% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 58% 56%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 42% 36%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 20%
23% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 60%
31% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 8% 16%
62% 58% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 32%
 
4.1 5.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.3 3.7
4.5 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 7.3 5.6
1.7 1.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.4 10.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.8 8.5
1.3 1.3 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.1
42% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 38%
 
11.5 10.8 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 17.3 14.2
2.9 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 6.3 5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crawley Town have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
  • Crawley Town have the fewest points (6) away in League Two
  • Crawley Town have yet to win a game away.
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (14) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (22) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won significantly more 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 28 17 6 5 36 17 14 10 3 1 20 4 14 7 3 4 16 13 19 57
2 Stevenage 26 16 7 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 12 4 6 2 12 12 21 55
3 Northampton Town 27 14 7 6 42 28 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 49
4 Carlisle United 27 13 9 5 43 26 13 7 5 1 20 10 14 6 4 4 23 16 17 48
5 Salford City 27 12 6 9 37 28 13 5 4 4 15 13 14 7 2 5 22 15 9 42
6 Swindon Town 27 11 9 7 36 28 14 6 5 3 22 13 13 5 4 4 14 15 8 42
7 Mansfield Town 27 12 6 9 40 36 14 6 5 3 25 20 13 6 1 6 15 16 4 42
8 Bradford City 26 11 8 7 31 25 13 5 5 3 17 13 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 41
9 Barrow 27 12 4 11 32 32 14 8 1 5 19 13 13 4 3 6 13 19 0 40
10 AFC Wimbledon 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 6 4 3 15 11 14 4 5 5 15 17 2 39
11 Sutton United 28 11 6 11 28 35 13 8 2 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 39
12 Stockport County 26 11 5 10 35 24 13 6 4 3 17 10 13 5 1 7 18 14 11 38
13 Tranmere Rovers 27 10 8 9 29 23 14 6 4 4 19 12 13 4 4 5 10 11 6 38
14 Walsall 24 10 7 7 30 22 12 7 2 3 19 11 12 3 5 4 11 11 8 37
15 Doncaster Rovers 26 11 4 11 31 39 12 7 1 4 19 16 14 4 3 7 12 23 -8 37
16 Grimsby Town 24 8 6 10 26 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 5 1 6 13 17 -6 30
17 Crewe Alexandra 24 7 9 8 20 28 13 5 4 4 14 13 11 2 5 4 6 15 -8 30
18 Colchester United 29 8 6 15 29 37 14 4 5 5 15 16 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 30
19 Newport County 26 6 8 12 24 30 13 3 3 7 11 16 13 3 5 5 13 14 -6 26
20 Crawley Town 25 6 7 12 29 41 13 6 1 6 18 19 12 0 6 6 11 22 -12 25
21 Harrogate Town 26 6 6 14 32 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 12 2 2 8 14 20 -9 24
22 Hartlepool United 28 5 7 16 28 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 14 2 2 10 14 29 -24 22
23 Gillingham 26 4 9 13 14 31 12 3 4 5 6 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -17 21
24 Rochdale 28 5 5 18 22 42 14 2 2 10 11 21 14 3 3 8 11 21 -20 20

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.