Football match preview: Rochdale vs Crawley Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

Rochdale are ready to clash heads with Crawley Town in this League Two fixture. All you should know about the game is here!

Insights:
  • Rochdale is in the worst form (0-0-5)
  • Crawley Town have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Rochdale nor Crawley Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Rochdale form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Rochdale have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 2 games.

Rochdale haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 381 minutes ago. Rodney scored that one.

The regulars are hoping that Rochdale will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Carabao Cup fixture against Sheffield Wednesday.

Heartbreak before that as Rochdale lost 0-3 at Swindon Town's place.

Rochdale are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Accrington Stanley awaits in three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Rochdale's 2 home games: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Crawley Town form and stats

The League Two season is young and Crawley Town have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

The club members enjoyed Crawley's previous game versus Fulham, a Carabao Cup win (2-0) played at home. Nichols, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.04. Nichols scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

A 0-2 loss hosting AFC Wimbledon before that.

A new game in only three days for Crawley Town, the EFL Trophy home match versus Portsmouth. Busy days.

Crawley Town have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Rochdale wins - draws - Crawley Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownJ. Balagizi
J. Balagizi
2 goals
RochdaleD. Rodney
D. Rodney
1 goals

Rochdale missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Rochdale Crawley Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 40%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 20%
80% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 80%
 
5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4.4
6.2 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 4.2
2.4 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.6 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 7.2
1.4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.2
14% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 18%
 
15 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 18 11.8
3.8 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Crawley Town have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Crawley Town have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in League Two
  • Crawley Town have yet to win a game.
  • Rochdale have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rochdale have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Rochdale have lost all their matches so far.
  • Rochdale have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Rochdale have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rochdale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rochdale is in the worst form (0-0-5)
Rochdale Last season Crawley Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
12 7   Won W   8 17
17 11   Drew D   4 10
17 5   Lost L   11 19
51 28   Scored S   28 56
59 23   Conceded C   37 66
85% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
67% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 70%
41% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 57%
24% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 24%
13% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
50% 48%   BTTS BTTS   65% 63%
28% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 20%
37% 30%   Failed to Score F T   17% 22%
 
5.6 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.5
4.6 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.9
1.1 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
12.5 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 11.3
2.5 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.5
44% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 35%
 
11.7 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.3
3.8 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.5

  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 5 4 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 6 13
2 Stevenage 5 4 1 0 8 4 3 3 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 13
3 Barrow 5 4 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 12
4 Northampton Town 5 3 2 0 11 8 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 1 2 0 6 5 3 11
5 Doncaster Rovers 5 3 2 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 11
6 Salford City 5 3 1 1 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 10
7 Crewe Alexandra 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 10
8 Mansfield Town 5 3 0 2 8 6 3 3 0 0 8 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 9
9 Walsall 5 2 2 1 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 8
10 AFC Wimbledon 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 8
11 Bradford City 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 7
12 Harrogate Town 5 2 1 2 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 7
13 Swindon Town 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 6
14 Carlisle United 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 5
15 Sutton United 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -1 5
16 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 5
17 Tranmere Rovers 5 1 1 3 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 4
18 Colchester United 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 4
19 Newport County 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 4
20 Gillingham 5 1 1 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 4
21 Stockport County 5 1 0 4 6 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 6 -3 3
22 Hartlepool United 5 0 2 3 2 9 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 2
23 Crawley Town 5 0 1 4 2 7 3 0 0 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 -5 1
24 Rochdale 5 0 0 5 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 5 -7 0

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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.