Salford City are listed as favourites to win this home fixture vs Crawley Town, if the league standings are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be in for a surprise?
- Salford City have the most clean sheets (4) in League Two
- Crawley Town have yet to win a game.
It's no vacation for neither Salford City 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.
Salford City form and stats
Perfect League Two season at home so far for Salford City 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Salford's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at their own arena, ending 2-1 vs Liverpool U21. The home team hope to to continue in that form.
Ahead of that match, Salford City won a home game hosting Stevenage (1-0).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Salford City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Salford City at home in the league. 6 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 3 matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
The League Two season is young and Crawley Town have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Crawley Town delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Portsmouth in their previous game; a EFL Trophy fixture.
Before that, Crawley travelled to Rochdale and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Crawley Town playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 3 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
Crawley are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Salford City-Crawley Town H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Salford City one win, Crawley Town three wins, two draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  B. Thomas-Asante 4 goals |   J. Balagizi 2 goals |  C. McAleny 1 goals |
Salford City missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Salford City | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.7 | 12.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.3 | 6.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 40% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 9.5 | 8.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.3 | 11.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.7 |
- Crawley Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Crawley Town have yet to win a game.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Salford City have scored more than double the goals of Crawley Town.
- Salford City have the most clean sheets (4) in League Two
- Salford City have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in League Two
- Salford City have won all their matches at home so far.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Barrow | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Salford City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Walsall | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Sutton United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | Newport County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
