Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Scunthorpe United in 16th and Crawley Town in 12th place.
- Scunthorpe United have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in League Two
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Crawley Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Carlisle United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Crawley Town.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
Overall League Two stats at home this season for Scunthorpe United are 7-4-8 (wins-draw-losses).
Scunthorpe's previous game was a League Two match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Bradford City (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Southend United that ended 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Scunthorpe United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Scunthorpe United as a small favourite), we find 20 games. Scunthorpe has won six of these, drawn six and lost eight.
The manager P. Musselwhite will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Carlisle United in only four days.
Scunthorpe has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Scunthorpe have conceded 25 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Crawley Town have produced an overall stat of 5-4-9 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Crawley as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Walsall match. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Crawley are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Crawley, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Carlisle United (placed 11th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Port Vale.
Crawley goalkeeper Glenn Morris had a great day against Carlisle United, but despite making nine saves the loss could not be avoided.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Crawley Town in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Crawley, four draws and seven defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oldham Athletic in just three days.
Crawley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 18 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Crawley have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Crawley Town - Scunthorpe 1-0. Scunthorpe United-Crawley Town H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Scunthorpe United two wins, Crawley Town four wins, two draws. seven of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Nichols 11 goals |  A. Eisa 8 goals | R. Loft 8 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 19 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 38 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 48 |
| 45 | 25 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 30 | 49 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 67% | 79% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 76% |
| 28% | 32% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 46% |
| 19% | 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 28% | 27% |
| 11% | 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 11% |
| 39% | 42% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 57% |
| 25% | 26% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 27% |
| 36% | 32% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.3 | 10.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 34% |
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Scunthorpe United have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 22 | 67 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 37 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 65 |
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 63 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 63 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 62 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 37 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 49 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 62 |
| 7 | Newport County | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 57 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 60 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 56 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 37 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 53 |
| 10 | Salford City | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 51 |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 51 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 49 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -1 | 51 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | -1 | 51 |
| 14 | Stevenage | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 49 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 37 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 25 | -2 | 48 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 45 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 64 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 30 | -9 | 45 |
| 18 | Port Vale | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 49 | 52 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 31 | -3 | 44 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -4 | 44 |
| 20 | Walsall | 37 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 24 | -7 | 41 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -17 | 39 |
| 22 | Barrow | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 42 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 38 |
| 23 | Southend United | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -27 | 35 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | -27 | 32 |