League Two duel: Close contest expected between Scunthorpe United and Crawley Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sands Venue Stadium (9088 seats)

Scunthorpe United are trying to ignore the league table before this match against Crawley Town. Here's everything you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (8) in League Two
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Scunthorpe United have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Sands Venue Stadium. With Scunthorpe having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager N. Cox.

Scunthorpe United travelled for their previous game, a trip to Barrow that ended 1-1. The Scunthorpe goalkeeper Rory Watson was crucial in the match against Barrow last time out, making six saves. Ryan Loft felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Barrow as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 3rd minute. Goalkeeper Rory Watson got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.83 out of ten. Watson saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with six saves.

Before that game, the home loss against Forest Green Rovers with the scoreline 0-2.

Scunthorpe United have scored 3 goals here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.

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Crawley Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Crawley Town's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the League Two. Crawley Town only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Crawley in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Exeter City, 1-3. Attacker Kwesi Appiah got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Appiah scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Sutton United.

The visiting Crawley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 6 games. Crawley Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Scunthorpe-Crawley Town H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Scunthorpe United two wins, Crawley Town four wins, three draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownK. Appiah
K. Appiah
4 goals
Crawley TownJ. Hessenthaler
J. Hessenthaler
3 goals
Crawley TownN. Tsaroulla
N. Tsaroulla
2 goals

Scunthorpe United missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Scunthorpe United Crawley Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 3 6 13
1 1 0 Won W 2 2 5
5 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 4 0 Lost L 1 4 6
8 3 0 Scored S 2 6 15
26 11 0 Conceded C 1 10 19
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
77% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 54%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 54%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
46% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 54%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 23%
46% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 31%
 
4.5 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.3 4
5.1 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.7 5.4
2.1 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.2 9.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 11.7 10.2
2.8 3.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.5 3.3
22% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 29% 35%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (8) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (26) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-18) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United 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 Forest Green Rovers 13 8 3 2 23 11 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 5 2 0 14 3 12 27
2 Harrogate Town 13 6 5 2 25 16 7 3 4 0 16 9 6 3 1 2 9 7 9 23
3 Swindon Town 13 6 5 2 18 11 6 1 3 2 5 6 7 5 2 0 13 5 7 23
4 Port Vale 13 6 4 3 20 14 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 22
5 Tranmere Rovers 13 6 4 3 11 6 6 5 0 1 8 2 7 1 4 2 3 4 5 22
6 Northampton Town 13 6 3 4 15 11 7 4 1 2 10 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 4 21
7 Exeter City 13 4 8 1 21 13 6 2 4 0 10 5 7 2 4 1 11 8 8 20
8 Sutton United 12 6 2 4 18 13 6 4 0 2 13 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 20
9 Hartlepool United 13 6 2 5 14 13 6 5 1 0 9 3 7 1 1 5 5 10 1 20
10 Leyton Orient 13 4 7 2 20 12 7 3 3 1 10 3 6 1 4 1 10 9 8 19
11 Barrow 13 4 5 4 17 16 7 2 4 1 10 9 6 2 1 3 7 7 1 17
12 Bradford City 13 4 5 4 17 16 7 3 3 1 13 9 6 1 2 3 4 7 1 17
13 Newport County 13 4 5 4 17 17 6 2 3 1 9 6 7 2 2 3 8 11 0 17
14 Crawley Town 13 5 2 6 15 19 7 3 2 2 9 9 6 2 0 4 6 10 -4 17
15 Salford City 13 4 4 5 14 12 8 3 4 1 9 4 5 1 0 4 5 8 2 16
16 Walsall 13 4 4 5 16 17 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 1 3 3 7 9 -1 16
17 Bristol Rovers 13 4 3 6 15 20 6 3 0 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 8 12 -5 15
18 Rochdale 13 3 5 5 14 16 6 1 2 3 3 5 7 2 3 2 11 11 -2 14
19 Colchester United 12 3 5 4 9 12 6 1 2 3 3 6 6 2 3 1 6 6 -3 14
20 Stevenage 13 3 4 6 11 21 6 2 3 1 7 8 7 1 1 5 4 13 -10 13
21 Mansfield Town 13 2 5 6 11 18 8 2 3 3 9 11 5 0 2 3 2 7 -7 11
22 Oldham Athletic 13 3 2 8 10 19 7 1 1 5 6 11 6 2 1 3 4 8 -9 11
23 Carlisle United 13 2 5 6 11 21 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 1 2 4 6 14 -10 11
24 Scunthorpe United 13 1 5 7 8 26 6 1 1 4 3 11 7 0 4 3 5 15 -18 8

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.