Soccer preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Stevenage host Crawley Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 30.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

Stevenage welcome Crawley Town with hopes of winning all three points. Will they? Read our match preview!

Insights:
  • Stevenage have the most scored goals (20) at home in League Two
  • Crawley Town have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Stevenage 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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Stevenage form and stats

This stadium, The Lamex Stadium, has been a fortress for Stevenage in the League Two so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-1-1.

Stevenage haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 184 minutes ago. Warren (own goal) scored that one. Stevenage are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Stevenage travelled for their previous game, a trip to Leyton Orient that ended 0-0. The goalie Ashby-Hammond was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.04 out of ten. Ashby-Hammond topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Portsmouth in the EFL Trophy.

Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Stevenage as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Gillingham are visiting.

A decent goal production from Stevenage in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Stevenage have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {5 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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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 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-5 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Crawley Town have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Crawley Town's previous game was their home loss versus Sutton United (1-2).

A loss against Hartlepool United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Newport County.

The attacking power of Crawley when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Crawley Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Stevenage have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) against Crawley Town.

The last head-to-head meeting ended Crawley Town - Stevenage 1-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
6 goals
StevenageL. Norris 'Hacker'
L. Norris 'Hacker'
5 goals
StevenageJ. Roberts
J. Roberts
5 goals

Stevenage missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Stevenage Crawley Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 2 10 22
13 9 4 Won W 0 0 5
6 1 0 Drew D 0 5 6
3 1 0 Lost L 2 5 11
31 20 4 Scored S 1 8 23
16 5 0 Conceded C 3 17 34
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
64% 55% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 73%
41% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
9% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 27%
9% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 18%
45% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 55%
45% 73% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 18%
18% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 36%
 
5 5 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.6 3.8
4 3.5 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.5 5.5
1.5 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.3 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.3 13.5 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.4 8.1
4.1 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.5 2.8
34% 43% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 37%
 
8.8 7.3 5 Shots against (avg) S A 23.5 16.4 13.4
2.3 1.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 5.9 4.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Crawley Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Crawley Town have yet to win a game away.
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stevenage have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Stevenage have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crawley Town have scored away.
  • Stevenage have the most scored goals (20) at home in League Two

  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 22 16 4 2 35 12 12 9 2 1 19 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 23 52
2 Stevenage 22 13 6 3 31 16 11 9 1 1 20 5 11 4 5 2 11 11 15 45
3 Northampton Town 22 12 7 3 37 22 11 6 3 2 18 11 11 6 4 1 19 11 15 43
4 Carlisle United 22 9 9 4 33 23 11 5 5 1 15 9 11 4 4 3 18 14 10 36
5 Swindon Town 23 9 8 6 26 23 12 5 4 3 14 10 11 4 4 3 12 13 3 35
6 Mansfield Town 22 10 5 7 30 28 11 5 4 2 18 15 11 5 1 5 12 13 2 35
7 Barrow 22 11 2 9 28 26 11 8 0 3 18 9 11 3 2 6 10 17 2 35
8 Walsall 21 9 6 6 27 18 10 6 2 2 17 8 11 3 4 4 10 10 9 33
9 Bradford City 21 9 6 6 26 21 10 3 5 2 12 9 11 6 1 4 14 12 5 33
10 Salford City 21 9 5 7 24 19 11 3 4 4 11 12 10 6 1 3 13 7 5 32
11 Stockport County 21 9 4 8 31 22 11 5 3 3 15 10 10 4 1 5 16 12 9 31
12 AFC Wimbledon 22 8 7 7 26 25 11 5 3 3 14 11 11 3 4 4 12 14 1 31
13 Doncaster Rovers 22 9 4 9 24 30 10 5 1 4 13 12 12 4 3 5 11 18 -6 31
14 Tranmere Rovers 22 8 6 8 23 18 11 5 2 4 15 9 11 3 4 4 8 9 5 30
15 Sutton United 23 8 5 10 21 29 11 6 2 3 12 10 12 2 3 7 9 19 -8 29
16 Grimsby Town 21 7 6 8 24 23 10 2 5 3 11 11 11 5 1 5 13 12 1 27
17 Crewe Alexandra 20 6 7 7 18 24 10 4 3 3 13 10 10 2 4 4 5 14 -6 25
18 Newport County 22 6 5 11 21 25 11 3 1 7 9 14 11 3 4 4 12 11 -4 23
19 Harrogate Town 21 6 4 11 27 32 11 4 3 4 16 16 10 2 1 7 11 16 -5 22
20 Crawley Town 22 5 6 11 23 34 12 5 1 6 15 17 10 0 5 5 8 17 -11 21
21 Hartlepool United 22 4 6 12 20 40 10 2 4 4 7 16 12 2 2 8 13 24 -20 18
22 Colchester United 22 4 5 13 19 29 10 3 4 3 12 11 12 1 1 10 7 18 -10 17
23 Rochdale 21 4 3 14 15 31 11 2 1 8 9 17 10 2 2 6 6 14 -16 15
24 Gillingham 21 2 8 11 6 25 11 2 4 5 4 12 10 0 4 6 2 13 -19 14

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.