This could be an interesting match as Walsall have their presumed home advantage while Crawley Town are ahead 4 points in the League Two table.
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.
Walsall form and stats
Overall League Two stats at home this season for Walsall are 2-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Walsall shared the glory with Mansfield Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Cambridge United (0-2).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Walsall as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Bristol Rovers are visiting.
Walsall aren't scoring a lot here at The Banks's Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Walsall are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Banks's Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Crawley Town have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
Max Watters and Tom Nichols scored in Crawley's previous match, the home game against Cambridge United that ended 2-1. That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Tranmere Rovers.
Crawley are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). As for defending, Crawley rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Walsall three wins, three draws and Crawley Town three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Adebayo 4 goals |  T. Nichols 4 goals | C. Lavery 3 goals |
Walsall missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Walsall | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 70% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | 69 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 45 | 101 |
| 39 | 23 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 18 | 40 |
| 28% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 42% |
- All of Crawley Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Crawley Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Crawley Town 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 | Newport County | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Salford City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Barrow | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -17 | 2 |
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