Crawley may not be scoring many goals in the league this season but they seem to have steadied the ship well in terms of not losing matches. They are just about keeping their head above relegation waters but they get a tough home game in this one. Mansfield are on the up with a good unbeaten streak of form going and they have sneaked their way into the top seven and will be looking to push on from there now. The visiting Mansfield go as 5/4 favourites with the draw at 5/2 and Crawley at 5/2.
Football League Two – Broadfield, Crawley 9th December – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 5/2 at Ladbrokes |
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Crawley
Mansfield TownCrawley Form
Crawley have lost only one of their last six league games now and just two of their last nine. It’s been much better stuff from them recently, but they have done a lot of drawing matches. They have taken four drawn finishes in their last six league games (W1 L1) and two of those were 1-1 draws and the other two 0-0 draws. At home, they are unbeaten in their last three now with two draws and a win. The win happened in their last home game, a surprisingly big 3-1 win over high-flyers Exeter. Overall Crawley are just W2 D2 L6 at home this season and they have failed to score in half of their home fixtures. Eight of Crawley’s last ten league games have gone under 2.5 goals.
Mansfield Form
The Stags continue to make bold progress up the table this season and find themselves starting the weekend in seventh place. They are unbeaten now in their last seven league games, winning three of those. But still, that’s a lot of drawn matches recently for them too so the draw in the match outright may well appeal. The Stags have scored exactly one goal in six of their last eight league matches now. Away from home, they are unbeaten in four, winning their last two, both of those victories over Port Vale and Coventry coming with a clean sheet as well. They have scored twelve away goals and have conceded twelve away goals this season. Their most frequent scoreline away from home this term has been a 1-1 draw.
Head to Head News
There was a draw between these two last season at Broadfield and that followed a home win for Mansfield. From the four League Two contests Mansfield have won three of them, drawing the other one so they have good form over the Reds. Overall in the head to head in all competitions, Mansfield are 6-3 up with one drawn match.
Top Betting Tips
This has the look of being a low scoring game and the 1-1 draw is superbly appealing. Mansfield will be happy enough for a point on the road to extend their unbeaten form at the moment and Crawley looks as if they can stick in there for a draw against a good side at the moment.