Crawley had some decent home form snapped on Boxing Day as they lost at home to the surging Colchester. Will they be able to respond with a victory on the weekend as they play host to Stevenage? Boro are still struggling to get those wins under their belt and suffered a loss on Tuesday out at Lincoln.
Football League Two – Crawley Town v Stevenage – Broadfield, Crawley – Saturday 30th December 2017, 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 11/5 at Skybet |
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Crawley Town
FC StevenageCrawley Form
Crawley were on a four-match unbeaten streak of form at Broadfield Stadium before they were toppled there by Colchester on Boxing Day. Still, they have recorded some good home successes recently to suggest that they can get over that blip. Overall the Reds are only W3 D2 L7 at home this season but two of those wins have been in their last three home fixtures. Crawley have scored at least two goals in three of their last six games which is an improvement for them. They are only on the ten goals at home for the season though from their twelve played and only 25% of their home games have gone over 2.5 goals, so it is worth looking under that goal line. To their credit, they have taken a clean sheet in a quarter of their home games.
Stevenage Form
Just before Christmas Stevenage bust their long winless streak with a big home win over the struggling Chesterfield, which relieved some pressure. However, they got back to losing ways on the road on Boxing Day, going down heavily at Exeter 3-0. That leaves Boro with a horrible seven-match losing streak out on the road and they have failed to score in five of those seven games. So there is every reason for punters to not trust them in this one. Stevenage’s output has really slumped in terms of goals and points and they have mustered up only nine away goals this season while they have conceded at a rate of 1.8 per game on their travels. They would appear to be at risk with their defence failing them time and time again out on the road. Boro have been leading at half time just once this season away from home.
Head to Head News
Both teams have scored in each of the last four meetings between these two and at Crawley earlier in the season, there was a 1-1 draw between them. What that did is extended Stevenage’s unbeaten streak of form against Crawley to three matches and their last two wins over them have been by a 2-1 scoreline. Overall from all meetings in all competitions, Stevenage are 12-7 up with four drawers.
Crawley v Stevenage – Odds and Predicitions
A loss here would see Crawley pull level on points with them down in the bottom half and Crawley are 6/4 favourites to get the win with Stevenage at 2.
Top Betting Tips Crawley v Stevenage
Crawley have to be a bit of value on home soil to dig out three points in this one. Boro just looks a bit lost out on the road at the moment and even though Crawley haven’t done a lot of winning at home, their recent output there suggest that they can get a win on the board.