Crawley are down in the bottom half of the table and they lost on the weekend, but overall their recent form hasn’t been all that bad. But they will get a tough game in this one at the Broadfield Stadium on Saturday. That is because Accrington are going strong at the moment with a four-match winning streak propelling them along in their strong push for promotion.
Football League Two – Crawley v Accrington – Broadfield, Crawley – Saturday 27th January 2018, 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 11/5 at Ladbrokes |
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Crawley Town
AccringtonCrawley Form
Crawley slipped to a loss at Newport on the weekend, but they responded in fashion by taking a win out at second-placed Notts County in midweek. That was a huge response to them and it shows a lot about their confidence at the moment. That is five wins in their last seven played and they are really running in some nice form. Crawley have won four of their last five home games as well (L1) and three of those four wins came with a clean sheet as well. There is every suggestion that they are going to be a strong force in his game and can rattle the cage of Accrington. They haven’t been particularly prolific in front of goal on the road this season by they have scored in all but one of their last six at Broadfield. They have been defensively sound, conceding an average of one goal per game. Surprisingly only bottom side Barnet have collected fewer home points than Crawley have this season though.
Accrington Form
Stanley have found their stride and they are running with it big time at the moment. That is a four-match winning streak that they are on at the moment with clean sheets in three of them having been earned. They are well back in the hunt for automatic promotion and their away form this season isn’t bad at all at W7 D2 L5 and they have won their last two back to back on their travels, taking down both Grimsby and Cheltenham to nil. They have been scoring well with an average of 1.5 goals per away game this season and they have scored exactly two-thirds of their away goals in the second half of matches which could mean value on the half time draw in this one. They have managed to hit the back of the net in 79% of their away games this term and in their last four games home and away, they have netted at least two in each. Only Swindon have a better away record than Stanley do this season.
Head to Head News
Crawley sprung a surprise but taking a 3-2 win out at Accrington on December 23rd but that snapped a four-match winless streak that they were on against Stanley. Overall from the eleven previous meetings, Accrington are 6-3 up with the two drawn matches between them. Crawley have failed to score four of the six meetings with Accrington and have failed to win any of their last four on home soil against them.
Crawley v Accrington – Betting Odds and Predictions
Stanley are 13/10 favourites to win this one as they hit the road, with Crawley at 21/10.
Top Betting Tip Crawley v Accrington
The draw has appeal here. Games like this can trip top sides up and it’s tempting to go against Stanley to get a fifth win on the bounce as streaks like that don’t happen very often for anyone. Crawley have done alright on home soil to perhaps suggest that they can stick in there and get a point. Draw.