FM Preview: Accrington Stanley v Crawley Town 05 May 2012

Last updated : 04 May 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Accrington Stanley v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town travel to take on Accrington Stanley at Crown Ground on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Both of the previous encounters have resulted in a drawn game.

The last time the two teams met at Accrington Stanley was back in September 2005, over five years ago, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4-2 thriller, in a Conference match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 29 Oct Crawley Town 1 - 1 Accrington S. League Two
2005/2006 Sat 04 Mar Crawley Town 0 - 1 Accrington S. Conference
2005/2006 Sat 17 Sep Accrington S. 4-2 Crawley Town Conference
2004/2005 Sat 02 Apr Crawley Town 2 - 0 Accrington S. Conference
2004/2005 Sat 28 Aug Accrington S. 4 - 0 Crawley Town Conference

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Recent respective form guides

Accrington Stanley have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.

The Reds have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Reds, and 8 goals against.

Accrington Stanley see themselves just below half way in the npower League Two, showing a record of 57 points from their 45 games played so far,

Crawley Town are holding the final promotion place in the npower League Two, and have accumulated 81 points from the 45 games they have played so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Accrington Stanley 6 2 1 3 7 13 7
Crawley Town 6 2 3 1 8 8 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Reds's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Accrington Stanley, believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Accrington Stanley Unbeaten in the last 3 home games.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Crawley Town Undefeated in last 7 away games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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