FM Preview: Bury v Crawley Town 02 Mar 2013

History of the Bury v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town face a trip to Bury at Gigg Lane on Saturday afternoon, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. Reds won the only previous game contested between the two teams.

The only previous meeting between Bury and Crawley Town at Gigg Lane was just last season, in November 2011, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a F.A. Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season	Date	Team	Result	Team	Comp
2012/2013	Sat 13 Oct	Crawley Town	3 - 2	Bury	League One
2011/2012	Sat 12 Nov	Bury	0-2	Crawley Town	F.A. Cup

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Bury's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Shakers have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

Crawley Town's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Reds have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Bury are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower League One with a return of just 30 points from their 34 games thus far.

Crawley Town see themselves just below half way in the npower League One, showing a record of 46 points from their 32 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Bury	6	2	1	3	6	10	7
Crawley Town	6	1	2	3	5	8	5

For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here

FootyMad's prediction ...

Crawley Town are not doing too bad on their travels, and we think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Bury. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team	Sequences
Bury	Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Crawley Town	8 games since last away draw.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here