FM Preview: Carlisle United v Crawley Town 29 Sep 2012

Last updated : 28 September 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Carlisle United v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town travel to take on Carlisle United at Brunton Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Reds lost the only previous game played between the two.

The only previous meeting between Carlisle United and Crawley Town at Brunton Park was back in October 2004, over five years ago, the Cumbrians carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Conference match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2004/2005 Sat 08 Jan Crawley Town 1 - 0 Carlisle Utd. Conference
2004/2005 Sat 02 Oct Carlisle Utd. 1-0 Crawley Town Conference

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Recent respective form guides

Carlisle United have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

The away form of Crawley Town however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Carlisle United's 12 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Crawley Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower League One, picking up 13 from their 8 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Carlisle United 6 2 3 1 7 8 9
Crawley Town 6 2 1 3 10 15 7

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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 Carlisle United, believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Carlisle United Failed to win in previous 4 home matches.
Crawley Town Undefeated in last 3 away games.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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