FM Preview: Crawley Town v Cheltenham Town 07 Feb 2012

Last updated : 06 February 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Crawley Town v Cheltenham Town fixture

Crawley Town play host to Cheltenham Town at Broadfield Stadium on Tuesday evening,

The last time the two teams met at Crawley Town was well over fifteen years ago, back in December 1996, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3-3 draw in a (Southern) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 27 Aug Cheltenham T. 3 - 1 Crawley Town League Two
1996/1997 Sat 14 Dec Crawley Town 3-3 Cheltenham T. (Southern) Premier
1996/1997 Sat 05 Oct Cheltenham T. 1 - 2 Crawley Town (Southern) Premier
1995/1996 Sat 25 Nov Cheltenham T. 1 - 1 Crawley Town (Southern) Premier
1995/1996 Sat 19 Aug Crawley Town 4 - 1 Cheltenham T. (Southern) Premier
1994/1995 Tue 25 Apr Crawley Town 1 - 1 Cheltenham T. (Southern) Premier
1994/1995 Sat 24 Sep Cheltenham T. 1 - 2 Crawley Town (Southern) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Crawley Town have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. In this time, Reds have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 3.

Cheltenham Town's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Robins, and 2 goals against.

Crawley Town are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 52 points from 26 games.

Cheltenham Town are leading the way in the npower League Two, with their 27 games giving them a return of 55 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Crawley Town 6 3 3 0 5 2 12
Cheltenham Town 6 4 0 2 8 7 12

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Crawley Town are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Cheltenham Town will prove too much for the homesters. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Crawley Town 7 games since last home draw.
Unbeaten run of 6 matches.
Cheltenham Town 4 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 7 outings ago.

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