FM Preview: Crawley Town v Crewe Alexandra 23 Mar 2013

Last updated : 22 March 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Crawley Town v Crewe Alexandra fixture

Crawley Town prepare to entertain Crewe Alexandra at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The two sides drew on their own previous meeting.

The only previous meeting between Crawley Town and Crewe Alexandra at Broadfield Stadium was less than a year ago, in April 2012, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a League Two match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 24 Nov Crewe Alex. 2 - 0 Crawley Town League One
2011/2012 Fri 06 Apr Crawley Town 1-1 Crewe Alex. League Two
2011/2012 Sat 17 Dec Crewe Alex. 1 - 1 Crawley Town League Two

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Recent respective form guides

Crawley Town will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While Reds have scored 5, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.

Crewe Alexandra's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Crawley Town see themselves just below half way in the npower League One, showing a record of 53 points from their 37 games played so far,

Crewe Alexandra see themselves just below half way in the npower League One, showing a record of 54 points from their 37 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Crawley Town 6 1 4 1 8 7 7
Crewe Alexandra 6 3 1 2 8 9 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Broadfield Stadium for the Reds and the Madmen are unable to see past Crewe Alexandra claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Crawley Town Drawn last 2 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 6 home matches.
Drawn each of their last 4 games.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Crewe Alexandra 4 games since last away draw.
4 games since last defeat.

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