FM Preview: Crawley Town v Hereford United 28 Apr 2012

Last updated : 27 April 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Crawley Town v Hereford United fixture

Crawley Town play host to Hereford United at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. Out of their two previous meetings, the Reds have drawn one game and lost the other.

The last time the two teams met at Crawley Town was back in August 2005, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Conference match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 05 Nov Hereford Utd. 1 - 1 Crawley Town League Two
2005/2006 Sat 21 Jan Hereford Utd. 2 - 1 Crawley Town Conference
2005/2006 Sat 20 Aug Crawley Town 0-2 Hereford Utd. Conference
2004/2005 Sat 19 Mar Hereford Utd. 0 - 0 Crawley Town Conference
2004/2005 Tue 17 Aug Crawley Town 1 - 1 Hereford Utd. Conference

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Recent respective form guides

Crawley Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 13 goals have been scored by the Reds in those games, with 7 conceded.

Hereford United have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.

Crawley Town are holding the final promotion place in the npower League Two, and have accumulated 81 points from the 44 games they have played so far.

Hereford United are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower League Two with a return of just 38 points from their 44 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Crawley Town 6 2 4 0 8 5 10
Hereford United 6 0 3 3 3 6 3

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FootyMad's prediction ...

With the Reds being in decent shape at home at the moment, we am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Crawley Town Unbeaten in the last 6 home games.
Unbeaten run of 13 matches.
Hereford United Not won in previous 4 away matches.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 8 most recent games.

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