FM Preview: Crawley Town v Histon 05 Mar 2011

Last updated : 04 March 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Crawley Town v Histon fixture

Crawley Town prepare to entertain Histon at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the Reds.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Broadfield Stadium was just last season, in September 2009, with Crawley Town running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 11 Sep Histon 0 - 2 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 10 Apr Histon 0 - 1 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Tue 08 Sep Crawley Town 2-0 Histon (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sun 26 Apr Crawley Town 3 - 3 Histon (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 18 Oct Histon 1 - 0 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Tue 08 Apr Histon 3 - 0 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Tue 09 Oct Crawley Town 1 - 0 Histon (Conference) Premier

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

Recent respective form guides

Crawley Town could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Reds, with 6 goals against.

Histon have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Stutes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.

Crawley Town are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 67 points from 30 games.

Histon are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 27 points from their 34 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Crawley Town 6 3 2 1 7 5 11
Histon 6 2 1 3 7 8 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Reds's form is quite poor at the moment, but I see this as their ideal opportunity to register a morale-boosting win. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Crawley Town Won 7 successive home games.
8 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Histon Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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