FM Preview: Crawley Town v Stevenage 29 Mar 2013

Last updated : 28 March 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Crawley Town v Stevenage fixture

Crawley Town are ready to welcome Stevenage to Broadfield Stadium on Friday afternoon, determined to stop the rot against their opponents, having lost out to their rivals on 4 of the previous 6 occasions.

The previous match played between the two at Broadfield Stadium was within the last three years, in March 2010, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 15 Dec Stevenage 1 - 2 Crawley Town League One
2009/2010 Sat 27 Mar Crawley Town 0-3 Stevenage B. (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 06 Mar Stevenage B. 2 - 0 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Mon 13 Apr Crawley Town 0 - 2 Stevenage B. (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Mon 25 Aug Stevenage B. 1 - 1 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Sat 01 Mar Stevenage B. 3 - 1 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Sat 11 Aug Crawley Town 2 - 1 Stevenage B. (Conference) Premier

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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.

The away form of Stevenage is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Boro have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.

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,

Stevenage see themselves just below half way in the npower League One, showing a record of 49 points from their 40 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
Stevenage 6 2 0 4 6 8 6

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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 Stevenage 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.
Stevenage Lost each of the previous 7 away matches.
Not won in previous 7 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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