FM Preview: Eastbourne Borough v Crawley Town 22 Mar 2011

Last updated : 21 March 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Eastbourne Borough v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town face a trip to Eastbourne Borough at on Tuesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 2 of the 4 previous games, with the hosts winning just 1.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2010, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 01 Jan Crawley Town 3 - 1 Eastbourne B. (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Fri 01 Jan Eastbourne B. 0-2 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 26 Dec Crawley Town 2 - 2 Eastbourne B. (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Tue 31 Mar Eastbourne B. 2 - 1 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sun 28 Dec Crawley Town 1 - 0 Eastbourne B. (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Sat 22 Dec Eastbourne B. 1 - 2 Crawley Town Shield (Conference Cup)
2003/2004 Sat 14 Feb Crawley Town 3 - 1 Eastbourne B. (Southern) Premier

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

Recent respective form guides

Eastbourne Borough's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While have scored 9, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.

Crawley Town's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Reds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 3 goals for and 2 against.

Eastbourne Borough are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 29 points from their 37 games thus far.

Crawley Town are leading the way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, with their 35 games giving them a return of 80 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Eastbourne Borough 6 2 0 4 6 8 6
Crawley Town 6 5 1 0 18 6 16

For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here

FootyMad's prediction ...

Although Crawley Town have been far from successful in recent away games, we can see nothing other than an easy victory for them against Eastbourne Borough. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Eastbourne Borough Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Crawley Town Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here