FM Preview: Northampton Town v Crawley Town 08 Oct 2011

Last updated : 07 October 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Northampton Town v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town face a trip to Northampton Town at Sixfields at lunchtime on Saturday, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
1991/1992 Sat 16 Nov Crawley Town 4 - 2 Northampton F.A. Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Northampton Town's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Cobblers have scored 5, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.

Crawley Town's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Reds have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Northampton Town see themselves just below half way in the npower League Two, showing a record of 15 points from their 11 games played so far,

Crawley Town are currently occupying 2nd spot in their division, gaining 22 points from their 11 games.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Northampton Town 6 3 2 1 10 7 11
Crawley Town 6 4 0 2 10 11 12

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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 Northampton Town. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Northampton Town Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Crawley Town 7 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 13 outings ago.

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