FM Preview: Scunthorpe United v Crawley Town 09 Feb 2013

Last updated : 08 February 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Scunthorpe United v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town face a trip to Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park on Saturday afternoon, 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
2012/2013 Sat 18 Aug Crawley Town 3 - 0 Scunthorpe U. League One

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Recent respective form guides

Scunthorpe United have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Iron's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Crawley Town's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Reds have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Scunthorpe United are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 29 points from 30 matches.

Crawley Town see themselves just below half way in the npower League One, showing a record of 42 points from their 28 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Scunthorpe United 6 2 3 1 7 6 9
Crawley Town 6 2 1 3 7 10 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the Reds has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Scunthorpe United. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Scunthorpe United Unbeaten in the last 3 home games.
Crawley Town Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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