FM Preview: Walsall v Crawley Town 16 Mar 2013

Last updated : 15 March 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Walsall v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town face a trip to Walsall at Bescot Stadium 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 17 Nov Crawley Town 2 - 2 Walsall League One

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Recent respective form guides

Walsall are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Saddlers, with 4 goals against.

Crawley Town have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Reds have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Walsall lie just outside the playoff positions in the npower League One, picking up 59 points from their 38 games so far.

Crawley Town's 52 points from 36 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Walsall 6 3 3 0 11 4 12
Crawley Town 6 2 3 1 7 5 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Crawley Town have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Walsall may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Walsall Unbeaten in the last 10 home games.
Unbeaten run of 8 matches.
Crawley Town Undefeated in last 3 away games.
Drawn each of the last 3 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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