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Crawley Town prepare to entertain Oxford United at Broadfield Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. Reds lost the only previous game contested between the two teams.
The only previous meeting between Crawley Town and Oxford Utd. at was just last season, in September 2006, with Oxford Utd. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Reds in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Oxford Utd. | 1 - 0 | Crawley Town | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Dec | Oxford Utd. | 1 - 1 | Crawley Town | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Mon 18 Sep | Crawley Town | 0-1 | Oxford Utd. | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Crawley Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Reds in those games, with 6 conceded.
Oxford Utd. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. U's have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Crawley Town's 35 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Oxford Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 33 points from their 23 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crawley Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| Oxford Utd. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Reds's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Oxford Utd.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crawley Town | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Oxford Utd. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. |