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Crawley Town face a trip to Rushden & Diamonds at Nene Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Half the previous contests have ended with a drawn game, but unfortunately the other half have ended in a defeat for the Reds.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2007, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a (Conference) Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Jan | Crawley Town | 4 - 1 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 04 Sep | Rushden & D. | 1 - 1 | Crawley Town | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Fri 23 Mar | Rushden & D. | 1 - 1 | Crawley Town | CONF |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 12 Aug | Crawley Town | 1 - 0 | Rushden & D. | CONF |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 02 Dec | Crawley Town | 2 - 2 | Rushden & D. | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 26 Aug | Rushden & D. | 3 - 1 | Crawley Town | SPL |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 08 Oct | Rushden & D. | 5 - 0 | Crawley Town | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Rushden & Diamonds are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Reds have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Reds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Rushden & D. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 9 points from their 7 matches. Crawley Town's total of 13 points from their 7 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rushden & D. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Crawley Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Crawley Town are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rushden & D. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Crawley Town | Not won in previous 2 away matches. 5 games since last defeat. |