FootyMAD's Salisbury City match preview

Last updated : 01 March 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Salisbury City v Crawley Town fixture

Crawley Town face a trip to Salisbury City at The Raymond McEnhill Stadium on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Reds will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2008, with Salisbury City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010Tue 24 NovCrawley Town2 - 0Salisbury CityCONF
2008/2009Sat 21 FebCrawley Town0 - 3Salisbury CityCONF
2008/2009Thu 30 OctSalisbury City2 - 0Crawley TownCONF
2007/2008Sat 08 MarCrawley Town1 - 1Salisbury CityCONF
2007/2008Sat 18 AugSalisbury City4 - 1Crawley TownCONF
2001/2002Tue 09 AprCrawley Town4 - 0Salisbury CitySPL
2001/2002Mon 01 AprSalisbury City0 - 3Crawley TownSPL

Recent respective form guides

Salisbury City 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 11 goals for the Whites, with 3 goals against.

Crawley Town's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The Reds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 8 against.

Salisbury City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 37 points from their 32 matches. Crawley Town's 48 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Salisbury City64118813
Crawley Town63127710

FootyMad's prediction ...

An interesting game for the Reds to play at the moment, and one from which I believe will see Crawley Town take away one point. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Salisbury City Unbeaten in the last 7 home games.
Unbeaten run of 5 matches.
Crawley Town Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
Last drawn game 5 outings ago.