The League One clash at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday sees home side Crawley Town go into battle with opponents Northampton Town.
Our Crawley Town v Northampton Town predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below (plus the best game odds).
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Crawley Town
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Crawley Town, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-1 League One triumph vs Exeter City.
At least three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Crawley Town have taken part. Opposing sides scored 11 times in this period whereas Crawley Town bagged a total of 12.
Heading into this fixture, Crawley Town have not won against Northampton Town in their last 3 league games.
Northampton Town
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Northampton Town will go into the encounter following on from a 4-1 League One win versus Shrewsbury Town in their last fixture.
Kevin Nolan's Northampton Town have seen their goal attempts be successful 10 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during that period equals 6.
Going into this encounter, Northampton Town haven't been beaten by Crawley Town in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 26/12/2019 tells us that Crawley Town have won 2 of these games and Northampton Town 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
A combined total of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 7 of them for The Red Devils and 7 coming from The Cobblers. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.
The last league game featuring the two was League One match day 14 on 26/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Northampton Town 3-0 Crawley Town.
The match was refereed by Thomas Kirk.
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Team News: Crawley Town
There arenโt many personnel worries, with just the lone fitness concern for the Crawley Town gaffer Scott Lindsey to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy squad. Ryan Sandford (Ankle ligament tear) misses out.
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Team News: Northampton Town
Northampton Town boss Kevin Nolan has to choose a team with limited availability. Ali Koiki (Muscle injury), Patrick Brough (Broken leg) and Callum Morton (unknown injury) miss out here.
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Prediction
Here, weโre thinking that Northampton Town may find it difficult to register a score against this Crawley Town team who we think will get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
Weโve gone for a very even contest with a 1-0 winning score for Crawley Town at the end of the 90 minutes.
Should be a close one.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the top odds for the game?
In terms of the bookiesโ odds in the win-draw-win market, a victory for Crawley Town can be had for 2, going for the draw is 3.5 & staking on the winner to be Northampton Town is 3.4. Theyโre the best bets that can be secured at present.
Victor Martins,
14:02 22/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Crawley Town
Formed: 1896
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium (6,134)
Captain: Dion Conroy
Chairman: Preston Johnson & Eben Smith
Manager: Scott Lindsey
Competitions: League One position 23
โญ Key Player: Will Swan
Mostly taking to the field in the Striker position, Will Swan was born in Mansfield, England. After having played his first senior match for Nottingham Forest in the 2020 - 2021 season, the talented Forward has hit 7 league goals in the League One 2024 - 2025 campaign so far in a total of 38 appearances.