The League Two game at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday will see hosts Crawley Town welcome Grimsby Town.
All Crawley Town v Grimsby Town match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
Crawley Town
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Crawley Town head into this game coming off the back of a 2-2 League Two drawn result versus Sutton United.
For Crawley Town, goals were scored by Liam Kelly (42') and Klaidi Lolos (91'). Charlie Lakin (48') and Oliver Sanderson (79') scored for Sutton United.
Crawley Town have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
They’ve totted up the amount of 14 during that time and have conceded a total of 11. We will find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
Leading up to this clash, Crawley Town:
- are unbeaten in the league by Grimsby Town in their last 2 games.
- are without a win at home for the past 4 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.
Grimsby Town
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Grimsby Town will come into the meeting following on from a 2-0 League Two win as they beat Swindon Town in their last match.
For Grimsby Town, goals were scored by Liam Smith (75') and Donovan Wilson (85').
In 5 of the prior six games involving Grimsby Town, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell is a mere 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by The Mariners being 1.17.
Coming into this meeting, Grimsby Town have not been beaten by Crawley Town when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 25/01/2020 shows that Crawley Town have won 2 of them & Grimsby Town 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
An aggregate of 21 goals were produced between them in these games, with 9 from The Red Devils and 12 for The Mariners. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was League Two match day 9 on 23/09/2023 and the score finished Grimsby Town 2-3 Crawley Town.
The referee was Simon Mather.
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Team News: Crawley Town
The Crawley Town boss Scott Lindsay has no fitness concerns at all before this game owing to a fully injury-free group to pick from.
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Team News: Grimsby Town
Due to a mostly healthy squad, there’s only the sole fitness problem for the Grimsby Town gaffer David Artell to be concerned about. Callum Ainley (Cancer) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Grimsby Town will need to put in a solid display to see themselves scoring against this Crawley Town team who we reckon should be able to grind out a win.
Our tip is therefore for a very even match with a 1-0 victory for Crawley Town when the referee blows for full-time.
We’re expecting it to be that close.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
00:16 25/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Crawley Town
Formed: 1896
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium (6,134)
Captain: Ben Gladwin
Chairman: Preston Johnson & Eben Smith
Manager: Scott Lindsay
Competitions: League Two position 7
🔑 Key Man: Adam Campbell
Typically played in the Striker position, Adam Campbell was born in North Shields, England. After having played his first senior match for Newcastle United in the 2012 - 2013 season, the talented Forward has bagged 7 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign so far coming from a total of 41 appearances.