League One: Stockport County vs Crawley – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 28 match between Stockport County and Crawley and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Stockport County are favoured by the bookmakers to claim a win against Crawley, despite their unconvincing form. It will be interesting to see, how far outsiders Crawley can push the form at Edgeley Parkthis coming Saturday.

Stockport County approach the next League One round as number 6 in the table, having claimed 41 points this season so far. With 26 games behind them, Crawley amassed 21 points, placing them as number 21 before their next fixture.

Team form: Stockport County vs Crawley

Stockport County Form

Stockport County lost twice in their last three matches, as they were defeated 1-2 by Mansfield and 1-0 against Crystal Palace. They turned the table by winning 1-3 against Reading. Stockport County won four of their last six League One matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded four and scored 12 goals.

Crawley Form

Crawley have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Exeter, they got a 4-4 draw, before coming up short against Barnsley, who ran out 3-0 winners. Lately, they managed to draw once again in a 1-1 game with Burton. Crawley claimed just one win from the last six away games in the League One. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by 15 goals to nine.

Betting stats and facts for Stockport County and Crawley

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Stockport County and Crawley played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Stockport County vs Crawley

Look no further than Isaac Olaofe, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Stockport County in the League One, while Tola Showunmi managed three goals in the last half dozen matches for Crawley in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Popular betting markets: Stockport County vs Crawley

Full-time result

Stockport County claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing four. Crawley won two of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost five of the games in this run. Crawley conceded a goal in their last 7 matches. Stockport County have not lost to Crawley in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Stockport County scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Crawley scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Stockport County games Stockport County probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Saturday, as Crawley managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed one clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Both teams scored in the last 5 consecutive meetings between Stockport County and Crawley.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Stockport County’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Crawley, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves. Stockport County conceded a goal in their 7 most recent matches. Crawley conceded a goal in their last 7 matches.