League One: Crawley vs Bristol Rovers – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 38 match between Crawley and Bristol Rovers and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Both Crawley and Bristol Rovers need points to escape their current position at the relegation-end of the League One table. The match takes place at Broadfield Stadium and could be labelled a serious six-pointer.

Team form: Crawley vs Bristol Rovers

Crawley Form

A single point is all Crawley can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 1-1 draw with Reading, before getting trounced 0-1 against Charlton while Huddersfield won 5-1. Crawley only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Broadfield Stadium in the League One. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded seven goals.

Bristol Rovers Form

Bristol Rovers won twice in their last three matches as Huddersfield were defeated by 1-0, before they beat Bolton 3-2. Lincoln City proved too strong, though, and a 5-0 defeat followed. Bristol Rovers didn’t manage a single away win in their last six League One matches, but managed one draws, while suffering five defeats. They conceded 13 and scored one goals themselves.

Betting stats and facts for Crawley and Bristol Rovers

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Crawley and Bristol Rovers. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

In-form players: Crawley vs Bristol Rovers

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for Crawley, Kamari Doyle has been good for them over the course of the season with six goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Bristol Rovers, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator this coming Saturday, depending on your betting strategy.

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Full-time result

Crawley claimed a measly one home win in 10 most recent games at Broadfield Stadium. However, they did draw four whilst losing five. Bristol Rovers won one of their last 10 away games, with one draws and eight defeats as well.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Crawley scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Curiously, Bristol Rovers only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Crawley managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Bristol Rovers were first on target in six of their last 10 outings. Crawley have scored in 7 consecutive home meetings with Bristol Rovers.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Crawley’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Bristol Rovers, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves. Amazingly, Crawley failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 matches.