League One: Huddersfield vs Crawley – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Huddersfield and Crawley who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Huddersfield 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 John Smith’s Stadiumthis coming Saturday.

Huddersfield approach the next League One round as number 7 in the table, having claimed 58 points this season so far. With 36 games behind them, Crawley amassed 30 points, placing them as number 22 before their next fixture.

Form: Huddersfield vs Crawley

Huddersfield Form

Huddersfield have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 1-2 victory against Stevenage. Unable to follow that up, they went down 0-1 against Wrexham, before handing over another win to Bristol Rovers in a 1-0 defeat. Huddersfield didn’t manage a single win in any of their previous six League One games at the John Smith’s Stadium. They have a record of two draws and four defeats, in which they conceded four and scored zero goals.

Crawley Form

Crawley were only able to take a single draw from their past three games. They came up short in a 4-1 defeat against Lincoln City before drawing 1-1 with Reading. They were defeated once again, when Charlton ran out 0-1 winners. Crawley only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the League One. In these six matches they drew zero and lost five as well as being outscored by 16 goals to six.

Betting facts for Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield and Crawley played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Huddersfield vs Crawley

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

Popular betting markets: Huddersfield vs Crawley

Full-time result

Huddersfield claimed two wins, drew four and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Crawley won two, drew one and lost seven of their last 10 games away. Somehow Crawley failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 10 matches.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Huddersfield scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Crawley scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Huddersfield have failed to score in 6 consecutive home games. Huddersfield will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet this coming Saturday, as Crawley have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 games. The former fought their way to two clean sheets in their last 10 games.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Huddersfield, who scored an average of 0.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Crawley’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches. Crawley conceded a goal in their last 10 matches.