FM Preview: Crawley Town v Mansfield Town 01 Mar 2011

Last updated : 28 February 2011 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Crawley Town v Mansfield Town fixture

Mansfield Town face a trip to Crawley Town at Broadfield Stadium on Tuesday evening,

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2009, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2010/2011Sat 30 OctMansfield Town1 - 4Crawley TownCONF
2009/2010Sat 14 NovCrawley Town0 - 2Mansfield TownCONF
2009/2010Sat 08 AugMansfield Town4 - 0Crawley TownCONF
2008/2009Sat 17 JanMansfield Town1 - 0Crawley TownCONF
2008/2009Sat 13 SepCrawley Town2 - 1Mansfield TownCONF

Recent respective form guides

Crawley Town could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Reds, with 6 goals against.

The Stags have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Stags's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 14 goals for and 12 against.

Crawley Town are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 67 points from 30 games. Mansfield Town see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 43 points from their 31 games played so far,

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Crawley Town63217511
Mansfield Town614110107

FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Crawley Town is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Crawley Town Won 7 successive home games.
8 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Mansfield Town Undefeated in last 4 away games.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.