Crawley Town vs Barnet Prediction

Form lines tell a similar story

Barnet's broader form sample of 20 matches across competitions shows eight wins, nine draws and only three defeats, with 39 goals scored. That's a side picking up points regularly and scoring freely, even accounting for cup and friendly fixtures mixed in.

Crawley Town: 20 completed matches; Barnet: 20 completed matches.

Crawley Town

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

33

Difference

-9

Barnet

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

27

Difference

+12

Crawley's home sample over the same stretch is tougher reading: four wins, five draws and eleven losses, with 33 goals conceded. It's not just the league table, their recent matches as a group have been difficult.

Comparative Team Statistics: Crawley Town vs Barnet

Recent head-to-head has been close

The two most recent meetings this year were tight. Barnet won 2-1 at home in January, then the sides drew 1-1 at Crawley in March. Neither was a thrashing despite the current gap between them in the table.

There's a longer history too, stretching back to 2011, but those older results carry little weight given how much time has passed and how different both squads will be now.

A big gap in the table

Barnet have won six of their opening nine league games and sit second with 21 points, scoring 22 and conceding just 12 along the way.

Crawley are a long way off that pace. They've won only once in nine, sit 24th with five points, and have shipped 17 goals already this season.

That's a significant gap on paper, though it's a snapshot from nine games rather than a finished season.

Players to watch

Barnet's attack has been carried by C. Lakin, who has six goals in seven appearances, alongside K. Tshimanga contributing four goals and four assists in the same span. Between them they've been heavily involved in Barnet's scoring.

Crawley Town:

Penalty cards:

M. Ebiowei x 1 x 1

K. Gordon x 1

P. Farquharson x 4

Barnet:

Best scorers:

C. Lakin - 6

K. Tshimanga - 4

Best assist providers:

K. Tshimanga - 4

C. Lakin - 2

Penalty cards:

N. Ofoborh x 1 x 1

O. Gallagher x 3

On the Crawley side, M. Ebiowei and K. Gordon have both picked up a red card inside just four matches each. That's worth noting given Crawley's defensive numbers already look stretched.