Crawley Town vs Chesterfield Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Chesterfield's last 20 matches, spanning league games, cup ties and a few friendlies, show more wins than losses and a healthy goal difference. Crawley's equivalent sample tells a rougher story, with more than half of those matches lost and goals conceded outweighing goals scored by a fair margin.

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

Crawley Town

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

19

Conceded

30

Difference

-11

Chesterfield

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

23

Difference

+4

It's worth remembering this sample mixes competitions and even pre-season friendlies, so it's a general form guide rather than a pure league read.

Chesterfield look the more settled side across their recent games, even allowing for the mixed nature of the sample.

Comparative Team Statistics: Crawley Town vs Chesterfield

Recent meetings have been level

The two most recent head-to-heads both finished as draws, a 1-1 in February and a 2-2 the previous August. Older meetings going back to 2014 and 2015 show more decisive scorelines, but those are from years ago and don't tell us much about either side now.

So while the table suggests a gap in current form, the head-to-head record doesn't obviously favour either club.

Where they sit in the table

In the current League Two season, Chesterfield have made a solid start, sitting well up the table after seven games. Crawley, by contrast, are down near the bottom with just one win from their opening seven and more goals conceded than scored.

That gap in points after the same number of matches lines up with the wider form picture above.

Players to keep an eye on

Chesterfield's L. Bonis has been their most productive forward lately, with three goals from seven appearances in the sample provided. On the other side, several Crawley players, including Farquharson, Arthurs and Fourcroy, have picked up multiple yellow cards, and both Ebiowei and Gordon have been sent off at least once in their recent matches.

Crawley Town:

Penalty cards:

M. Ebiowei x 1 x 1

K. Gordon x 1

P. Farquharson x 4

Chesterfield:

Best scorers:

L. Bonis - 3

None of this confirms who will actually be available on the day, but it does point to a Crawley side that's had some disciplinary bumps along the way.