Barnsley vs Crawley Town betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on January 04th, 2025

Barnsley and Crawley Town will play on Saturday, January 04th, 2025, at 15:00h (UTC), in a League One game to be held in England, check the Barnsley vs Crawley Town betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Barnsley vs Crawley Town will occur

The game takes place in the small Oakwell Stadium stadium, in the city of Barnsley, with a capacity for 23287 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Barnsley vs Crawley Town betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League One has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.59 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Barnsley last match

Barnsley comes from a win recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Peterborough United, in a match valid for League One, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 1-3. On the field, D. Clarke's team lined up with a 3-5-2.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.20.

Even amid a lackluster performance by the entire team, Max Watters managed to stand out individually. Present in crucial moments of the contest, he was the main driver of Barnsley for the victory.

Crawley Town last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Crawley Town, who used a 3-5-1-1 formation, faced the Exeter City team with a final score of 4-4.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.80 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Barnsley vs Crawley Town h2h

Barnsley occupied 10th place when they went against Crawley Town, who was in 8th place, in their last match at League One. Barnsley first went in with a 3-4-1-2 formation, which was engaged by Crawley Town with a 3-4-2-1 deployment.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 31-08-2024, in the 2024/2025 season of the League One, which ended with a 0-3 win for Barnsley.

Barnsley

League One leaderboard now

Considering the home team Barnsley, standing in 7th place with 36 points in the League One competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 10 wins, 7 losses and, 6 draws.

In the 25th round, the team holds a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to Reading team which is just above, in the 6th place.

Barnsley analysis

After round number 24 in League One, Barnsley has 34 goals scored and 32 conceded.

In comparison to Crawley Town 2146 attacks and 24 goals, Barnsley has had 2160 attacks and 34 goals.

Best goalscorer from Barnsley

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Davis Keillor-Dunn. With 7 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Barnsley team achieving several victories this season.

Crawley Town

League One leaderboard now

With 20 points won, Crawley Town is in 21st place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 5 wins against 12 losses, plus 5 draws.

In the 25th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 2 points compared to Bristol Rovers team who occupies position 20.

Crawley Town analysis

After round 24 of League One we count 24 goals scored by Crawley Town and 40 conceded.

It seems that Crawley Town is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This implies that their attacking play needs improvement, with a focus on creating better chances and converting them into goals.

Ball possession above 50% usually enables teams to gain some control over their opponents. This is why the Crawley Town team typically tries to achieve an average ball possession of 56.86% to control the game.

Best goalscorer from Crawley Town

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Will Swan. The Attacker has already scored 5 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Crawley Town, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Barnsley is Davis Keillor-Dunn, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Crawley Town is Will Swan, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 5.8 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Barnsley is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.91 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Barnsley in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.33 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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