Northampton Town vs Crawley Town betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on October 26th, 2024

Northampton Town and Crawley Town will meet each other in a football match counting for League One on October 26th, 2024, Saturday at 14:00h (UTC), in England, check the Northampton Town vs Crawley Town betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Northampton Town vs Crawley Town will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Sixfields Stadium stadium, in the city of Northampton, with a capacity for 7798 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Northampton Town 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 2.67 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Northampton Town last match

In the last match played, Northampton Town met Stockport County, in a match valid for the League One. The match ended in a draw by 1-1. The coach J. Brady's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The draw (odd 4.20) turned out to be a good result, taking into account that the favoritism was on the other team's side.

Northampton Town average performance has certainly not been brilliant. One of the few who made a difference is Sam Hoskins: well positioned on the field, with a well-tuned foot, he was instrumental to the team in saving the result.

Crawley Town last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Crawley Town, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Lincoln City team with a final score of 3-0.

A win for the home team had odds of 3.40, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Northampton Town vs Crawley Town h2h

Northampton Town was in 4th place in the League Two while Crawley Town was in 23rd place, the last time these teams faced each other. Northampton Town team entered the field with the 4-4-2 formation, the same tactic Crawley Town used in the match.

The two teams have not faced each other since 04-03-2023. On that occasion they were playing for the 2022/2023 season of the League Two, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Northampton Town.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The Northampton Town team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Crawley Town team, which won only 1 game.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Crawley Town thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Lincoln City, Northampton Town drew in a match against Stockport County. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

K. Howick and D. Guest will be supporting from the sideline while T. Kirk will be on the football field for this match.

Northampton Town

League One leaderboard now

comes into this game with 12 points, putting them in 19th place in the League One. They are also encumbered with a negative balance, 5 losses, 3 wins, and 3 draws.

The team, in the 14th round, enjoys an advantage of 1 point against the Leyton Orient team which is ranked just below, in position 20 and with 1 point less than Wigan Athletic team that is in the 18th place.

Northampton Town analysis

At the end of round 13 in League One, Northampton Town scored 13 goals and conceded 18 goals.

Northampton Town average number of shots on goal is 4.27 per match, and this is another important indicator that tells us that the team certainly does not have an irresistible attack, and therefore scores little.

The average ball possession of Northampton Town in this league is 44.36%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Crawley Town they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Best goalscorer from Northampton Town

Cameron McGeehan has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Northampton Town to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Crawley Town

League One leaderboard now

With 10 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 3 wins against 8 losses, plus 1 draw.

Saddled with a slight disadvantage of 1 point against Leyton Orient team in position 20, in the 14th round.

Crawley Town analysis

Crawley Town, after 13 rounds, has conceded more goals than it has scored. The goals scored are in fact 12 while 22 are those conceded to opponents.

Recent performances have highlighted that Crawley Town is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The Crawley Town team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 60.67%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.

The team starts as an underdog in their next match, both because they will be playing on a field that is by no means easy and because they are not showing very good finalization skills, averaging 1 scored per game.

Best goalscorer from Crawley Town

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Armando Quitirna. The Midfielder has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Crawley Town come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Northampton Town is Cameron McGeehan, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Crawley Town is Armando Quitirna, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Since Crawley Town has an average of 0.6 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.34 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.85 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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

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