Reading vs Crawley Town betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on October 19th, 2024

Reading and Crawley Town going to face each other on October 19th, 2024, Saturday at 11:30h (UTC), in a match counting for the League One in England, check the Reading vs Crawley Town betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Reading vs Crawley Town will occur

The game takes place in the small Select Car Leasing Stadium stadium, in the city of Reading, with a capacity for 24161 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting at Betarena, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Reading 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.

Reading last match

The last match ended in a loss for the Reading team. On that occasion they met Rotherham United for the League One, and the match ended 2-1. Coach R. Sellés Salvador's lined up a 4-3-3 formation.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 2.00.

The defense showed numerous shortcomings during the match. Kelvin Abrefa was on a bad day, never on time for his appointment with the ball, definitely one of the worst on the field.

Crawley Town last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Crawley Town, who used a 3-4-1-2 formation, faced the Shrewsbury Town team with a final score of 3-5.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 3.10, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Reading vs Crawley Town h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 05-01-2013. The match was valid for the 2012/2013 season of the FA Cup, and it ended with a 1-3 win for Reading.

The Reading team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Crawley Town has been more irregular.

Reading

League One leaderboard now

Considering the home team Reading, standing in 17th place with 13 points in the League One competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 4 wins, 4 losses and, 1 draw.

In the 12th round, the team has no difference over the Bristol Rovers team, which is in position 18 just below, and the same score that the Wigan Athletic team that occupies the 16th place.

Reading analysis

Reading have a negative goal difference, having after 11 rounds conceded 14 goals to opponents and scored 13. An average to improve.

The Reading team comes from a defeat in the League One, and its coach Rubén Sellés Salvador wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

The average shooting on goal for the Reading team in the league is not the best. There are only 3.89 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

Best goalscorer from Reading

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Sam Smith so far in the competition. With 3 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Reading to achieve victorious results this season.

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

Crawley Town

League One leaderboard now

With 7 points won, Crawley Town is in 22nd place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 7 losses, plus 1 draw.

In the 12th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point against Shrewsbury Town who occupies position 21.

Crawley Town analysis

Currently, in the League One, Crawley Town sums 8 goals for and a total of 18 goals against, after 11 rounds played.

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.

Usually, it is with an 62.1% average ball possession that the Crawley Town team tries to control the game. This is because typically, teams with ball possession above 50% have some control over their opponents.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.8 goals on average per game in this tournament.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Charlie Barker played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Shrewsbury Town. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Crawley Town to come out with the victory.

Best goalscorer from Crawley Town

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Armando Quitirna is the player to highlight. Helping Crawley Town with 3 goals scored this season, the Midfielder has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

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

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

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

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Crawley Town scores an average of 0.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.3.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.72 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.09 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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