Match Report
The table gap was wide: 41 points between Stockport County (3rd, 87 pts) and Crawley Town (21st, 46 pts). Crawley Town ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 21st table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Stockport County 1.57 scored and 0.91 conceded per game, Crawley Town 1.24 and 1.8, with the league averaging 1.29.
Crawley Town had not won in 6 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Stockport County win, 1 for Crawley Town, 3 draws, at 3.6 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 100%.
Edgeley Park in Stockport staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,841. On the scoreboard, Stockport County led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Stockport County: Will Collar (25'), Macauley Southam (34')