About Match
Walsall go into the game 5th in the table on 9 points; Crawley Town sit 21st on 4 — a 5-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1.6/0.8 for Walsall and 1/1.6 for Crawley Town (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.33. Three points here take Walsall to 12 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
Walsall carry an 8-game unbeaten run into this.
19 meetings are on record — 5 won by Walsall, 4 by Crawley Town, 10 drawn, at 2.37 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 32% of the meetings went to the host. 1.2 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 2.37.
Poundland Bescot Stadium in Walsall stages the fixture, a ground that holds 11,300.