This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Crawley Town and Histon at 15:00 on 5th March 2011 in the (Conference) Premier.

Footymad preview History of the Crawley Town v Histon fixture

Histon face a trip to Crawley Town at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the Stutes.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2009, with Crawley Town running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 11 Sep Histon 0 - 2 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 10 Apr Histon 0 - 1 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Tue 08 Sep Crawley Town 2-0 Histon (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sun 26 Apr Crawley Town 3 - 3 Histon (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 18 Oct Histon 1 - 0 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Tue 08 Apr Histon 3 - 0 Crawley Town (Conference) Premier
2007/2008 Tue 09 Oct Crawley Town 1 - 0 Histon (Conference) Premier

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Crawley Town could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Reds, with 6 goals against.

Histon have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Stutes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.

Crawley Town are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 67 points from 30 games.

Histon are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 27 points from their 34 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Crawley Town 6 3 2 1 7 5 11
Histon 6 2 1 3 7 8 7

For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here

FootyMad's prediction ...

Stutes are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Crawley Town. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Crawley Town Won 7 successive home games.
8 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Histon Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here