English League One
2013-03-05 - Crawley Town vs Carlisle United
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English League One
Tuesday 5 March 2013 - Kick Off 7:45pm
Crawley Town
An important win for Crawley Town on Saturday has given them a slim chance of getting into the Play Offs and possibly earn another promotion up the English League pyramid. They are a fair few points off the Play Off places, but Crawley have a number of games in hand over the teams above them. Winning this game on Tuesday will give them a step up and a chance to close the gap on the top six.
Crawley moved up to 12th in the League One table thanks to their win on Saturday and they are now 11 points off Tranmere Rovers in the final Play Off place, although they do have 3 games in hand over them. They have a 6-5-5 record at home this season, scoring 25 goals and conceding 23 in those games.
The side have won 2 of their last 3 games in the League, although they did lose their last home game against Brentford last week when Crawley were reduced to ten men after just 2 minutes of the game. Crawley have won just 1 of their last 9 home games in the League, although they have recently faced the top four teams here.
Carlisle United
Colchester United, Scunthorpe United and Oldham Athletic are all picking up points in recent weeks and that means Carlisle United will continue to look over their shoulders at the relegation zone. A poor run of form hasn't helped Carlisle's cause heading into this game.
The side are 16th in the League One table, but Carlisle are only 5 points clear of Oldham in the final relegation place. They have a 5-4-8 record away from home this season, scoring 17 goals and conceding 25 in those games.
Carlisle United have failed to win any of their last 5 games in League One and they have lost their last 2 games against Walsall and Notts County without scoring a goal. Carlisle have won 1 of their last 7 away games in the League and they have lost 5 of those games.
Head to Head
Carlisle United were beaten 0-2 at home by Crawley Town earlier this season.
This will be the first time they have met at Crawley since the 2004/05 season when both sides were still in the Conference- on that occasion, the sole time Crawley have hosted Carlisle, the home team won 1-0.
Prediction
Neither team looks in great form in their home/away games respectively, but Crawley Town have definitely had the much tougher fixtures here of late than Carlisle United have had on their travels.
I think Crawley have just enough about them to see off Carlisle, although it could be close. It may come down to a solitary goal for the home team to take the three points home in this one.
The Pick :
Crawley Town 1-0 Carlisle United
