The game between Crawley Town and Oxford United in the (Conference) Premier on Saturday, 24th January 2009 at 15:00 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

History of the Crawley Town v Oxford United fixture

Oxford Utd. face a trip to Crawley Town at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2008, with Crawley Town running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009	Sat 20 Sep	Oxford Utd.	1 - 2	Crawley Town	CONF
2007/2008	Tue 01 Jan	Crawley Town	2 - 0	Oxford Utd.	CONF
2007/2008	Wed 26 Dec	Oxford Utd.	1 - 0	Crawley Town	CONF
2006/2007	Sat 30 Dec	Oxford Utd.	1 - 1	Crawley Town	CONF
2006/2007	Mon 18 Sep	Crawley Town	0 - 1	Oxford Utd.	CONF

Recent respective form guides

Crawley Town have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Reds, with 5 goals against.

Oxford Utd. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The U's's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.

Crawley Town find themselves in a respectable 8th position, courtesy of the 42 points they have accumulated from 27 games. Oxford Utd.'s 37 points from 28 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Crawley Town	6	3	2	1	10	4	11
Oxford Utd.	6	4	0	2	12	6	12

FootyMad's prediction ...

This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form U's, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Crawley Town	Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Oxford Utd.	Last drawn game 7 outings ago.