Predicted Edge

Salford City v Crawley Town

Salford City won 5 of the last 51st2–1Crawley Town won 1 of the last 524th

Match statistics

Full-time statistics
Salford City Crawley Town
15Shots8
5Shots on target4
5Corners4
8Fouls15
0Yellow cards0
0Red cards0
0Offsides6
491Passes375
57%Possession %43%
1.68xG0.56
Over 1.5
71%
Over 2.5
44%
Over 3.5
23%
Both score
45%
Model pick
Salford City 56%
Likely score
1-0 14%
Expected goals
1.63 – 0.81

Advised bets

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Edge strength 5 of 5

Salford City -1

1.65Betano · fair 1.48 · qualifies at 1.52+ · 2.00u
Why this price?

Back Salford City -1 on the Asian handicap at 1.65 with Betano — Salford City must win by more than 1 goal.

Our model puts the chance at 42% and the bookmakers' own consensus, margin removed, at 85%; we judge it at 68%, weighting the market more than the model, which is a fair price of 1.48. The offered 1.65 implies only 61%, so the price is 11.7% better than our estimate says it should be. That gap is the edge.

Stake 2.00 units of a 100-unit bank: the size follows the edge (a quarter-Kelly fraction), never more than 2 units.

Projected goals: Salford City 1.63, Crawley Town 0.81.

The edge is an estimate and carries model error; it can be wrong, and a losing run is normal.

Our probabilities against the market

Our probability and fair price for every market we publish, next to the best price we last captured and the probability it implies (bookmaker margin included).
MarketSelectionOursFairBest priceImpliedGap
Match resultSalford City56.4%1.771.45 Dafabet69.0%-12.6
Match resultDraw25.7%3.895.40 Dafabet18.5%+7.2
Match resultCrawley Town17.9%5.608.00 BetVictor12.5%+5.4
Total goalsOver 1.570.6%1.421.15 Betano87.0%-16.3
Total goalsUnder 1.529.4%3.416.50 Betfair15.4%+14.0
Total goalsOver 2.544.1%2.271.48 Bet36567.6%-23.4
Total goalsUnder 2.555.9%1.792.88 Betfair34.7%+21.2
Total goalsOver 3.523.0%4.342.25 Bet36544.4%-21.4
Total goalsUnder 3.577.0%1.301.73 Betfair57.8%+19.2
Both teams to scoreBoth teams to score — Yes45.2%2.211.73 Bet36557.8%-12.6
Both teams to scoreBoth teams to score — No54.8%1.822.20 Betfair45.5%+9.3

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

Salford City favoured against Crawley Town

Our model makes Salford City 56% to win this League Two fixture, with the draw at 26% and Crawley Town at 18%. The goal projection is 1.63 for Salford City against 0.81 for Crawley Town — a substantial edge to Salford City on expected output. A combined 2.44 goals points to a cagey game with few clear chances, which puts over 2.5 at 44% and both teams to score at 45%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-0 at 14%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. This sits in the awkward middle of the distribution, where the model has a view but not a strong one. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores
1-0 14%
1-1 12%
2-0 12%
2-1 9%
0-0 9%

This season

Season records for Salford City and Crawley Town
Salford City Crawley Town
14Played12
10-1-3W-D-L2-3-7
2.21Pts / game0.75
1.79Goals for / game1.08
1.07Goals against / game1.75
57%Over 2.550%
57%BTTS67%
29%Clean sheets8%
14%Failed to score25%
6-0-1Home record0-2-4
4-1-2Away record2-1-3
W8StreakW1

2026/27 league matches only, computed from results on record. Salford City · Crawley Town

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
14.1Shots12.8
4.9Shots on target5.8
5.4Corners3.8
1.86Cards1.80
10.0Fouls12.2
52Possession %48
1.35xG1.39
7 matchessample5 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
11.6Shots15.8
3.0Shots on target5.0
5.9Corners6.2
1.86Cards2.60
13.3Fouls10.4
48Possession %52
1.05xG1.45
7 matchessample5 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
Salford CityMetricCrawley Town
1.60Goals scored1.67 (better)
0.80 (better)Goals conceded2.00
2.11 (better)Expected goals (xG)1.05
Big chances
6.20 (better)Shots on target5.00
17.40 (better)Total shots16.00
Touches in opp. box
7.40 (better)Corners5.67
55.6Possession %55.7 (better)
441 (better)Passes404
Tackles
7.80 (better)Fouls16.33
2.80Offsides2.33 (better)
Throw-ins
1.60 (better)Yellow cards3.00
0.00Red cards0.00

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →
Salford City wins
2
Draws
1
Crawley Town wins
0
Goals / game
3.33
Over 2.5
67%
Both score
67%
League Two table
League table
#TeamPWDLGDPtsForm
1Salford City141013+1031Salford City won 5 of the last 5
2Barnet13751+1026Barnet won 2 of the last 5
3Walsall13571+922Walsall won 2 of the last 5
4Crewe14572022Crewe won 2 of the last 5
5Cheltenham14635-221Cheltenham won 2 of the last 5
6Grimsby14554+620Grimsby won 2 of the last 5
7York14554+320York won 1 of the last 5
8Gillingham14554+120Gillingham won 2 of the last 5
9Accrington ST14473+619Accrington ST won 2 of the last 5
10Chesterfield14545+319Chesterfield won 1 of the last 5
11Tranmere14473+219Tranmere won 2 of the last 5
12Exeter City14545+219Exeter City won 3 of the last 5
13Swindon Town14545-219Swindon Town won 2 of the last 5
14Newport County14464+318Newport County won 2 of the last 5
15Shrewsbury14536-518Shrewsbury won 2 of the last 5
16Fleetwood Town14455017Fleetwood Town won 2 of the last 5
17Bristol Rovers14518-616Bristol Rovers won 0 of the last 5
18Oldham14437-415Oldham won 2 of the last 5
19Port Vale12435-415Port Vale won 3 of the last 5
20Rochdale14437-915Rochdale won 0 of the last 5
21Northampton13355-114Northampton won 2 of the last 5
22Rotherham14266-712Rotherham won 0 of the last 5
23Colchester13265-712Colchester won 0 of the last 5
24Crawley Town12237-89Crawley Town won 1 of the last 5