Salford will know that their home form needs to improve this season if they are to be serious contenders for promotion, and we are backing Wood's side to triumph here. Crawley were so disappointing on their travels last season, and it is tough to back them to pick up a positive result on Saturday.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Salford City win with a probability of 48.79%. A win for Crawley Town had a probability of 26.2% and a draw had a probability of 25%.
The most likely scoreline for a Salford City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.44%) and 2-0 (8.63%). The likeliest Crawley Town win was 0-1 (7.49%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.89%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.9% likelihood.