Walsall have done well in recent games, scoring three or more goals in each encounter, and with Draper and Hutchinson starting, the attackers are hard to stop at the moment.
Conversely, the visitors have been on a poor run of late and a game against a high-scoring Walsall may not be the ideal scenario for them to regain their confidence.
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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 Walsall win with a probability of 40.77%. A win for Crawley Town had a probability of 33.3% and a draw had a probability of 25.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Walsall win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.7%) and 2-0 (6.95%). The likeliest Crawley Town win was 0-1 (8.72%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.31%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.3% likelihood.