Forest Green 6-3 Crawley Town – Result & Analysis
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Poisson rates Forest Green at 40% — current form provides partial corroboration, though signals are mixed in this Forest Green vs Crawley Town encounter.
✍️ Match Preview
Analysis
Crawley Town make the trip to The Fully Charged New Lawn to face Forest Green in League Two, Regular Season - 4. The match kicks off on Saturday 21 August 2021 at 15:00 UTC.
Form
Forest Green (all games): 3W 0D 0L across 3 League Two fixtures this term — 3.00 PPG. Last five: W W W. They are averaging 2.33 goals per game — a high-scoring output that makes them a genuine attacking threat in any fixture. Both teams have scored in 100% of their matches — an extremely high rate that makes BTTS Yes a well-supported standalone angle from their form alone. Forest Green have played only a handful of League Two games so far this season, so this record also draws on matches from last season.
Crawley Town's overall League Two record this term: 1W 0D 1L from 2 games (1.50 PPG). Last five: L W. Their scoring rate of 1.00 per game is modest, conceding 1.00 — not a side to back heavily on the Over 2.5 from their form alone. Crawley Town have played only a handful of League Two games so far this season, so this record also draws on matches from last season.
Form favours the hosts. Forest Green's 3.00 PPG return is 1.50 points per game ahead of Crawley Town's 1.50 — a genuine gap in recent results that provides a statistically grounded case for backing the home side.
Poisson Model
The Poisson distribution model projects Forest Green 1.08 xG and Crawley Town 0.74 xG. These expected goals figures are the primary input: they feed a goal-probability matrix across all scoreline combinations to derive the result and market probabilities below. Underlying strength ratings: Forest Green attack 1.146 / defence 1.190 | Crawley Town attack 0.737 / defence 1.163. League average goals — home 0.810 / away 0.850. Data: 3 Forest Green games / 2 Crawley Town games used (CurrentSeason).
Result probabilities: Forest Green 40% | Draw 39% | Crawley Town 21%. Fair-value odds: Forest Green 2.50 | Draw 2.56 | Crawley Town 4.76. This is a low-confidence result — no outcome exceeds 45%. The draw at 39% is a primary outcome, not an afterthought.
Goals markets: Over 2.5 probability 28% | BTTS probability 38% | Total xG 1.83. Under 2.5 is the strongly backed market at 72% probability — total xG of 1.83 sits well below the 2.5 threshold. The model is projecting a tight, low-scoring match based on both sides' defensive quality. BTTS probability of 38% is moderate — neither team is projected to score with enough certainty to make Yes a clear standalone call.
Final Verdict
Poisson rates Forest Green as the most likely outcome at 40% — marginal model lean. Current-season form corroborates the Poisson lean — partial multi-source support. Draw probability of 39% warrants consideration of Double Chance or Draw No Bet on Forest Green if the outright odds are short.
On the goals line, Poisson's 1.83 combined xG gives a 28% probability to Under 2.5 — Poisson-only — limited corroboration.
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💡 Key Insights
🏟️ Match Context
• Fixture: Forest Green vs Crawley Town | Competition: League Two, Regular Season - 4 | Venue: The Fully Charged New Lawn • Kick-off: Saturday 21 Aug 2021, 15:00 UTC • Data inputs: H2H history, form splits, prediction model signals, and market pricing
📊 Statistical Prediction
• Poisson result probabilities: Forest Green 40% | Draw 39% | Crawley Town 21% • Poisson goal markets: Over 2.5 28% | BTTS 38% | xG Forest Green 1.08 / Crawley Town 0.74 • Poisson strength factors: Forest Green attack 1.146 / def 1.190 | Crawley Town attack 0.737 / def 1.163 | league avg home 0.810 / away 0.850 • Poisson stance: Forest Green (40%) — low confidence — close contest
🧮 Prediction Model
1.08
Forest Green xG
Expected Goals
0.74
Crawley Town xG
38%
BTTS
58%
Over 1.5
28%
Over 2.5
11%
Over 3.5
Full score-by-score matrix & model internals in the "Full Poisson Detail" section below ↓
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What time does Forest Green vs Crawley Town kick off?
Forest Green vs Crawley Town kicked off at 15:00 on Saturday 21 August 2021 at The Fully Charged New Lawn.
What was the final score in Forest Green vs Crawley Town?
Forest Green 6 - 3 Crawley Town.
Where is Forest Green vs Crawley Town being played?
The match is being played at The Fully Charged New Lawn.
What competition is Forest Green vs Crawley Town part of?
Forest Green vs Crawley Town is a Regular Season - 4 fixture in the League Two (England).
Who is favourite to win Forest Green vs Crawley Town?
Our statistical model gives Forest Green a 40% chance of winning, Crawley Town a 21% chance, and a 39% chance of a draw — making Forest Green the favourite.
Will both teams score in Forest Green vs Crawley Town?
Our model estimates a 38% probability that both Forest Green and Crawley Town will score (BTTS).
Will Forest Green vs Crawley Town have over 2.5 goals?
Our model puts the probability of over 2.5 goals in this match at 28%.
What is the head-to-head record between Forest Green and Crawley Town?
No recorded head-to-head meetings available in the dataset.
What form are Forest Green and Crawley Town in?
Forest Green (all comps): 3W-0D-0L in 3 | 3.00 PPG | GF 2.33 / GA 1.00 | L5 W-W-W. Crawley Town (all comps): 1W-0D-1L in 2 | 1.50 PPG | GF 1.00 / GA 1.00 | L5 L-W.
🧮 Model Insight
Where the Numbers Come From
Forest Green's attacking strength (1.15x league average) is weighed against Crawley Town's defensive record (1.16x) to produce a home expected-goals figure of 1.08. Flip it around — Crawley Town's attack (0.74x) against Forest Green's defence (1.19x) — and the away total comes out at 0.74.
These ratings are built from 3/2 games of current-season data — a full enough sample to trust.
Most Likely Scorelines
The model's single most probable exact score is 0-0, at 17.8%. Close behind: 1-0 (15.7%), 1-1 (14.7%). Those top three scorelines alone account for 48% of the model's total probability mass — a relatively concentrated, predictable distribution for this fixture.
Most Likely Outcome
Forest Green Win
40%
2.53
39%
2.57
21%
4.66
Top 3 Most Likely Scorelines
1 – 0
17.4%
Home win
Most likely
0 – 0
16.1%
Draw
1 – 1
13.0%
Draw
Expected Goals & Win Odds
1.08
Forest Green xG
Total xG
1.83
0.74
Crawley Town xG
2.53
40%
Home win
2.57
39%
Draw
4.66
21%
Away win
Goals Markets
54%
Over 1.5
1.85
46%
Under 1.5
2.17
28%
Over 2.5
3.57
72%
Under 2.5
1.39
11%
Over 3.5
9.09
89%
Under 3.5
1.12
4%
Over 4.5
25.00
96%
Under 4.5
1.04
Match Markets
Both Teams to Score
38%
BTTS Yes
2.62
62%
BTTS No
1.62
Clean Sheet
47%
2.11
34%
2.94
Win to Nil
19%
5.32
7%
13.71
Score Probability Matrix (%)
| H \ A | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 16.1 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | – |
| 1 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | – |
| 2 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | – |
| 3 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | – | – |
| 4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
Green = home win · Grey = draw · Amber = away win · Outlined cell = most likely score
▶ Model Internals
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most likely scoreline for Forest Green vs Crawley Town?
Our Poisson model rates 0-0 as the single most likely exact scoreline, at 17.8%.
How many goals are Forest Green and Crawley Town expected to score?
The model projects 1.08 expected goals for Forest Green and 0.74 for Crawley Town, a combined total of 1.83.
How confident is the prediction model for Forest Green vs Crawley Town?
Not very — the model's leading outcome sits at just 40%, meaning this is rated as a genuinely open contest with no dominant favourite.
📈 Form Insight
Recent Form Overview
Across their last 2 outings, Forest Green have picked up 3.00 PPG on a 2W 0D 0L record — W-W across the most recent five. It's still early in the season for Forest Green, so this record blends in a handful of games from last season too.
Crawley Town's form line: 1W 0D 1L from 2 games, 1.50 PPG, last five L-W. It's still early in the season for Crawley Town, so this record blends in a handful of games from last season too.
Put side by side, Forest Green are the form team by 1.50 points per game — a gap wide enough to matter, though form alone rarely tells the whole story against Crawley Town.
Attack vs Defence
Forest Green are averaging 2.50 goals scored and 1.00 conceded per game recently; Crawley Town are on 1.00 scored and 1.00 conceded. Forest Green's scoring rate against Crawley Town's tighter defensive record is one of the more interesting match-ups in the goals markets here.
On BTTS specifically: Forest Green have seen both teams score in 100% of their recent games.
Last 2 Results — League Two
Current season: same league only · Previous season: all leagues (covers promoted/relegated teams)
Forest Green
Early Season
Crawley Town
Early Season
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What form are Forest Green and Crawley Town in coming into this match?
Forest Green have gone 2W 0D 0L in their last 2 games (3.00 PPG), while Crawley Town have gone 1W 0D 1L in their last 2 (1.50 PPG).
⚔️ Rivalry Insight
The Rivalry So Far
These sides have met 4 times that we have on record, stretching back to August 2021 — a rivalry that has played out across roughly 2 years. Every recorded meeting has come in League Two. It has been a while since the last meeting — 17 February 2024, some 2 years back — so squads and form on both sides may look very different now.
Notable Numbers
For context on how one-sided this fixture can get: Forest Green won 6-3 on 21 Aug 2021, the biggest margin either side has managed in the series.
Specifically as hosts in this fixture, Forest Green have gone 2W 0D 0L from 2 meetings on their own ground against Crawley Town — worth weighing alongside the overall series record.
Last 4 Meetings
2
Forest Green
0
Draws
2
Crawley Town
Recent Meetings
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is the head-to-head record between Forest Green and Crawley Town?
From 4 meetings on record, Forest Green have won 2, Crawley Town have won 2, and 0 have been drawn.
When did Forest Green and Crawley Town last play each other?
They last met on 17 February 2024, when Crawley Town 2-0 Forest Green.
Current season: same league only. Previous season: all leagues (covers promoted/relegated teams). All = any venue | Venue = Forest Green home games / Crawley Town away games. HT metrics require half-time score data — shown as — where unavailable.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Do both teams usually score when Forest Green play Crawley Town?
Yes — based on recent matches, both teams have scored in 100% of Forest Green's games and 50% of Crawley Town's, a combined rate that favours BTTS Yes.
Is Forest Green vs Crawley Town usually a high-scoring fixture?
Recent trends suggest it could be — Over 2.5 goals has landed in 100% of Forest Green's matches and 50% of Crawley Town's.
Do Forest Green and Crawley Town tend to score early?
Forest Green have had a goal before half-time in 100% of their recent matches, Crawley Town in 50% — a useful reference point for first-half goal markets.
Dominant Forest Green run riot with a 6-3 hammering of Crawley Town.
📝 Match Report
How It Unfolded
Forest Green beat Crawley Town 6-3 at The Fully Charged New Lawn, Regular Season - 4, in the League Two. With the result on the board, the sections below measure it against everything the model and the numbers projected in advance.
The Model vs The Result
The Poisson model went into this projecting Forest Green 1.08 xG and Crawley Town 0.74 xG, a combined 1.83. The scoreboard read 6-3 for 9 actual goals. Forest Green beat their projection by 4.9 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Crawley Town outscored their 0.74 projection by 2.3. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Forest Green attack 1.15 / defence 1.19 against Crawley Town attack 0.74 / defence 1.16, drawn from 3/2 games (CurrentSeason).
On the result, the model split it Forest Green 40% | Draw 39% | Crawley Town 21%, with Forest Green to win its most likely call at 40%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.
Goals & Markets
The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 28%. The game delivered 9, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 58% and landed. Over 3.5 was 11% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 38% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 75% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Forest Green 100%, Crawley Town 50%), a base rate that agreed with today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 75%, which matched the both-scored outcome.
Form vs Result
On form, Forest Green arrived the stronger side — 3.00 PPG against 1.50. That form edge translated into the three points. Forest Green scored 6 against a 2.50 average — above their attacking norm and shipped 3 against a 1.00 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Crawley Town scored 3 against a 1.00 average — above their attacking norm and shipped 6 against a 1.00 concession average — a leakier day than usual.
Verdict
Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss), form (hit). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.
💡 Key Insights
⚠️ This match report is generated algorithmically from the final score, our prediction model, and each team's historical form and trading data. Analysis is for informational purposes only.