CRAWLEY - STEVENAGE

Hosts Crawley Town are also enjoying something of a renaissance lately as they’ve put together a six match unbeaten run which has lifted them out of the bottom quarter of League One and no doubt they’ll have their sights on extending this run when they take on second from bottom club Stevenage on Tuesday night.

It’s actually been their away form that has really improved of late with wins at Leyton Orient 3-2 and Walsall 2-1 along with holding Coventry City, Rotherham United and Swindon Town to points on their travels, but they’ve also beaten Notts County and Saturday’s impressive win over Peterborough United on home turf.
Crawley’s overall home record stands at  6-4-4  14/15 and John Gregory’s men have achieved six clean sheets so far at home this season and have lost just once in their last six at Broadhall Stadium.
Stevenage also enjoyed Saturday afternoon as they took all three points away at Bradford City in a thrilling 3-2 win but they still remain in the bottom four just one point above Notts County who now sit at the bottom of League One following their 0-6 defeat at Rotherham.
Stevenage have registered back-to-back wins now as they’d previously beaten relegation rivals Crewe Alexandra 1-0 at home but they will be very aware that they are by no means out of the woods yet with still a lot of work ahead of them to avoid the drop to League Two.
The away win at Bradford actually ended a run of seven matches without a win (and five straight defeats) on their travels and it’ll be interesting to see if the victory at Valley Parade was a one-off or the start of a revival. Stevenage’s overall away record stands at  4-2-11  16/32 with only Gillingham, Crewe and Notts County conceding more away goals than them in League One so far.
Crawley Town have displayed some solid results of late and with home advantage tonight against a Stevenage side who are apt to concede away from home, I’ll take the hosts and give the quarter ball in this one as I reckon Crawley can carve out a win tonight, perhaps 1-0.


Pick:  Crawley Town AH-0.25 @ 1.75

COLCHESTER - ROTHERHAM

Struggling Colchester United play host to fifth placed Rotherham United at the Weston Homes Community Stadium on Tuesday night as they look to halt a five match run without a win.
Colchester have in fact lost four of their last five with home defeats against Preston North End 1-2 and Sheffield United 0-1 and away defeats at Port Vale 0-2 and Saturday’s 1-2 loss at Leyton Orient with only a point at Swindon Town in a 0-0 draw preventing five losses on the trot for Joe Dunne’s men.

As a result, Colchester now find themselves in 19^th place level on points with relegation candidates Crewe Alexandra although The U’s do possess a far superior goal difference to The Railwaymen. Colchester’s recent home form has been a bit hit-and-miss lately having registered wins over Stevenage 4-0 and Gillingham 3-0 but have also had defeats inflicted upon them by the likes of Crewe Alexandra 1-2, Preston and Sheffield United.
Colchester’s overall home form stands at an inconsistent  5-3-7  19/20 and they’ve kept just four clean sheets on home turf to date.
Visitors Rotherham United will be going into tonight’s match full of confidence following their 6-0 demolition of struggling Notts County on Saturday which has extended The Millermen’s unbeaten run to nine matches which includes seven wins. Also during this sequence, Rotherham have scored 2 goals or more in all of these last nine matches which places them in a strong position for tonight’s encounter.
Rotherham’s away record stands at  10-3-3  29/17 and along with Leyton Orient and Preston North End, they’ve recorded the most number of away wins so far this season in League One. On the road, they’ve lost just once in their last nine (at Port Vale) but have recorded notable wins at Coventry City, Bradford City and held Preston to a 3-3 draw last week.
Rotherham are in fine goalscoring form right now and with their leading goalscorer Agard (13 goals) a constant threat along with Frecklington (9 goals), Revell (7 goals, 6 assists) and Pringle (5 goals, 9 assists), the visitors look to possess a lot more attacking depth and options than their hosts tonight. Give the quarter ball on Rotherham here but I think they stand an excellent chance of taking all three points – could be 2-1 to Rotherham United.


Pick:  Rotherham United AH-0.25 @ 1.68