Crawley Town v Salford City Prediction, Tips and Bet Builder

The Broadfield Stadium clash between Crawley Town and Salford City is a key fixture at both ends of the League Two table on the final day of the season.

The home side are precariously placed in 22nd position, ahead of Harrogate Town on goal difference only, while Salford are still in the hunt to finish third, heading into their final match in fourth place and just one point behind Cambridge United.

The first League Two game between these two teams this season was a thriller as Salford fought back from 3-2 down to win 4-3 at home in November and more twists and turns can be expected in West Sussex.

Crawley Town v Salford City Tips Summary

Best Bet - Salford City to win@ 19/20
Alternative Bet - Over 2.5 goals @ 4/5
Bet Builder - Ryan Graydon anytime goalscorer & Taylor Richards anytime goalscorer @ 25/1

Crawley Town v Salford City Prediction

Best Bet: Salford City to win @ 19/20

Crawley have been in the EFL for 15 seasons, eight more than Salford, but they may have to rely on results elsewhere to retain their status.

The Ammies head to West Sussex knowing that only a win is going to be good enough to give them a chance of automatic promotion to League One, as they trail Cambridge by one point with a goal difference that is 23 goals worse than their rivals.

With a play-off place already guaranteed, Karl Robinson's side can really go for glory and their recent impressive results suggest that should be enough to give them a chance if Cambridge fail to win at Crewe Alexandra.

Salford have come to life in the last two months, winning eight of their last 11 games and last week's 2-0 home win over second-placed Bromley has set them up for a grandstand finish.

The home side finally looked to have some hope when latest manager Colin Kazim-Richards won his first two games against Gillingham and Newport County, but they have taken only two points from four subsequent outings.

The Red Devils showed plenty of fight at Accrington Stanley last week, equalising three times in a 3-3 draw, but that was against a side with nothing tangible to fight for and a Salford side gunning for promotion should pose a much greater threat.

Alternative Bet: Over 2.5 goals @ 4/5

Salford have not been involved in many high-scoring matches of late, with only three of their last 11 fixtures producing three or more goals, but in a potentially win-or-bust situation for both teams, a more open contest is likely.

Crawley are more familiar with end-to-end battles, such as their six-goal game last week, while their highest-scoring match of the season was their first clash with Salford, when five of the seven goals were scored in a wild second half.

Whichever team takes the lead, the other will be forced to take a more positive approach and a match with at least three goals is worth backing.

Crawley Town v Salford City Bet Builder Tip

• Ryan Graydon anytime goalscorer

• Taylor Richards anytime goalscorer
  

  Pays 25/1

A two-leg bet builder for Saturday's League Two match at the Broadfield Stadium should suffice as taking Ryan Graydon to score for Salford and Taylor Richards to do the same for Crawley pays a handsome 25/1 if successful.

Graydon has scored 11 League Two goals this season for Fleetwood Town and Salford and some of them have been crucial.

They include the added-time winner over Notts County on Good Friday and a double in the FA Cup against Swindon Town that took the Ammies to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City.

He can be the man for the big occasion again when he faces a frail Crawley defence who have conceded three goals twice in their last three games.

The bigger-priced element of the anytime scorer double is Richards of Crawley, who netted for the third time since joining the club in January when going on as a substitute against Accrington last week.

He netted soon after joining the fray in the 57th minute and, as he also went close to providing a winner, there's a decent chance Kazim-Richards will restore him to the starting line-up for a game when Crawley won't want to rely on their defence.

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Key Match Stats

• Salford have won eight of their last 11 matches

• Crawley have won only one of their last eight home matches

• Both teams have scored in seven of the last nine League Two meetings between the clubs

• Salford have won their last two meetings with Crawley by one goal

• Two of Crawley's last three games have produced over 3.5 goals

• Three of the last five head-to-head meetings have produced four or more goals

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