Our prediction for this League 2 match:
Crawley
Match Time & Date:
9 August 2025
15:00
Prediction: 2-1
Newport County
Crawley Town will be aiming to recover from a 3-0 loss to Grimsby Town when they face Newport County on Matchday 2. The Red Devils struggled defensively in the season opener, but they are still seen as hot favourites to win Saturday’s encounter. With Harry Forster limping off with injury in the last league match, Antony Papadopoulos is widely expected to return to the starting XI.
The Exiles, on the other hand, head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Notts County. Newport, though, are not regarded as good travellers and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Crawley’s party at The Broadfield Stadium. David Hughes has no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the trip to West Sussex. In their last meeting at the venue, Crawley Town rolled over Newport County 4-1 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself.
Highlighted Team (Crawley):
Crawley Town are an English football club that compete in the League 2. The club was founded back in 1896 and in the 2011/2012 season they secured promotion to the English fourth tier for the first time. The Devils play their home games at Broadfield Stadium, the venue which was built and opened in 1997.
The stadium has a capacity of 6,144 spectators and is owned by Crawley Borough Council. Crawley Town are well known for their red home kit, with the team wearing white shirts and sky blue shorts when playing on the travels. Crawley Town fans consider AFC Wimbledon the club’s biggest rivals, but they have rivalries with Brighton and Swindon Town as well.
In 1959 the Devils won the Metropolitan League Cup, which is considered one of the club’s biggest successes. Crawley Town won the Sussex Professional Cup in 1970, the Gilbert Rice Floodlight Cup in 1980 and 1984, the Southern Counties Combination Floodlight Cup in 1986, and the Sussex Senior Cup in 1990 and 1991.
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