The Sky Bet League Two Play-Off Semi-Finals are almost upon us!

Check out our pre-match stat pack ahead of the first legs:

Crawley Town v MK Dons

Both League Two meetings between Crawley and MK Dons in 2023-24 were home wins, with the Red Devils winning 2-1 in August and MK victorious by a 2-0 scoreline in December.
MK Dons have won four of their last six matches against Crawley (D1 L1), all in the league between 2014 and 2023. Their last victory at the Broadfield Stadium was in November 2018, a 4-0 victory under Paul Tisdale.
This is Crawley Town’s first ever experience of the Football League play-offs, becoming the 105^th different side to feature in a play-off campaign. The last team to win promotion in their first ever play-offs were Coventry City in 2017-18 who won the League Two play-offs.
MK Dons are featuring in their sixth different play-off campaign, failing to reach the final in any of their previous five (2006-07, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12 & 2021-22). It’s the most different play-offs a team has played in without ever once reaching a final.
Excluding the 2019-20 season which was curtailed early, Crawley’s 70 points this season is the fewest by a side to qualify for the play-offs in League Two since Blackpool in 2016-17 (also 70). The Tangerines were promoted that season.
Max Dean has had a hand in 10 goals in his last six League Two appearances for MK Dons (6 goals, 4 assists). Among players to play 1,000 minutes this season, only Hakeeb Adelakun (one every 95 minutes) has scored or assisted at a more frequent rate than Dean (15 goals, 5 assists, one every 96 mins).

Crewe Alexandra v Doncaster Rovers

Crewe Alexandra are unbeaten in their last eight home matches in all competitions against Doncaster Rovers (W5 D3) since a 2-1 defeat in April 2013 in a League One meeting.
Doncaster have only won three of their last 12 games against Crewe in all competitions (D2 L7), although one of those was in the most recent meeting in March, a 2-0 home win.
From the start of March until the end of the League Two season, only Newport County (6) won fewer points in the competition than Crewe Alexandra (10). The Railwaymen scored the fewest goals (7), had the worst shot conversion rate (5.2%) and underperformed their expected goals by the biggest margin (7 goals vs 13 xG, -6) of any side in that timeframe.
Doncaster Rovers ended their League Two season with just one defeat in their final 18 matches (W13 D4). At the start of February, Rovers were 22^nd in the table but from the start of February onwards, they won seven more points than any other side (43) and 22 more than opponents Crewe managed (21).
This is Crewe Alexandra’s seventh play-off campaign and their first since the 2011-12 League Two play-offs which they won 2-0 at Wembley against Cheltenham. Doncaster have only featured in two EFL play-offs, beating Leeds in the 2007-08 League One final but losing the 2018-19 League One semi-final to Charlton Athletic on penalties after a 4-4 aggregate draw in Grant McCann’s first spell in charge.
Crewe Alexandra spent 212 days in the League Two play-off places in the 2023-24 campaign, the most of any side. By contrast, Doncaster Rovers spent only five days in the play-off spots – the final five days of the season between April 23^rd and 27^th – and actually spent more days bottom of the league than they did in the top-seven (24 days bottom).

Sky Bet League Two Play-Off Semi-Final: Stat pack

Sky Bet League Two Play-Off Semi-Final: Stat pack