STEVENAGE. Stevenage conquers Crawley Town 3-1. Stevenage was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Jordan Roberts (10′), Carl Piergianni (40′) and Carl Piergianni (83′). Crawley Town reduced the distance with a penalty (89′) by D. Telford, but there was not much to do for them. Crawley Town lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the The Lamex Stadium stadium in Stevenage on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Rob Lewis with the support of Andrew Bennett and Leigh Crowhurst. The 4th official was Declan Bourne. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10 degrees Celsius or 50.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 24 Total 8
- 8 On Target 2
- 16 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 114 Attack 73
- 60 Dangerous attack 36
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 5
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Crawley Town was in firm control of the ball 56% while Stevenage was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Stevenage was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Stevenage won the match.
Stevenage shot 24 times, 8 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Crawley Town shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Stevenage received 1 yellow card (Alex Gilbey). Talking about the opposition, Crawley Town didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Stevenage will have 48 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Crawley Town will stay with 21 points to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Stevenage will host Doncaster Rovers on the 18th of April with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Doncaster Rovers (1 draw).
Crawley Town will host Colchester United on the 18th of April with a 9-4 head to head in favor of Crawley Town (7 draws).
Stevenage – Formation
Stevenage started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Steve Evans decided to play with the following team: Taye Ashby-Hammond, Carl Piergianni, Luther Wildin, Jake Reeves, Alex Gilbey, Terence Owen Vancooten, Saxon Earley, Danny Rose, Jordan Roberts, Luke Norris ‘Hacker’ and Daniel Sweeney.
The home team had on the bench: Kane Smith, David Amoo, Jamie Reid, Jake Taylor, Max Clark, Dean Campbell and Aaron Chapman.
Substitutions
Stevenage made 4 changes: Danny Rose for Jamie Reid (75′), Jordan Roberts for Jake Taylor (75′), Luke Norris for David Amoo (90′) and Alex Gilbey for Max Clark (90′).
Crawley Town – Formation
Crawley Town started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Matthew Etherington played with: Ellery Balcombe, Nicholas Tsaroulla, Ben Wells, Brandon Mason, Travis Johnson, Ludwig Francillette, Dominic Telford, Tom Fellows, Harry Ransom, James Balagizi and Caleb Chukwuemeka.
They had on the bench: Aramide Oteh, Corey Addai, Rafiq Khaleel, Mazeed Ogungbo, Jayden Davis and Jack Powell.
Crawley Town could not rely on the presence of M. Ogungbo (injured).
Substitutions
Crawley Town made 5 changes: B. Wells for J. Powell (46′), C. Chukwuemeka for A. Oteh (67′), T. Johnson for M. Ogungbo (75′), B. Mason for J. Davis (75′) and J. Balagizi for K. Salah-Edine (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.