STOCKPORT. Stockport County and Crawley Town played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.

The match was played at the Edgeley Park stadium in Stockport on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 7,986 spectators.​ The referee was Marc Edwards with the support of and Lisa Rashid. The 4th official was Oliver Bickle. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.43 degrees Celsius or 72.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Stockport County

3 - 3

Crawley Town

  • 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
  • 17 Total 8
  • 5 On Target 5
  • 10 Off Target 3
  • 2 Shots blocked 0
  • 122 Attack 101
  • 55 Dangerous attack 35
  • 74 Ball safe 78
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 3
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 6 Total 7
  • 1 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Stockport County was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Crawley Town that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Stockport County was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Stockport County to win the match​.

Stockport County shot 17 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Crawley Town shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Stockport County received 1 yellow card (Nick Powell). On the opposite side, Crawley Town received 5 yellow cards (Jay Williams, Aaron Henry, Jay Williams, Ben Gladwin and Klaidi Lolos).

Match Timeline

Antoni Sarcevic- sub ->Kyle Knoyle
9'
Louie Barry(goal)Nick Powell
13'
Antoni Sarcevic(goal)Paddy Madden
36'
38'
B. Gladwin- Yellow
42'
A. Campbell(goal)Will Wright
54'
L. Maguire(goal)Liam Kelly
Nick Powell- Yellow
56'
59'
R. Darcy- sub ->Ben Gladwin
59'
Klaidi Lolos- sub ->Harry Forster
63'
Alfie Pond- sub ->Akil Wright
63'
66'
D. Orsi(goal)Harry Ransom
71'
Klaidi Lolos- Yellow
72'
72'
J. Roles- sub ->Laurence Maguire
Isaac Olaofe- sub ->Nick Powell
76'
86'
90'
Jay Williams- Yellow
Isaac Olaofe(goal)Joel Cotterill
89'
90'
J. Mukena- sub ->Jay Williams
90'
Jay Williams- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Stockport County
92
46
Wrexham
88
46
Mansfield Town
86
46
Milton Keynes Dons
78
46
Doncaster Rovers
71
46
Crewe Alexandra
71
46
Crawley Town
70
46
Barrow
69
46
Bradford City
69
46
AFC Wimbledon
65
46
Walsall
65
46
Gillingham
64
46
Harrogate Town
63
46
Notts County
61
46
Morecambe
58
46
Tranmere Rovers
57
46
Accrington Stanley
57
46
Newport County
55
46
Swindon Town
54
46
Salford City
51
46
Grimsby Town
49
46
Colchester United
45
46
Sutton United
42
46
Forest Green Rovers
42
46

After this match, Stockport County will have 5 points to sit in the 20th place. Regarding the opposition, Crawley Town will have 8 points like Walsall and Bradford City to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Stockport County will play away against Tranmere Rovers on the 17th of February with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Stockport County (2 draws).

Crawley Town will host Forest Green Rovers on the 17th of February with a 9-8 head to head statistic in favor of Forest Green Rovers (5 draws).

Stockport County – Formation

Stockport County
G
Ben Hinchliffe 1.England
6.4
D
Ibou Touray 3.Gambia
6.3
D
Akil Wright 4.England
6.8
63'
D
Fraser Horsfall 6.England
6.8
D
Louie Barry 20.England
7.5
13'
M
Will Collar 14.England
6.4
M
Nick Powell 11.England
7.8
76' 56'
M
Kyle Knoyle 2.England
9'
M
Ryan Croasdale 18.England
6.4
63'
M
Ryan Rydel 17.England
7.0
F
Paddy Madden 9.Republic of Ireland
7.3
Substitutes
G
Jordan Smith 12.England
D
Alfie Pond 23.England
6.6
63'
D
Ethan Pye 15.England
M
J. Cotterill 22.Wales
6.7
63'
M
Antoni Sarcevic 10.England
7.5
9' 36'
M
Cody Johnson 30.England
F
Isaac Olaofe 25.England
7.7
76' 89'

Stockport County started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Dave Challinor decided to play with the following team: Ben Hinchliffe (6.4), Akil Wright (6.8), Fraser Horsfall (6.8), Ibou Touray (6.3), Kyle Knoyle, Will Collar (6.4), Ryan Croasdale (6.4), Ryan Rydel (7.0), Nick Powell (7.8), Paddy Madden (7.3) and Louie Barry (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ethan Pye, Jordan Smith, Antoni Sarcevic (7.5), Isaac Olaofe (7.7), Cody Johnson, Joel Cotterill (6.7) and Alfie Pond (6.6).

Stockport County could not rely on the presence of Antoni Sarcevic (injured), Joel Cotterill (injured) and Alfie Pond (injured).

Substitutions

Stockport County made 4 changes: Kyle Knoyle for Antoni Sarcevic (9′), Ryan Croasdale for Joel Cotterill (63′), Akil Wright for Alfie Pond (63′) and Nick Powell for Isaac Olaofe (76′).

Best player: Nick Powell​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Stockport County was Nick Powell.

His rating is (7.8) with 39 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15.

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town
G
C. Addai 1.Jamaica
7.0
D
W. Wright 30.England
7.0
D
Jay Williams 26.England
6.4
90' 90'
D
H. Ransom 5.England
6.6
D
L. Maguire 6.England
7.5
72' 54'
M
N. Tsaroulla 25.Cyprus
6.8
M
L. Kelly 4.Republic of Ireland
7.0
M
A. Campbell 28.England
7.3
72' 42'
M
H. Forster 14.England
6.6
59'
M
B. Gladwin 7.England
6.3
59' 38'
F
D. Orsi 9.England
7.3
66'
Substitutes
G
Luca Ashby-Hammond 13.England
D
J. Mukena 20.England
6.7
90'
M
R. Darcy 10.England
6.6
59'
M
R. Khaleel 27.Morocco
M
Aaron Henry 12.England
6.7
72' 86'
M
J. Roles 11.Cyprus
6.3
72'
F
Klaidi Lolos 8.Greece
6.3
59' 71'

Crawley Town started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Scott Lindsey played with: Corey Addai (7.0), Will Wright (7.0), Jay Williams (6.4), Harry Ransom (6.6), Laurence Maguire (7.5), Harry Forster (6.6), Ben Gladwin (6.3), Liam Kelly (7.0), Nick Tsaroulla (6.8), Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (7.3) and Adam Campbell (7.3).

They had on the bench: Ronan Darcy (6.6), Klaidi Lolos (6.3), Rafiq Khaleel, Luca Ashby-Hammond, Joy Mukena (6.7), Aaron Henry (6.7) and Jack Roles (6.3).

Crawley Town could not rely on the presence of Joy Mukena (injured).

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 5 changes: Ben Gladwin for Ronan Darcy (59′), Adam Campbell for Aaron Henry (72′), Laurence Maguire for Jack Roles (72′), Harry Forster for Klaidi Lolos (59′) and Jay Williams for Joy Mukena (90′).

Best player: Laurence Maguire​

The most impressive player for Crawley Town was Laurence Maguire.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 42 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​