Crawley Town tops Grimsby Town after recovering from a 2-0 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

CLEETHORPES. Crawley Town had a spectacular comeback against Grimsby Town.

September 24, 2023

CLEETHORPES. Crawley Town had a amazing comeback against Grimsby Town.

The match was played at the Blundell Park stadium in Cleethorpes on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Simon Mather with the support of Simon Clayton and Stephen Wade. The 4th official was Richard Wigglesworth. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.32 degrees Celsius or 59.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.

Match Statistics

Grimsby Town

2 - 3

Crawley Town

52 Ball Possession 48

Shots

18 Total 13
7 On Target 3
5 Off Target 6
6 Shots blocked 4

121 Attack 80
60 Dangerous attack 33
56 Ball safe 56

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 5
4 Off Sides 2

Fouls

10 Total 6
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Grimsby Town was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Crawley Town that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Grimsby Town was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Crawley Town succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.

Grimsby Town shot 18 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Crawley Town shot 13 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card (Kamil Conteh). Regarding the opposition, Crawley Town received 1 yellow card (Laurence Maguire).

Match Timeline

17'

L. Maguire- Yellow

Gavan Holohan(goal)

24'

Abo Eisa(goal)Gavan Holohan

30'

32'

L. Kelly(goal)Adam Campbell

35'

R. Darcy(goal)Liam Kelly

38'

Jamie Andrews- sub ->Kamil Conteh

64'

Arthur Gnahoua- sub ->Otis Khan

64'

70'

Klaidi Lolos- sub ->Adam Campbell

76'

H. Forster- sub ->Ronan Darcy

Callum Ainley - sub ->Gavan Holohan

81'

Donovan Wilson- sub ->Rekeil Pyke

81'

88'

90'

D. Orsi(goal)Harry Forster

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Grimsby Town will stay with 10 points like Harrogate Town to sit in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Crawley Town will have 17 points like Mansfield Town to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Grimsby Town will host Doncaster Rovers on the 17th of February with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Grimsby Town (0 draws).

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

Grimsby Town – Formation

Grimsby Town

Jake Eastwood 12.England

6.0

Michee Efete 2.Republic of the Congo

7.0

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon 3.England

6.7

Harvey Rodgers 5.England

6.7

Toby Mullarkey 28.England

6.3

Abo Eisa 7.Sudan

7.8

30'

Gavan Holohan 8.Republic of Ireland

8.4

81'

24'

Otis Khan 11.Pakistan

6.4

64'

Harry Clifton 15.Wales

7.3

Kamil Conteh 42.Sierra Leone

6.6

64'

38'

Rekeil Pyke 9.England

6.8

81'

Substitutes

Harvey Cartwright 1.England

Luke Waterfall 6.England

Danny Amos 22.Northern Ireland

Callum Ainley 16.England

6.4

81'

Jamie Andrews 19.England

7.0

64'

Arthur Gnahoua 14.England

6.8

64'

Donovan Wilson 25.England

6.8

81'

Grimsby Town started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Paul Hurst decided to play with the following team: Jake Eastwood (6.0), Michee Efete (7.0), Toby Mullarkey (6.3), Harvey Rodgers (6.7), Anthony Driscoll-Glennon (6.7), Kamil Conteh (6.6), Otis Khan (6.4), Gavan Holohan (8.4), Harry Clifton (7.3), Abo Eisa (7.8) and Rekeil Pyke (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Harvey Cartwright, Luke Waterfall, Arthur Gnahoua (6.8), Callum Ainley (6.4), Jamie Andrews (7.0), Daniel Amos and Donovan Wilson (6.8).

Substitutions

Grimsby Town made 4 changes: Kamil Conteh for Jamie Andrews (64′), Otis Khan for Arthur Gnahoua (64′), Gavan Holohan for Callum Ainley (81′) and Rekeil Pyke for Donovan Wilson (81′).

Best player: Gavan Holohan

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Grimsby Town was Gavan Holohan.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 27 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town

C. Addai 1.Jamaica

7.3

D. Conroy 3.England

7.0

L. Maguire 6.England

6.4

17'

W. Wright 30.England

7.0

L. Kelly 4.Republic of Ireland

8.2

32'

B. Gladwin 7.England

6.1

88'

D. Orsi 9.England

7.5

90'

R. Darcy 10.England

7.3

76'

35'

N. Tsaroulla 25.Cyprus

7.0

Jay Williams 26.England

7.0

A. Campbell 28.England

7.1

70'

Substitutes

Luca Ashby-Hammond 13.England

T. Johnson 23.England

J. Roles 11.Cyprus

Aaron Henry 12.England

6.4

88'

R. Khaleel 27.Morocco

Klaidi Lolos 8.Greece

6.4

70'

H. Forster 14.England

7.1

76'

Crawley Town started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Scott Lindsey played with: Corey Addai (7.3), Will Wright (7.0), Dion Conroy (7.0), Laurence Maguire (6.4), Ben Gladwin (6.1), Jay Williams (7.0), Liam Kelly (8.2), Nick Tsaroulla (7.0), Ronan Darcy (7.3), Adam Campbell (7.1) and Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Klaidi Lolos (6.4), Jack Roles, Aaron Henry (6.4), Luca Ashby-Hammond, Harry Forster (7.1), Travis Johnson and Rafiq Khaleel.