AFC Wimbledon conquers Crawley Town 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CRAWLEY. AFC Wimbledon defeated Crawley Town to win 2-1.

December 23, 2023

CRAWLEY. AFC Wimbledon beat Crawley Town to win 2-1. It was AFC Wimbledon to strike first with a goal of Josh Davison at the 13′. Then Ali Al-Hamadi scored again for AFC Wimbledon in the 18′ minute. Eventually, Will Wright reduced the distance for Crawley Town (83′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Crawley Town lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

AFC Wimbledon remained in 10 after Johnnie Jackson received a red card in the 0′. Notwithstanding, AFC Wimbledon still was capable to win this contest playing only with 10 players.

The match was played at the The People’s Pension Stadium stadium in Crawley on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 4,792 spectators. The referee was Matthew Corlett with the assistance of Kevin Howick and Dean Treleaven. The 4th official was Paul Lister. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 10.34 degrees Celsius or 50.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.

Match Statistics

Crawley Town

1 - 2

AFC Wimbledon

59 Ball Possession 41

Shots

17 Total 12
7 On Target 2
6 Off Target 6
4 Shots blocked 4

109 Attack 88
54 Dangerous attack 48
80 Ball safe 81

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 5

Fouls

11 Total 11
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Crawley Town was in firm control of the ball 59% while AFC Wimbledon was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crawley Town was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Even so, AFC Wimbledon was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Crawley Town shot 17 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, AFC Wimbledon shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Crawley Town received 2 yellow cards (Ben Gladwin and Dion Conroy). On the other side, AFC Wimbledon received 5 yellow cards (Johnnie Jackson, Joe Lewis, Ali Al-Hamadi, Jake Reeves and Jack Currie).

Also, AFC Wimbledon didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Johnnie Jackson (AFC Wimbledon) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (0′).

Match Timeline

R. Darcy- sub ->Liam Kelly

13'

Josh Davison(goal)Huseyin Biler

15'

Joe Lewis- Yellow

18'

27'

Jake Reeves - Yellow

45'

B. Gladwin- Yellow

50'

Klaidi Lolos- sub ->Ben Gladwin

53'

65'

Joe Lewis(yellowredcard)

67'

Alex Pearce- sub ->Josh Davison

D. Conroy- Yellow

69'

A. Adeyemo- sub ->Kellan Gordon

75'

J. Roles- sub ->Adam Campbell

75'

81'

Josh Neufville- sub ->Connor Lemonheigh-Evans

W. Wright(goal)Klaidi Lolos

83'

90'

James Tilley- sub ->Ali Al-Hamadi

90'

James Ball- sub ->Omar Bugiel

90'

Jack Currie- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Crawley Town stays with 30 points like Milton Keynes Dons and Swindon Town to remain in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, AFC Wimbledon will has 35 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Crawley Town will play away against Gillingham on the 26th of December with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Gillingham (3 draws).

AFC Wimbledon will host Sutton United on the 26th of December with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Sutton United (1 draw).

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town

Luca Ashby-Hammond 13.England

6.3

D. Conroy 3.England

7.3

69'

H. Ransom 5.England

7.0

L. Maguire 6.England

7.3

N. Tsaroulla 25.Cyprus

7.5

W. Wright 30.England

7.3

83'

K. Gordon 2.England

6.7

75'

L. Kelly 4.Republic of Ireland

6.8

B. Gladwin 7.England

6.0

53'

50'

A. Campbell 28.England

7.3

75'

D. Orsi 9.England

6.7

Substitutes

C. Addai 1.Jamaica

J. Mukena 20.England

Kamarai Swyer 24.England

R. Darcy 10.England

7.0

J. Roles 11.Cyprus

7.0

75'

A. Adeyemo 22.England

6.6

75'

Klaidi Lolos 8.Greece

7.1

53'

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

The manager Scott Lindsey decided to play with the following team: Luca Ashby-Hammond (6.3), Harry Ransom (7.0), Laurence Maguire (7.3), Dion Conroy (7.3), Kellan Gordon (6.7), Ben Gladwin (6.0), Will Wright (7.3), Nick Tsaroulla (7.5), Adam Campbell (7.3), Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (6.7) and Liam Kelly (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Corey Addai, Klaidi Lolos (7.1), Ronan Darcy (7.0), Jack Roles (7.0), Joy Mukena, Ade Adeyemo (6.6) and Kamarai Swyer.

Crawley Town could not rely on the presence of Ronan Darcy (injured).

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 4 changes: Liam Kelly for Ronan Darcy (9′), Kellan Gordon for Ade Adeyemo (75′), Adam Campbell for Jack Roles (75′) and Ben Gladwin for Klaidi Lolos (53′).

Player of the match: Nick Tsaroulla

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crawley Town was Nick Tsaroulla.

His rating is 7.5 with 42 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

AFC Wimbledon – Formation

AFC Wimbledon

Alex Bass 12.England

7.5

Huseyin Biler 2.England

7.0

Ryan Johnson 6.Northern Ireland

7.5

Jack Currie 26.England

7.5

90'

Joe Lewis 31.Wales

6.1

15'

Jake Reeves 4.England

7.0

27'

Josh Davison 9.England

8.1

67'

13'

Armani Little 14.England

6.4

Connor Lemonheigh-Evans 19.Wales

7.5

81'

Ali Al-Hamadi 10.Iraq

7.1

90'

45'

18'

Omar Bugiel 18.Lebanon

7.5

90'

Substitutes

Nikola Tzanev 1.New Zealand

Alex Pearce 15.Republic of Ireland

7.0

67'

Harry Pell 8.England

James Ball 16.England

90'

Aron Sasu 29.Norway

James Tilley 7.England

6.8

90'

Josh Neufville 11.England

6.4

81'

AFC Wimbledon started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Johnnie Jackson played with: Alex Bass (7.5), Huseyin Biler (7.0), Joe Lewis (6.1), Ryan Johnson (7.5), Jack Currie (7.5), Josh Davison (8.1), Armani Little (6.4), Jake Reeves (7.0), Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (7.5), Omar Bugiel (7.5) and Ali Al-Hamadi (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Nik Tzanev, James Tilley (6.8), Harry Pell, Josh Neufville (6.4), Alex Pearce (7.0), James Ball and Aron Sasu.

Substitutions

AFC Wimbledon made 4 changes: Josh Davison for Alex Pearce (67′), Ali Al-Hamadi for James Tilley (90′), Omar Bugiel for James Ball (90′) and Connor Lemonheigh-Evans for Josh Neufville (81′).