MILTON KEYNES. Milton Keynes Dons beats Crawley Town with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Tomlinson (2′) and a goal from A. Gilbey (82′). Crawley Town lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadium mk stadium in Milton Keynes on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 5,941 spectators.​ The referee was Ross Joyce with the support of Daniel Flynn and Richard Morris. The 4th official was James Vallance. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.89 degrees Celsius or 44.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Milton Keynes Dons

2 - 0

Crawley Town

  • 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
  • 13 Total 10
  • 8 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 4
  • 1 Shots blocked 4
  • 73 Attack 145
  • 27 Dangerous attack 54
  • 77 Ball safe 80
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 2
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 7
  • 3 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Crawley Town had a strong ball possession 58% while Milton Keynes Dons was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Crawley Town was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Milton Keynes Dons managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Milton Keynes Dons shot 13 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Crawley Town shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Milton Keynes Dons received 3 yellow cards (Alex Gilbey, Max Dean and Conor Grant). Talking about the opposition, Crawley Town received 2 yellow cards (Scott Lindsey and Laurence Maguire).

Match Timeline

Joe Tomlinson(goal)Max Dean
2'
8'
L. Maguire- Yellow
Max Dean- Yellow
17'
18'
Ellis Harrison- sub ->Conor Grant
53'
Ethan Robson- sub ->Dawson Devoy
54'
Alex Gilbey- Yellow
61'
66'
Klaidi Lolos- sub ->Ade Adeyemo
66'
J. Roles- sub ->Kellan Gordon
78'
Cameron Norman- sub ->Jonathan Leko
78'
Alex Gilbey(goal)Cameron Norman
82'
85'
L. Maguire(yellowredcard)
88'
J. Mukena- sub ->Dion Conroy

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 playing this match, Milton Keynes Dons has 39 points to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Crawley Town will stays with 33 points like Swindon Town, Walsall and Harrogate Town to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Milton Keynes Dons will play away against Doncaster Rovers on the 1st of January with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Doncaster Rovers (5 draws).

Crawley Town will host Swindon Town on the 1st of January with a 6-6 head to head record.

Milton Keynes Dons – Formation

Milton Keynes Dons
G
Craig MacGillivray 1.Scotland
7.3
D
Dean Lewington 3.England
7.3
D
Warren O'Hora 5.Republic of Ireland
7.1
D
MJ Williams 6.Wales
7.5
M
Alex Gilbey 8.England
7.9
61' 82'
M
Jack Payne 11.England
6.7
M
Joe Tomlinson 14.England
7.5
2'
M
C. Grant 16.Republic of Ireland
6.7
53' 18'
M
Dawson Devoy 28.Republic of Ireland
7.0
54'
F
Jonathan Leko 7.England
7.0
78'
F
Max Dean 18.England
7.8
78' 17'
Substitutes
G
Michael Kelly 32.Republic of Ireland
D
Cameron Norman 2.England
7.0
78'
D
Tommy Smith 15.New Zealand
M
Ethan Robson 17.England
7.0
54'
M
C. Tripp 34.England
F
Ellis Harrison 9.Wales
6.6
53'
F
Mo Eisa 10.Sudan
6.4
78'

Milton Keynes Dons adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Mike Williamson decided to play with the following team: Craig MacGillivray (7.3), MJ Williams (7.5), Warren O’Hora (7.1), Dean Lewington (7.3), Alex Gilbey (7.9), Jack Payne (6.7), Dawson Devoy (7.0), Joe Tomlinson (7.5), Jonathan Leko (7.0), Max Dean (7.8) and Conor Grant (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Cameron Norman (7.0), Ellis Harrison (6.6), Mo Eisa (6.4), Tommy Smith, Ethan Robson (7.0), Michael Kelly and Callum Tripp.

Substitutions

Milton Keynes Dons made 4 changes: Dawson Devoy for Ethan Robson (54′), Max Dean for Mo Eisa (78′), Jonathan Leko for Cameron Norman (78′) and Conor Grant for Ellis Harrison (53′).

Player of the match: Alex Gilbey​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milton Keynes Dons was Alex Gilbey.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 26 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 10.

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town
G
C. Addai 1.Jamaica
7.5
D
D. Conroy 3.England
7.0
88'
D
H. Ransom 5.England
7.0
D
L. Maguire 6.England
6.8
8'
M
K. Gordon 2.England
6.4
66'
M
L. Kelly 4.Republic of Ireland
7.0
M
A. Adeyemo 22.England
6.7
66'
M
A. Campbell 28.England
6.8
M
W. Wright 30.England
7.0
F
D. Orsi 9.England
6.1
F
R. Darcy 10.England
7.0
Substitutes
G
Luca Ashby-Hammond 13.England
D
J. Mukena 20.England
88'
M
J. Roles 11.Cyprus
7.0
66'
M
Aaron Henry 12.England
M
Kamarai Swyer 24.England
M
R. Khaleel 27.Morocco
F
Klaidi Lolos 8.Greece
7.0
66'

Also Crawley Town adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Scott Lindsey played with: Corey Addai (7.5), Harry Ransom (7.0), Dion Conroy (7.0), Laurence Maguire (6.8), Kellan Gordon (6.4), Will Wright (7.0), Liam Kelly (7.0), Adam Campbell (6.8), Ronan Darcy (7.0), Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (6.1) and Ade Adeyemo (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Klaidi Lolos (7.0), Jack Roles (7.0), Aaron Henry, Luca Ashby-Hammond, Joy Mukena, Kamarai Swyer and Rafiq Khaleel.

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 3 changes: Kellan Gordon for Jack Roles (66′), Ade Adeyemo for Klaidi Lolos (66′) and Dion Conroy for Joy Mukena (88′).

Player of the match: Corey Addai​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crawley Town was the goalkeeper: Corey Addai. His rating is 7.45. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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