ACCRINGTON. Crawley Town overcomes Accrington Stanley 1-0 after H. Ransom scored just 1 goal (68′).

The match was played at the Wham Stadium stadium in Accrington on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 2,216 spectators.​ The referee was Marc Edwards with the assistance of Alan Clayton and Steve Rushton. The 4th official was Daniel Guest. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.98 degrees Celsius or 42.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Accrington Stanley was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Crawley Town that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Crawley Town was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Crawley Town won the match.​

Accrington Stanley shot 23 times, 10 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Crawley Town shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards (Tommy Leigh and Connor O’Brien). On the opposite side, Crawley Town received 2 yellow cards (Corey Addai and Jeremy Kelly).

Standings

After this match, Accrington Stanley stays with 46 points like Bradford City and Newport County to remain in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Crawley Town will has 49 points to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Accrington Stanley will play away with Walsall on the 27th of February with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Accrington Stanley (0 draws).

Crawley Town will host Barrow on the 2nd of March with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Crawley Town (2 draws).

Accrington Stanley – Formation

Accrington Stanley started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager John Coleman decided to play with the following team: Radek Vítek (7.0), Connor O’Brien (7.8), Kelvin Mellor (7.0), Joseph Gubbins (7.3), Lewis Shipley (7.1), Dan Martin (7.3), Benjamin Woods (7.5), Lewis Trickett (6.4), Tommy Leigh (7.3), Jack Nolan (8.1) and Jake Bickerstaff (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Seb Quirk, Oliver Patrick, Aaron Pickles, Leslie Adekoya (6.7), Anjola Popoola (6.4), Korede Adedoyin (6.8) and Jack McIntyre.

Substitutions

Accrington Stanley made 2 changes: Lewis Trickett for Korede Adedoyin (61′) and Tommy Leigh for Leslie Adekoya (80′).

Player of the match: Jack Nolan​

The player that probably impressed the most for Accrington Stanley was Jack Nolan.

His rating is 8.1 with 18 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 12 crosses.

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Scott Lindsey played with: Corey Addai (9.7), Harry Ransom (8.4), Dion Conroy (7.0), Will Wright (7.5), Nick Tsaroulla (6.7), Jay Williams (7.0), Liam Kelly (6.8), Jeremy Kelly (7.1), Adam Campbell (6.8), Klaidi Lolos (7.0) and Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (6.6).

They had on the bench: Kellan Gordon (7.1), Ronan Darcy (7.0), Jack Roles, Ryan Sandford, Harry Forster (6.7), Joy Mukena and Ade Adeyemo.

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

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 3 changes: Liam Kelly for Ronan Darcy (27′), Nick Tsaroulla for Kellan Gordon (63′) and Adam Campbell for Harry Forster (63′).

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 9.69. He performed 11 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Sutton United – Colchester United – 1-1
• Stockport County – Swindon Town – 0-0
• Notts County – Crewe Alexandra – 1-3
• Morecambe – Grimsby Town – 1-1
• Milton Keynes Dons – Newport County – 3-0
• Mansfield Town – Salford City – 5-1
• Harrogate Town – Walsall – 0-2
• Gillingham – Wrexham – 1-0
• Forest Green Rovers – Tranmere Rovers – 1-0
• Doncaster Rovers – AFC Wimbledon – 1-0
• Accrington Stanley – Crawley Town – 0-1