HARROGATE. Crawley Town found a way to turn the tables against Harrogate Town to win 2-1. It was Harrogate Town to strike first with a goal of George Thomson at the 26′. Then it was a goal in the 58′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Klaidi Lolos gave the win to Crawley Town in the 66′ minute.

The match was played at the CNG Stadium stadium in Harrogate on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 2,124 spectators.​ The referee was Darren Drysdale with the support of Richard Wigglesworth and Stephen Wade. The 4th official was Paul Marsden. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.89 degrees Celsius or 44.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Harrogate Town

1 - 2

Crawley Town

  • 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
  • 17 Total 18
  • 8 On Target 5
  • 5 Off Target 9
  • 4 Shots blocked 5
  • 114 Attack 114
  • 50 Dangerous attack 64
  • 94 Ball safe 87
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 7
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 4 Total 6
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Harrogate Town was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Crawley Town that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Crawley Town was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Crawley Town won the encounter.​

Harrogate Town shot 17 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Crawley Town shot 18 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Harrogate Town received 1 yellow card (Dean Cornelius). Talking about the opposition, Crawley Town received 1 yellow card (Kellan Gordon).

Match Timeline

23'
J. Mukena- sub ->Dion Conroy
George Thomson(goal)Jack Muldoon
26'
45'
K. Gordon- Yellow
Dean Cornelius- Yellow
45'
58'
H. Forster(goal)Klaidi Lolos
59'
A. Campbell- sub ->Jeremy Kelly
Josh March- sub ->Abraham Odoh
59'
Levi Sutton- sub ->Stephen Dooley
59'
66'
Klaidi Lolos(goal)Ronan Darcy
Tom Bloxham- sub ->Matty Daly
67'
73'
J. Roles- sub ->Ronan Darcy
74'
A. Adeyemo- sub ->Kellan Gordon
74'
N. Tsaroulla- sub ->Harry Forster
Joe Mattock- sub ->Matthew Foulds
85'

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, Harrogate Town stays with 49 points like Newport County to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Crawley Town will has 52 points to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Harrogate Town will play away against Wrexham on the 12th of March with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Wrexham (4 draws).

Crawley Town will host Notts County on the 12th of March with a 10-3 head to head stats in favor of Notts County (3 draws).

Harrogate Town – Formation

Harrogate Town
G
James Belshaw 31.England
6.7
D
Derrick Abu 2.England
6.3
D
Warren Burrell 6.England
7.1
D
Anthony O'Connor 15.Republic of Ireland
7.5
D
Matty Foulds 23.England
7.3
85'
M
George Thomson 7.England
8.2
26'
M
Dean Cornelius 8.Scotland
7.0
45'
M
Abraham Odoh 9.England
6.4
59'
M
Matty Daly 10.England
7.5
67'
M
Stephen Dooley 22.Northern Ireland
7.0
59'
F
Jack Muldoon 18.England
7.0
Substitutes
G
Mark Oxley 1.England
D
Joe Mattock 3.England
6.4
85'
M
Josh Falkingham 4.England
M
Levi Sutton 17.England
6.8
59'
F
Jeremy Sivi 19.England
F
Josh March 24.England
7.3
59'
F
Tom Bloxham 27.England
6.6
67'

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

The manager Simon Weaver decided to play with the following team: J. Belshaw (6.7), Derrick Abu (6.3), Anthony O’Connor (7.5), Warren Burrell (7.1), Matthew Foulds (7.3), Stephen Dooley (7.0), Dean Cornelius (7.0), George Thomson (8.2), Matty Daly (7.5), Abraham Odoh (6.4) and Jack Muldoon (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Mark Oxley, Joe Mattock (6.4), Josh Falkingham, Levi Sutton (6.8), Jeremy Sivi, Josh March (7.3) and Thomas Bloxham (6.6).

Substitutions

Harrogate Town made 4 changes: Stephen Dooley for Levi Sutton (59′), Matthew Foulds for Joe Mattock (85′), Abraham Odoh for Josh March (59′) and Matty Daly for Thomas Bloxham (67′).

Player of the match: George Thomson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Harrogate Town was George Thomson.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 50 passes (68% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 13 crosses.

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town
G
C. Addai 1.Jamaica
8.1
D
D. Conroy 3.England
6.8
23'
D
H. Ransom 5.England
7.3
D
W. Wright 30.England
6.7
M
K. Gordon 2.England
7.0
74' 45'
M
Klaidi Lolos 8.Greece
8.4
66'
M
R. Darcy 10.England
7.1
73'
M
H. Forster 14.England
8.1
74' 58'
M
J. Kelly 19.United States
7.0
59'
M
Jay Williams 26.England
7.0
F
D. Orsi 9.England
8.1
Substitutes
G
R. Sandford 13.England
D
J. Mukena 20.England
7.0
23'
D
N. Tsaroulla 25.Cyprus
7.1
74'
M
J. Roles 11.Cyprus
6.7
73'
M
R. Khaleel 27.Morocco
M
Rafiq Khaleel 27.England
F
A. Adeyemo 22.England
7.1
74'
F
A. Campbell 28.England
7.0
59'

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

Scott Lindsey played with: Corey Addai (8.1), Harry Ransom (7.3), Dion Conroy (6.8), Will Wright (6.7), Kellan Gordon (7.0), Jay Williams (7.0), Klaidi Lolos (8.4), Jeremy Kelly (7.0), Ronan Darcy (7.1), Harry Forster (8.1) and Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Jack Roles (6.7), Ryan Sandford, Joy Mukena (7.0), Ade Adeyemo (7.1), Nick Tsaroulla (7.1), Rafiq Khaleel, Adam Campbell (7.0) and Rafiq Khaleel.

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

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 5 changes: Dion Conroy for Joy Mukena (23′), Ronan Darcy for Jack Roles (73′), Jeremy Kelly for Adam Campbell (59′), Kellan Gordon for Ade Adeyemo (74′) and Harry Forster for Nick Tsaroulla (74′).

Player of the match: Klaidi Lolos​

The player that probably impressed the most for Crawley Town was Klaidi Lolos.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 32 passes (63% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

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