BIRKENHEAD. Crawley Town beats Tranmere Rovers 3-1. Crawley Town got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Jeremy Kelly (2′) and Jay Williams (10′). Tranmere Rovers tried to recover with a goal from Luke Norris (21′). Notwithstanding, the match was closed by a goal (79′) scored by Danilo Orsi-Dadomo for Crawley Town.

The match was played at the Prenton Park stadium in Birkenhead on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Stephen Parkinson with the collaboration of Kenwyn Hughes and Paul Stonier. The 4th official was Scott Simpson. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.52 degrees Celsius or 43.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Tranmere Rovers

1 - 3

Crawley Town

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 15 Total 10
  • 5 On Target 3
  • 6 Off Target 4
  • 4 Shots blocked 3
  • 111 Attack 82
  • 54 Dangerous attack 35
  • 95 Ball safe 88
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 3
  • 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 9 Total 10
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Tranmere Rovers was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Crawley Town was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Tranmere Rovers shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Crawley Town shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card (Connor Jennings). On the opposite side, Crawley Town received 1 yellow card (Jeremy Kelly).

Match Timeline

2'
J. Kelly(goal)Will Wright
10'
Jay Williams(goal)
Luke Norris(goal)Robert Apter
21'
Connor Jennings- Yellow
35'
Chris Merrie- sub ->Connor Wood
41'
Reece McAlear- sub ->Brad Walker
46'
50'
J. Kelly- Yellow
57'
A. Adeyemo- sub ->Kellan Gordon
73'
A. Campbell- sub ->Jeremy Kelly
Kristian Dennis- sub ->Kieron Morris
77'
79'
D. Orsi(goal)Ade Adeyemo
88'
N. Tsaroulla- sub ->Harry Forster

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, Tranmere Rovers stays with 50 points like Accrington Stanley and Bradford City to hold in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Crawley Town will has 59 points like Gillingham to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Tranmere Rovers will play away with Bradford City on the 29th of March with a 5-5 head to head statistic.

Crawley Town will host Doncaster Rovers on the 29th of March with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Doncaster Rovers (5 draws).

Tranmere Rovers – Formation

Tranmere Rovers
G
Luke McGee 1.England
6.1
D
Lee O'Connor 2.Republic of Ireland
7.0
D
Jordan Turnbull 6.England
7.1
D
Josef Yarney 21.England
6.3
D
Connor Wood 27.England
6.8
41'
M
Brad Walker 4.England
6.4
46'
M
Kieron Morris 7.England
7.3
77'
M
Regan Hendry 8.Scotland
7.1
M
Rob Apter 25.Scotland
7.9
F
Luke Norris 9.England
7.1
21'
F
Connor Jennings 18.England
6.7
35'
Substitutes
G
Joe Murphy 13.Republic of Ireland
M
Josh Hawkes 11.England
M
Chris Merrie 16.England
6.3
41'
M
Reece McAlear 23.Scotland
6.7
46'
F
Kristian Dennis 14.England
6.8
77'
F
Harvey Saunders 19.England
F
Sam Taylor 20.England

Tranmere Rovers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Nigel Adkins decided to play with the following team: Luke McGee (6.1), Lee O’Connor (7.0), Josef Yarney (6.3), Jordan Turnbull (7.1), Connor Wood (6.8), Robert Apter (7.9), Brad Walker (6.4), Regan Hendry (7.1), Kieron Morris (7.3), Connor Jennings (6.7) and Luke Norris (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Josh Hawkes, Joe Murphy, Kristian Dennis (6.8), Chris Merrie (6.3), Harvey Saunders, Samuel Taylor and Reece McAlear (6.7).

Substitutions

Tranmere Rovers made 3 changes: Connor Wood for Chris Merrie (41′), Brad Walker for Reece McAlear (46′) and Kieron Morris for Kristian Dennis (77′).

Player of the match: Robert Apter​

The player that probably impressed the most for Tranmere Rovers was Robert Apter.

His rating is 7.9 with 27 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.

Crawley Town – Formation

Crawley Town
G
C. Addai 1.Jamaica
7.0
D
L. Maguire 6.England
6.7
D
J. Mukena 20.England
7.0
D
W. Wright 30.England
7.8
M
K. Gordon 2.England
6.8
57'
M
Klaidi Lolos 8.Greece
6.8
M
H. Forster 14.England
7.3
88'
M
J. Kelly 19.United States
7.3
73' 50' 2'
M
Jay Williams 26.England
7.9
10'
F
D. Orsi 9.England
7.0
79'
F
R. Darcy 10.England
6.6
Substitutes
G
R. Sandford 13.England
D
H. Ransom 5.England
D
N. Tsaroulla 25.Cyprus
6.7
88'
M
J. Roles 11.Cyprus
M
R. Khaleel 27.Morocco
F
A. Adeyemo 22.England
8.1
57'
F
A. Campbell 28.England
6.6
73'

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

Scott Lindsey played with: Corey Addai (7.0), Will Wright (7.8), Joy Mukena (7.0), Laurence Maguire (6.7), Kellan Gordon (6.8), Jay Williams (7.9), Klaidi Lolos (6.8), Harry Forster (7.3), Ronan Darcy (6.6), Danilo Orsi-Dadomo (7.0) and Jeremy Kelly (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Harry Ransom, Jack Roles, Ryan Sandford, Ade Adeyemo (8.1), Nick Tsaroulla (6.7), Rafiq Khaleel and Adam Campbell (6.6).

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 3 changes: Kellan Gordon for Ade Adeyemo (57′), Jeremy Kelly for Adam Campbell (73′) and Harry Forster for Nick Tsaroulla (88′).

Player of the match: Ade Adeyemo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Crawley Town was Ade Adeyemo even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 16 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was sensational also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 57′.

Results of the day

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