CRAWLEY. Crawley Town defeats Swindon Town 3-1. Swindon Town was surely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the The People’s Pension Stadium stadium in Crawley on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Darren Handley with the collaboration of Nicholas Cooper and Christopher Kidd. The 4th official was Anthony Da Costa. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Crawley Town

3 - 1

Swindon Town

  • ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
  • 11 Total 19
  • 6 On Target 6
  • 5 Off Target 13
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 91 Attack 111
  • 36 Dangerous attack 50
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 18 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Swindon Town had a superior ball possession 64% while Crawley Town was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Swindon Town was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Crawley Town was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Crawley Town shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Swindon Town shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Crawley Town received 2 yellow cards (L. Francillette and M. Marshall). On the opposite side, Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards (H. McKirdy and A. Odimayo).

Match Timeline

12'
29'
50'
55'
Harry McKirdy- Yellow
59'
65'
72'
72'
74'
R. Aguiar- sub ->A. Odimayo
79'
79'
82'
84'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Forest Green Rovers
84
46
Exeter City
84
46
Bristol Rovers
80
46
Northampton Town
80
46
Port Vale
78
46
Swindon Town
77
46
Mansfield Town
77
46
Sutton United
76
46
Tranmere Rovers
75
46
Salford City
70
46
Newport County
69
46
Crawley Town
61
46
Leyton Orient
58
46
Bradford City
58
46
Colchester United
55
46
Walsall
54
46
Hartlepool United
54
46
Rochdale
53
46
Harrogate Town
53
46
Carlisle United
53
46
Stevenage
47
46
Barrow
44
46
Oldham Athletic
38
46
Scunthorpe United
26
46

After this encounter, Crawley Town will have 48 points to sit in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Swindon Town will stay with 61 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Crawley Town will host Rochdale on the 26th of March with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Rochdale (0 draws).

Swindon Town will host Forest Green Rovers on the 26th of April with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Swindon Town (2 draws).

Crawley Town – Formation

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

The manager John Yems decided to play with the following team: .

Crawley Town could not rely on the presence of I. Hutchinson (injured).

Substitutions

Crawley Town made 3 changes: J. Powell for I. Hutchinson (12′), J. Tilley for A. Davies (72′) and A. Nadesan for M. Marshall (82′).

Swindon Town – Formation

Swindon Town started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ben Garner played with: .

Substitutions

Swindon Town made 3 changes: A. Odimayo for R. Aguiar (74′), R. East for J. Mitchell-Lawson (79′) and J. Williams for H. Parsons (79′).

Results of the day

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