Crawley Town 2-3 Walsall: result and report
League Two · Saturday 28 September 2019
Result
Crawley Town 2-3 Walsall
League Two · Saturday 28 September 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Crawley Town 2-3 Walsall: match report
Crawley Town were beaten by Walsall 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 28 September 2019. It was 1-3 at half-time.
J. Clarke opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Crawley Town's goals came from A. Nathaniel-George (42', penalty) and Josh Payne (90+3'). Walsall scored through J. Clarke (14'), Elijah Adebayo (27') and Wes McDonald (44').
Discipline: Crawley Town received 1 yellow card; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crawley Town were 8th on 16 points from 10 and Walsall 16th on 12 points from 10. Crawley Town went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Walsall 14th with 47.
Crawley Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Walsall in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Payne of Crawley Town (8.2), ahead of Wesley McDonald (8.0).
Going into the match Crawley Town's last five read D-D-W-D-W and Walsall's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · J. Clarke
- 27'Goal · Elijah Adebayo
- 42'Penalty goal · A. Nathaniel-George
- 44'Goal · Wes McDonald
- 60'Yellow card · Rory Holden
- 66'Yellow card · David Sesay
- 90+3'Goal · Josh Payne
- 90+4'Yellow card · Liam Kinsella
Team news
Crawley Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Glenn Morris, David Sesay, Tom Dallison, Jordan Tunnicliffe, Lewis Young, Castro, Nathan Ferguson, Reece Grego-Cox, Panutche Camara, Ashley Nathaniel-George, Mason Bloomfield
Walsall line-up (4-4-2)
Liam Roberts, James Clarke, Dan Scarr, Matt Sadler, Zak Jules, Rory Holden, Danny Guthrie, Stuart Sinclair, Wesley McDonald, Elijah Adebayo, Rory Gaffney