Match ends, Crawley Town 0, Accrington Stanley 3.
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Accrington Stanley thrashed Crawley Town 3-0 to move up to fifth in League Two and extend their unbeaten run to seven games.
Josh Windass scored from the spot after Luke Rooney's foul saw him sent off and Matty Crooks smashed home from 25 yards to put Stanley 2-0 up at half-time.
Billy Kee's close-range shot sealed the points for the visitors.
Crawley, who have now lost their last four, went closest through Jon Ashton's weak shot in the early stages.
Crawley Town boss Mark Yates told BBC Surrey:
"After 40 minutes I was thinking 'it's not been bad'. We then concede and have a man sent off and a couple of minutes later another one goes in and it's completely different.
"The players are little low on confidence and I think you can all see that when their lad goes down the byline, we had three men around him and still gets the ball in.
"We are trying to get them at it all the time and get their heads up. The third goal sums us up and we let a runner go."
Line-ups
Crawley
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Woodman
- 23Donnelly
- 16AshtonSubstituted forYoungat 32'minutes
- 6Bradley
- 3Scales
- 10RooneyBooked at 45mins
- 4Walton
- 22JenkinsBooked at 40mins
- 8Smith
- 18HarroldSubstituted forFenelonat 75'minutes
- 39MurphySubstituted forBarnardat 75'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Barnard
- 11Henderson
- 12Preston
- 14Young
- 15Fenelon
- 17Bawling
Accrington
Formation 4-4-2
- 33Mooney
- 22Buxton
- 15Wright
- 3WinnardSubstituted forWakefieldat 25'minutes
- 2Pearson
- 7Mingoia
- 28ConneelyBooked at 72mins
- 8Windass
- 11McConville
- 14Crooks
- 29KeeBooked at 27mins
Substitutes
- 1Etheridge
- 4Barry
- 6Proctor
- 10Gornell
- 12Wakefield
- 17McCartan
- 21Bruna
- Referee:
- Andy Davies
- Attendance:
- 1,659
Match Stats
Home TeamCrawleyAway TeamAccrington
- Possession
- Home35%
- Away65%
- Shots
- Home3
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away9
- Corners
- Home3
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away16
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 0, Accrington Stanley 3.
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Attempt blocked. Lee Barnard (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Billy Kee.
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Simon Walton (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Matt Crooks (Accrington Stanley).
Goal!
Goal! Crawley Town 0, Accrington Stanley 3. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sean McConville.
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Attempt saved. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Foul by Lee Barnard (Crawley Town).
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Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Lewis Young (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley).
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Foul by Lee Barnard (Crawley Town).
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Joe Wright (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Sonny Bradley (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Josh Windass (Accrington Stanley).
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Attempt blocked. Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Foul by Shamir Fenelon (Crawley Town).
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Liam Wakefield (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt blocked. Adam Buxton (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.