Match ends, Stevenage 2, Crawley Town 0.
StevenageStevenage2CrawleyCrawley Town0
Goals from Peter Hartley and Michael Doughty earned Stevenage their first back-to-back wins of the season with victory over Crawley.
Hartley put Boro in front early on, nodding home his first goal for the club, with the Red Devils missing several good chances before the break.
Nicky Adams and James Hurst were both denied equalisers, but Doughty sealed victory for the hosts in injury time.
Stevenage move up to 17th, with Crawley dropping a place to 12th.
VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM
Stevenage boss Graham Westley speaks to BBC Three Counties Radio:
"We tried to seal the deal on the game in the second half and just get our work rate and organisation on top of it but not even that really stopped it.
"We just had to be gutsy and dig in and wait for the late bit of patient counter attack to put a seal on the game.
"Michael Doughty was excellent all afternoon. I think him, Luke Jones and Chris Day were probably my three outstanding performers of the afternoon. But the team really did work hard and showed a lot of guts for each other."
Crawley Town boss Richie Barker told BBC Sussex:
"We've played worst than that this season and won games and we certainly played worst than that and drawn games as well. It's tough because we've come away and you say to the players there are obvious things to improve on but I can't fault them on their effort.
"The first goal is very disappointing and we knew what we were going to get when we got here and set pieces are a big thing.
"I thought we dominated the game for probably 80% of the game. We had the most shots, the most crosses, the most corners and the most possession by a mile and we've come away with nothing."
Line-ups
Stevenage
Formation 4-4-2
- 16Day
- 5Ashton
- 12Zoko
- 15FreemanBooked at 22minsSubstituted forAndradeat 78'minutes
- 6Jones
- 7MoraisBooked at 29minsSubstituted forBurrowat 64'minutes
- 14Heslop
- 17TanseySubstituted forDunneat 88'minutes
- 29Hartley
- 24Doughty
- 20Smith
Substitutes
- 1Arnold
- 2Wedgbury
- 8Dunne
- 10Burrow
- 13Parrett
- 21Tounkara
- 25Andrade
Crawley
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Jones
- 3Sadler
- 10Drury
- 12Walsh
- 5McFadzeanBooked at 90mins
- 9AlexanderBooked at 55minsSubstituted forSinclairat 68'minutes
- 11Simpson
- 15BulmanSubstituted forProctorat 69'minutes
- 32Bennett
- 21JonesSubstituted forHurstat 81'minutes
- 16Adams
Substitutes
- 2Hurst
- 4Connolly
- 6Essam
- 8Torres
- 14Proctor
- 20Sinclair
- 25Maddison
- Referee:
- Richard Clark
- Attendance:
- 2,804
Match Stats
Home TeamStevenageAway TeamCrawley
- Possession
- Home44%
- Away56%
- Shots
- Home5
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away3
- Corners
- Home8
- Away13
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away11
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Stevenage 2, Crawley Town 0.
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Foul by James Hurst (Crawley Town).
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James Dunne (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Kyle McFadzean (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Kyle McFadzean (Crawley Town).
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Francois Zoko (Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!
Goal! Stevenage 2, Crawley Town 0. Michael Doughty (Stevenage) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
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Hand ball by Jon Ashton (Stevenage).
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Matthew Sadler (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Jordan Burrow (Stevenage).
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Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Andy Drury.
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Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Matthew Sadler.
Substitution
Substitution, Stevenage. James Dunne replaces Greg Tansey.
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Attempt saved. Nicky Adams (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Luke Jones.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jimmy Smith.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Luke Jones.
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Attempt blocked. Kyle Bennett (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Luke Jones.
