Crawley Town 0-1 Brentford

Brentford moved up to fifth in League One with a hard-fought victory at Crawley Town.

The Bees took an early lead when Adam Forshaw's penalty sent goalkeeper Paul Jones the wrong way after Kadeem Harris was tripped by Kyle McFadzean.

Crawley pressed hard after the break as Andy Drury missed a couple of good chances and Mike Jones's long-range strike fizzed just wide.

But Brentford stood firm to complete their fourth successive win.

Crawley, meanwhile, have now lost three in a row and sit 13th in the table.

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Crawley Town manager Richie Barker told BBC Sussex:

"Did we deserve to win the game? Probably not, but I thought we did enough to deserve something out of the game.

"Without a piece of poor defending we probably would have come away with a nil-nil, which would not have been ideal.

"I have to say one or two people need to have a look at their mindset, in terms of what we are trying to do. They are a fantastic bunch of players who work extremely hard.

"I said before all my players have flaws. That's why they play for Crawley.

"If they didn't have a flaw they're all good players and then they would go and play for somebody else."

Brentford assistant Alan Kernaghan told BBC London 94.9:

"I wouldn't say it was enjoyable but I think we looked solid.

"I thought we were defensively very good today, cut them down to maybe one or two chances in the second half.

"Maybe at times we could have exploited them a bit more on the counter attack.

"I think for us to keep a steady and settled team has been right and has justified better results."

Line-ups
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Line-ups

Crawley

Formation 4-4-2

1Jones
11Simpson
3Sadler
21Jones
12Walsh
5McFadzean
10DrurySubstituted forSinclairat 68'minutes
15BulmanSubstituted forHurstat 85'minutes
14ProctorSubstituted forAlexanderat 76'minutes
32Bennett
16Adams

Substitutes

2Hurst
4Connolly
8Torres
9Alexander
18Rooney
20Sinclair
25Maddison

Brentford

Formation 4-3-3

27Button
12McCormack
24Bidwell
8Douglas
6DeanBooked at 74mins
5CraigBooked at 90mins
17SavilleSubstituted forDiagouragaat 45'minutesBooked at 62mins
4Forshaw
29TrottaSubstituted forGriggat 81'minutes
9Donaldson
26K HarrisSubstituted forSaundersat 77'minutes

Substitutes

1Lee
7Saunders
10El Alagui
11Grigg
14Logan
20Diagouraga
28Nugent

Referee:: Graham Scott
Attendance:: 4,177

Match Stats

Home TeamCrawleyAway TeamBrentford

Possession: Home50%; Away50%

Shots: Home8; Away9

Shots on Target: Home2; Away1

Corners: Home4; Away5

Fouls: Home10; Away13

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Match ends, Crawley Town 0, Brentford 1.
90'+6'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 0, Brentford 1.

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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Matthew Sadler.
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Attempt missed. Kyle Bennett (Crawley Town) header from the centre of the box is too high.
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Booking
Tony Craig (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
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Nicky Adams (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Tony Craig (Brentford).
85'
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. James Hurst replaces Dannie Bulman.
83'
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Attempt missed. Adam Forshaw (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
82'
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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Joe Walsh.
81'
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Foul by Sam Saunders (Brentford).
81'
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Josh Simpson (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
81'
Substitution
Substitution, Brentford. William Grigg replaces Marcello Trotta.
80'
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Hand ball by Gary Alexander (Crawley Town).
77'
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Gary Alexander (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77'
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Foul by Jonathan Douglas (Brentford).
77'
Substitution
Substitution, Brentford. Sam Saunders replaces Kadeem Harris.
76'
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Gary Alexander replaces Jamie Proctor.
76'
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Foul by Nicky Adams (Crawley Town).
76'
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Tony Craig (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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