Crawley Town 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

John Gregory's Crawley came from behind to hand League One leaders Wolves their first defeat in 11 matches.

James Henry's deflected 25-yarder gave Wolves the lead on 24 minutes.

But, within eight minutes, it was 2-1, Billy Clarke taking advantage of a defensive mix-up to level before Matt Tubbs went clear to chip the ball over advancing Wolves keeper Carl Ikeme.

Table-topping topplers

This was the third time this season that Crawley have beaten the team on top of the table following previous wins over Peterborough and Orient.

Wolves boss Kenny Jackett made an early substitution, bringing on Leon Clarke to switch to 4-4-2 but without success.

Crawley held on to move within 12 points of the play-off zone, with three matches in hand on sixth-placed Peterborough.

Tubbs continued his goal-scoring spree, hitting his seventh in eight games before a sell-out crowd of 5,680 at the Broadfield Stadium.

Wolves, who went into the game boasting 19 clean sheets, having shipped just two goals in their previous 10 games, had not lost since their last trip round the M25 to the south-east side of London at Gillingham on 3 January, when they lost 1-0.

Crawley Town first-team coach Guy Whittingham told BBC Surrey:

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Post-match: Crawley coach Whittingham

"It's the players that need all the congratulations, you can say what you like in training but they've got to go out there and do it and they did.

"In football you say the most dangerous time is just when you score so we proved that and again you have to give credit to the players for not dropping their heads and for keeping up the standards.

"All the players trust in the staff in what their doing, you know when there's down time and when there's time to work and that's going well at the moment."

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Line-ups

Crawley

• 1Jones
• 3Sadler
• 5McFadzean
• 15Bulman
• 4Connolly
• 12Walsh
• 7Clarke
• 21Jones
• 18TubbsSubstituted forProctorat 68'minutes
• 10Drury
• 11Simpson

Substitutes

• 8Torres
• 14Proctor
• 16Kaikai
• 17Boateng
• 25Maddison
• 28Dicker
• 29Connolly

Wolves

• 13Ikeme
• 18Ricketts
• 26Golbourne
• 11McDonald
• 6Batth
• 5Stearman
• 7HenryBooked at 87mins
• 19PriceSubstituted forEvansat 74'minutes
• 40Dicko
• 27JacobsSubstituted forClarkeat 36'minutes
• 10SakoSubstituted forEdwardsat 74'minutes

Substitutes

• 2Doherty
• 3Elokobi
• 4Edwards
• 9Clarke
• 14Evans
• 20McAlinden
• 31McCarey

Referee:

Carl Berry

Attendance:

5,680

Match Stats

Home TeamCrawleyAway TeamWolves

Possession

Home46%

Away54%

Shots

Home6

Away11

Shots on Target

Home2

Away5

Corners

Home4

Away3

Fouls

Home8

Away16

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Crawley Town 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Crawley Town 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.

Posted at 90'+3'

Jamie Proctor (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Lee Evans (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Jamie Proctor (Crawley Town).

Posted at 90'+2'

Scott Golbourne (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+1'

Kyle McFadzean (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Leon Clarke (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 89'

Foul by Andy Drury (Crawley Town).

Posted at 89'

Lee Evans (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Booking

Posted at 87'

James Henry (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 87'

Andy Drury (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 87'

Foul by James Henry (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 86'

Michael Jones (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by James Henry (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 83'

Attempt missed. Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 82'

Billy Clarke (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Kevin McDonald (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 81'

Attempt missed. Jamie Proctor (Crawley Town) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Richard Stearman.

Posted at 77'

Attempt missed. Josh Simpson (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 76'

Attempt missed. James Henry (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Posted at 75'

Hand ball by Leon Clarke (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. David Edwards replaces Bakary Sako.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Lee Evans replaces Jack Price.

Posted at 72'

Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Kyle McFadzean (Crawley Town).

Posted at 71'

Foul by Billy Clarke (Crawley Town).

Posted at 71'

Scott Golbourne (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 70'

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Paul Jones.

Posted at 70'

Attempt saved. Bakary Sako (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top left corner.

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Jamie Proctor replaces Matt Tubbs.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Matt Tubbs (Crawley Town).

Posted at 68'

Sam Ricketts (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 67'

Michael Jones (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Sam Ricketts (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 61'

Kyle McFadzean (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Leon Clarke (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Posted at 60'

Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Richard Stearman (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

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