Match ends, Crawley Town 1, Crewe Alexandra 2.
CrawleyCrawley Town1CreweCrewe Alexandra2
Brad Inman's late goal earned Crewe a vital win at Crawley to aid their fight to beat the drop from League One.
Uche Ikpeazu finished from close range for Crewe, after Paul Jones parried Mathias Pogba's shot into his path.
Crawley then levelled on 69 minutes when Jamie Proctor found the top corner with an angled, long-range drive.
Substitute Inman won it 10 minutes from time, steering in Byron Moore's pass, keeping 21st-placed Crewe in the bottom four now only on goal difference.
Crawley Town boss John Gregory told BBC Sussex:
"When we got back to 1-1 there was only going to one winner and would have actually settled for a point at that stage.
"It's game after game for us and we've tried to mix it up. I thought Gary Dicker and Sergio Torres were probably our two best players because they came in very fresh.
"It's probably the amount of games which has started to tell on one or two. They're not quite as fresh as they have been, like when we played Wolves, which is barely three weeks ago. And we've not won since then.
"It doesn't disguise the fact that we haven't scored enough and have found ourselves defeated in the last five games, which is a huge shock to me."
Crewe Alexandra boss Steve Davis told BBC Radio Stoke:
"I was delighted for Brad that he has come on and got his goal. He was left out simply because I didn't think he has done enough in the past few games. I chose to leave him out and got the reaction I wanted.
"I knew not playing would hurt him. We thought that, with his pace, he could get in behind. It was a great pass and he did exactly what we wanted him to do.
"We dug in when we needed to and it is a great three points. We will keep fighting and just look after ourselves.
"f we can get our results then the rest will look after itself. We know what we have to do and not worry too much about the others."
Line-ups
Crawley
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Jones
- 4Connolly
- 3Sadler
- 11Simpson
- 5McFadzeanBooked at 42mins
- 12Walsh
- 21JonesSubstituted forMonakanaat 58'minutes
- 8Torres
- 7ClarkeSubstituted forProctorat 58'minutes
- 9FallonBooked at 26minsSubstituted forKaikaiat 87'minutes
- 28DickerBooked at 39mins
Substitutes
- 14Proctor
- 16Boateng
- 17Kaikai
- 19Monakana
- 25Maddison
- 26Edwards
- 29Connolly
Crewe
Formation 4-5-1
- 21Garratt
- 2TootleBooked at 90mins
- 16Guthrie
- 42GrantBooked at 82mins
- 5Ellis
- 6Dugdale
- 30IkpeazuBooked at 56minsSubstituted forOliverat 66'minutes
- 18Nolan
- 9PogbaSubstituted forInmanat 73'minutes
- 26AnekeSubstituted forRayat 87'minutes
- 11Moore
Substitutes
- 1Phillips
- 3Mellor
- 8Osman
- 12Ray
- 14Inman
- 19Oliver
- 29Waters
- Referee:
- Trevor Kettle
- Attendance:
- 3,024
Match Stats
Home TeamCrawleyAway TeamCrewe
- Possession
- Home46%
- Away54%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away5
- Corners
- Home7
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away11
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 1, Crewe Alexandra 2.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Anthony Grant.
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Attempt blocked. Jamie Proctor (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Matt Tootle.
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Sullay Kaikai replaces Rory Fallon.
Substitution
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. George Ray replaces Chukwuemeka Aneke.
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Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Bradden Inman (Crewe Alexandra).
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Adam Dugdale.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Anthony Grant.
Booking
Anthony Grant (Crewe Alexandra) is shown the yellow card.
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Josh Simpson (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Anthony Grant (Crewe Alexandra).
Goal!
Goal! Crawley Town 1, Crewe Alexandra 2. Bradden Inman (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Byron Moore.
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Foul by Jamie Proctor (Crawley Town).
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Mark Ellis (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Liam Nolan (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
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Attempt blocked. Chukwuemeka Aneke (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Bradden Inman replaces Mathias Pogba.
