Match ends, MK Dons 2, Crawley Town 0.
MK DonsMilton Keynes Dons2CrawleyCrawley Town0
Ten-man MK Dons followed up their League Cup win over Manchester United with victory over Crawley.
Daniel Powell hit the post for the Dons before Dele Alli fired home a rebound after Brian Jensen saved from Powell.
Kyle McFadzean was sent off for the hosts when he brought down Izale McLeod in the box only for McLeod to see his penalty saved by David Martin.
Benik Afobe hit the post with a free-kick before he made the points safe with a neat finish in stoppage time.
MK Dons climbed to third in League One following their third win of the season, while Crawley have now lost their last three in a row.
MK Dons manager Karl Robinson told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"It was great to see Izale McLeod back here again. We knew it would be a difficult afternoon with him. I thought we rode our luck at times today.
"We did wonderfully well and it's great for the football club."
On Dele Alli: "He's a wonderful talent. We know all the interest and he knows of my desire to keep him at the club."
Crawley Town boss John Gregory told BBC Surrey:
"We messed up the penalty, which would have got us back to one-each and there would have been only one winner, but it's a recurring theme that I keep talking about each week, about how well we played.
"If it was purely about performances, we would've possibly been already promoted, but it's not about the performance, it's about results.
"We need to sit down and reassess everything, and take a long hard look at everything we do, and everything goes towards our weekly training sessions and we need to make sure that we end on maximum points next weekend."
Line-ups
MK Dons
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Martin
- 18Baldock
- 5McFadzeanBooked at 69mins
- 6Kay
- 3Lewington
- 17PowellBooked at 64mins
- 8PotterSubstituted forRandallat 55'minutes
- 19HitchcockSubstituted forCarruthersat 66'minutesBooked at 89mins
- 14Alli
- 9BowditchSubstituted forSpenceat 72'minutes
- 23Afobe
Substitutes
- 4Flanagan
- 11Grigg
- 12Spence
- 15Randall
- 16McLoughlin
- 20Rasulo
- 22Carruthers
Crawley
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Jensen
- 2Oyebanjo
- 12Walsh
- 5Leacock
- 3Dickson
- 7EdwardsSubstituted forHarroldat 78'minutesBooked at 89mins
- 8Smith
- 20BawlingSubstituted forO'Connorat 17'minutes
- 4HendersonBooked at 25mins
- 21TomlinBooked at 39mins
- 9McLeod
Substitutes
- 6Bradley
- 14Young
- 15Banya
- 17Rose
- 18Harrold
- 22O'Connor
- 25Ashdown
- Referee:
- Mark Heywood
- Attendance:
- 7,148
Match Stats
Home TeamMK DonsAway TeamCrawley
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home21
- Away14
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away6
- Corners
- Home10
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, MK Dons 2, Crawley Town 0.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Anthony Kay.
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Attempt blocked. Joe Walsh (Crawley Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Samir Carruthers (MK Dons).
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Lanre Oyebanjo (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!
Goal! MK Dons 2, Crawley Town 0. Benik Afobe (MK Dons) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
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Hand ball by Lanre Oyebanjo (Crawley Town).
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Benik Afobe (MK Dons) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Emmett O'Connor (Crawley Town).
Booking
Matt Harrold (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Samir Carruthers (MK Dons) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Samir Carruthers (MK Dons).
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Lanre Oyebanjo (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt saved. Conor Henderson (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jordan Spence.
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Attempt missed. Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town) right footed shot from long range on the right misses to the left.
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Foul by Mark Randall (MK Dons).
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Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
