Match ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Crawley Town 0.
FleetwoodFleetwood Town1CrawleyCrawley Town0
Antoni Sarcevic's free-kick gave Fleetwood victory over Crawley Town, who drop to the bottom of League One.
Sarcevic opened the scoring when his free-kick from the edge of the box squirmed under the Crawley wall and into the net.
He almost made it two but his lobbed effort came back off the woodwork.
Gareth Evans should have made the points safe but his effort was saved before Darren Ward saw his corner cleared off the line for the visitors.
Fleetwood climbed into the League One play-off spots as a result of the win, while Crawley are now five points from safety at the foot of the table.
Crawley Town boss Dean Saunders told BBC Sussex:
"There was nothing in the game, both goalkeepers hardly had a lot to do but they score from a set-play right on half time, which is a free-kick and it's gone straight through Lewis Price and that was it between the two teams.
"It was a disappointing result for us. I stuck three strikers on the pitch at the end and pushed the two full-backs on. I wanted as many players who could score on the pitch, but we've got to try and get result on Tuesday.
"The players have gone a long time before I came here without winning and it's taken its toll. The players are nervous and not confident, we just need to get a win."
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 4-4-2
- 28Maxwell
- 2McLaughlin
- 5RobertsBooked at 50mins
- 25Jordan
- 33Crainey
- 7Evans
- 11Hughes
- 18Sarcevic
- 12MorrisSubstituted forSchumacherat 82'minutes
- 29McAlindenSubstituted forBallat 74'minutes
- 19Proctor
Substitutes
- 1Davies
- 4Murdoch
- 6Pond
- 8Schumacher
- 9Dobbie
- 23Ball
- 27Haughton
Crawley
Formation 4-4-2
- 30Price
- 2Oyebanjo
- 12Walsh
- 25Ward
- 3DicksonSubstituted forTomlinat 77'minutes
- 14Young
- 33ElliottSubstituted forMorganat 63'minutes
- 8SmithSubstituted forBawlingat 62'minutes
- 26WordsworthBooked at 45mins
- 9McLeod
- 7Edwards
Substitutes
- 6Bradley
- 10Morgan
- 17Anderson
- 18Harrold
- 20Bawling
- 21Tomlin
- 27Dutton
- Referee:
- Seb Stockbridge
- Attendance:
- 2,601
Match Stats
Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamCrawley
- Possession
- Home56%
- Away44%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home8
- Away0
- Corners
- Home10
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home14
- Away12
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Crawley Town 0.
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Attempt missed. Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Stephen Jordan.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jeff Hughes.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Stephen Crainey.
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Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Anthony Wordsworth (Crawley Town).
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Lewis Price.
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Attempt saved. Jamie Proctor (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt saved. Gareth Evans (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt missed. Mark Roberts (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Lanre Oyebanjo.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jeff Hughes.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Steven Schumacher replaces Josh Morris.
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Foul by Jeff Hughes (Fleetwood Town).
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Dean Morgan (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Gavin Tomlin replaces Ryan Dickson.
