Fleetwood Town 1-0 Crawley Town

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.

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Saunders on Fleetwood v Crawley

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."

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Line-ups

Fleetwood

• 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

• 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

Live Text

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Match ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Crawley Town 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Crawley Town 0.

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt missed. Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high following a corner.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Stephen Jordan.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jeff Hughes.

Posted at 90'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Stephen Crainey.

Posted at 88'

Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Anthony Wordsworth (Crawley Town).

Posted at 88'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Lewis Price.

Posted at 87'

Attempt saved. Jamie Proctor (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 86'

Attempt saved. Gareth Evans (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 85'

Attempt missed. Mark Roberts (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Lanre Oyebanjo.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Jeff Hughes.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Steven Schumacher replaces Josh Morris.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Jeff Hughes (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 79'

Dean Morgan (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 77'

Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town).

Substitution

Posted at 77'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Gavin Tomlin replaces Ryan Dickson.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. David Ball replaces Liam McAlinden.

Posted at 73'

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

Posted at 73'

Foul by Joe Walsh (Crawley Town).

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Liam McAlinden (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 70'

Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.

Posted at 67'

Stephen Jordan (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Izale McLeod (Crawley Town).

Posted at 66'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Darren Ward.

Posted at 66'

Jeff Hughes (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town).

Posted at 64'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Conor McLaughlin.

Posted at 63'

Hand ball by Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town).

Substitution

Posted at 63'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Dean Morgan replaces Marvin Elliott.

Substitution

Posted at 62'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Bobson Bawling replaces Jimmy Smith.

Posted at 62'

Attempt missed. Lewis Young (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Jeff Hughes (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 60'

Izale McLeod (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 58'

Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 58'

Foul by Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town).

Posted at 58'

Attempt saved. Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

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