Port Vale 2-3 Crawley Town

Crawley twice came from behind to beat Port Vale and boost their survival chances in League One.

Mark Marshall's corner was turned in by Louis Dodds after four minutes to give the hosts the lead.

Anthony Wordsworth equalised with a low shot but Dodds rifled home Vale's second to restore their lead.

Crawley levelled for a second time when Izale McLeod's header went in off the underside of the bar before Richard Wood nodded in the 69th minute winner.

Tuesday's result mirrored Crawley's win over Colchester on Saturday, leaving them only two points from safety, while Port Vale slip to 13th, six points adrift of the play-off places.

Port Vale manager Rob Page:

"Before this game the players have set high standards and I can't fault their efforts and work rate.

"But I'm not going to accept a performance like that. I didn't as a player and I'm certainly not going to as a manager.

"It was embarrassing standing there watching that. That performance, by their own high standards, is not acceptable."

Crawley Town boss Dean Saunders told BBC Surrey:

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Saunders on Port Vale v Crawley

"It's a great result for us and we've scored another three goals away from home. We've had a couple of back-to-back away wins, scored six goals and we've come back from behind again. There's a great spirit in the camp.

"The players are all together and really we dug that result out. There was a bit of class from Anthony Wordsworth and the three midfield players were excellent. Izale's got another goal - that's 17 he's got - and the three centre-halves looked solid all night.

"They've redeemed themselves in the second half and we got over the winning line. We played some great football all the way through."

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Line-ups

Port Vale

• 1Neal
• 2Yates
• 21Veseli
• 4Robertson
• 5McGivern
• 20Marshall
• 15O'Connor
• 17BrownSubstituted forO'Sullivanat 77'minutes
• 14DanielSubstituted forWilliamsonat 66'minutes
• 8Dodds
• 11PopeSubstituted forCampionat 77'minutes

Substitutes

• 6Duffy
• 7Birchall
• 9Williamson
• 12Johnson
• 18O'Sullivan
• 22Lloyd
• 28Campion

Crawley

• 30PriceBooked at 78mins
• 6Bradley
• 29Wood
• 25Ward
• 14Young
• 21TomlinSubstituted forElliottat 87'minutes
• 16Fowler
• 26Wordsworth
• 3Dickson
• 28PogbaSubstituted forMorganat 64'minutes
• 9McLeodSubstituted forSmithat 90+4'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Jensen
• 7Edwards
• 8Smith
• 10Morgan
• 17Anderson
• 20Bawling
• 33Elliott

Referee:

Kevin Wright

Attendance:

3,852

Match Stats

Home TeamPort ValeAway TeamCrawley

Possession

Home45%

Away55%

Shots

Home9

Away9

Shots on Target

Home4

Away5

Corners

Home12

Away4

Fouls

Home8

Away9

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Port Vale 2, Crawley Town 3.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Port Vale 2, Crawley Town 3.

Posted at 90'+5'

Attempt missed. Chris Robertson (Port Vale) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.

Posted at 90'+5'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Lewis Young.

Posted at 90'+5'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Darren Ward.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+4'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Jimmy Smith replaces Izale McLeod.

Posted at 90'+4'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Lewis Young.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Michael O'Connor (Port Vale).

Posted at 90'+2'

Lee Fowler (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Ryan McGivern (Port Vale).

Posted at 89'

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

Posted at 88'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Sonny Bradley.

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Marvin Elliott replaces Gavin Tomlin.

Posted at 87'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Darren Ward.

Posted at 85'

Attempt saved. Anthony Wordsworth (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Darren Ward.

Posted at 81'

Attempt missed. Izale McLeod (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 80'

Michael O'Connor (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Dean Morgan (Crawley Town).

Booking

Posted at 78'

Lewis Price (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 78'

Attempt missed. Achille Campion (Port Vale) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at 77'

Substitution, Port Vale. Achille Campion replaces Tom Pope.

Substitution

Posted at 77'

Substitution, Port Vale. Tommy O'Sullivan replaces Michael Brown.

Posted at 75'

Attempt missed. Chris Robertson (Port Vale) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.

Posted at 75'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Ryan Dickson.

Posted at 73'

Anthony Wordsworth (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Michael O'Connor (Port Vale).

Posted at 72'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Lewis Young.

Goal!

Posted at 69'

Goal! Port Vale 2, Crawley Town 3. Richard Wood (Crawley Town) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Wordsworth following a corner.

Posted at 69'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Frederic Veseli.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Ryan Dickson (Crawley Town).

Posted at 68'

Ben Williamson (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, Port Vale. Ben Williamson replaces Colin Daniel.

Substitution

Posted at 64'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Dean Morgan replaces Mathias Pogba.

Posted at 64'

Attempt missed. Ryan McGivern (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Darren Ward.

Posted at 63'

Foul by Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town).

Posted at 63'

Michael Brown (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 58'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Lewis Young.

Posted at 58'

Foul by Ryan Dickson (Crawley Town).

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