Match ends, Crawley Town 1, AFC Wimbledon 2.
CrawleyCrawley Town1WimbledonAFC Wimbledon2
Goals from Adebayo Akinfenwa and Andy Barcham gave AFC Wimbledon their first win of the season at the expense of Crawley Town.
The hosts took the lead when Gwion Edwards headed home Luke Rooney's cross at the back post.
Akinfenwa headed in a Barcham cross after the break to level the scores.
Barcham, who earlier forced a fine save from Freddie Woodman, won it with another header after George Francomb's shot was blocked.
AFC Wimbledeon boss Neal Ardley told BBC London 94.9:
"I wanted to see whether we could recreate the Plymouth game in the first half.
"I needed to find out whether they could recreate that because that's how I imagined it and we didn't, we clearly didn't.
"Straight away I had a brave decision to make. It was a simple one to change it around and unfortunately Tom (Elliott) was the one that made way, it could have been anyone at that point.
"There is no point having a player like Bayo Akinfenwa and not playing to his strengths when the time is right."
Crawley Town boss Mark Yates told BBC Sussex:
"I thought we dominated the first half and were excellent and they dominated us second half and a couple of mistakes and a couple of bad goals we conceded.
"We are obviously not pleased, we're frustrated and we wanted to make this place a fortress starting today. We have a chance to make it right on Tuesday night.
"I'm just disappointed for the players and the staff and the supporters."
Line-ups
Crawley
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Woodman
- 24Van Den Bogaert
- 6Bradley
- 23DonnellyBooked at 88mins
- 16Ashton
- 10Rooney
- 4WaltonBooked at 68minsSubstituted forYoungat 85'minutes
- 8Smith
- 7EdwardsBooked at 80mins
- 20DeaconSubstituted forBarnardat 66'minutes
- 18Harrold
Substitutes
- 5McNerney
- 9Barnard
- 12Preston
- 14Young
- 15Fenelon
- 17Bawling
Wimbledon
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Shea
- 2Fuller
- 6Robinson
- 22Osborne
- 7Francomb
- 8Reeves
- 12Meades
- 17Barcham
- 33TaylorBooked at 74minsSubstituted forAzeezat 78'minutes
- 10AkinfenwaSubstituted forRiggat 86'minutes
- 9ElliottSubstituted forBulmanat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Kennedy
- 4Bulman
- 5Nightingale
- 11Rigg
- 14Azeez
- 19Fitzpatrick
- 24McDonnell
- Referee:
- Dean Whitestone
- Attendance:
- 2,988
Match Stats
Home TeamCrawleyAway TeamWimbledon
- Possession
- Home45%
- Away55%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away6
- Corners
- Home2
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home6
- Away14
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 1, AFC Wimbledon 2.
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Attempt blocked. Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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Attempt saved. Sean Rigg (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Bryan Van Den Bogaert (Crawley Town).
Booking
Liam Donnelly (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jonathan Meades (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Liam Donnelly (Crawley Town).
Substitution
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Sean Rigg replaces Adebayo Akinfenwa.
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Lewis Young replaces Simon Walton.
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Attempt saved. Adebayo Azeez (AFC Wimbledon) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Foul by Adebayo Akinfenwa (AFC Wimbledon).
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Sonny Bradley (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Barry Fuller (AFC Wimbledon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Gwion Edwards (Crawley Town).
Substitution
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Adebayo Azeez replaces Lyle Taylor.
Goal!
Goal! Crawley Town 1, AFC Wimbledon 2. Andy Barcham (AFC Wimbledon) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by George Francomb.
