Match ends, Yeovil Town 2, Crawley Town 1.
YeovilYeovil Town2CrawleyCrawley Town1
Substitutes Ryan Bird and Tahvon Campbell scored to lift Yeovil Town out of League Two's bottom two with a 2-1 win against Crawley Town.
After a goalless first half, Bird picked up a loose ball just before the hour and shot beyond Callum Preston to put the Glovers ahead.
West Bromwich Albion loanee Campbell showed top-flight class when he curled in his first league goal from 25 yards.
Lee Barnard punished Yeovil's defensive hesitation for a late consolation.
Francois Zoko and Shaun Jeffers both missed chances, making the afternoon more nervy for the hosts, who consigned Crawley to a fifth consecutive away defeat.
Crawley Town boss Mark Yates told BBC Surrey:
"Very disappointing. We changed our formation to be more solid and still have a threat, and it didn't work and we weren't as good with the ball as we would have wanted.
"We looked like we played extra-time like they did on Tuesday night and you have to give them credit.
"We shot ourselves in the foot with the goals we conceded.
"With Yeovil fighting for their lives we must look at them and do the same. We don't want to get dragged into it but you've got to know coming to places like this you've got to roll your sleeves up."
Line-ups
Yeovil
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Krysiak
- 24Roberts
- 3Smith
- 6Sokolik
- 11Dickson
- 2Tozer
- 4Dolan
- 25WalshBooked at 27minsSubstituted forDawsonat 85'minutes
- 10JeffersSubstituted forBirdat 57'minutesBooked at 84mins
- 39Zoko
- 14ComptonSubstituted forCampbellat 56'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Dawson
- 8Laird
- 9Bird
- 12Weale
- 16Campbell
- 18Gillett
- 19Allen
Crawley
Formation 3-4-3
- 12Preston
- 16Ashton
- 25YorwerthBooked at 73mins
- 6BradleyBooked at 90mins
- 14YoungSubstituted forJenkinsat 78'minutes
- 4Walton
- 11Atkinson
- 26Smith
- 7Edwards
- 20DeaconSubstituted forTomlinat 68'minutesBooked at 88mins
- 18HarroldSubstituted forBarnardat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Barnard
- 15Fenelon
- 17Bawling
- 21Tomlin
- 22Jenkins
- Referee:
- Stuart Attwell
- Attendance:
- 3,423
Match Stats
Home TeamYeovilAway TeamCrawley
- Possession
- Home57%
- Away43%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away5
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away3
- Corners
- Home8
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away14
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 2, Crawley Town 1.
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Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by George Smith.
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Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ross Jenkins (Crawley Town).
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Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Sonny Bradley (Crawley Town).
Booking
Sonny Bradley (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Booking
Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Ryan Dickson (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ross Jenkins (Crawley Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Kevin Dawson replaces Liam Walsh.
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Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Simon Walton (Crawley Town).
Booking
Ryan Bird (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Ryan Bird (Yeovil Town).
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Sonny Bradley (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!
Goal! Yeovil Town 2, Crawley Town 1. Lee Barnard (Crawley Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Yorwerth.
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Foul by Tahvon Campbell (Yeovil Town).
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Simon Walton (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
