Crawley Town 0-2 Doncaster Rovers

Goals from Hakeeb Adelakun and Max Biamou gave 10-man Doncaster Rovers their fourth successive victory with a 2-0 win at the Broadfield Stadium as Crawley Town slipped out of the play-off places.

Rovers battled for the last 24 minutes with 10 players after defender Tom Anderson picked up a straight red card.

Crawley went into the game with assistant boss Jamie Day in charge in the technical area, supported by first-team coach Carl Laraman and injured skipper Ben Gladwin, as manager Scott Lindsey served the second of a two-match touchline ban.

Goalkeeper Corey Addai produced a save to deny Rovers midfielder Luke Molyneux in the 13th minute, flinging himself to his right to divert a goalbound shot around a post.

Crawley should have gone ahead just before the half-hour mark when Jeremy Kelly put Klaidi Lolos through, but his shot was parried by keeper Thimothee Lo-Tutala and Danilo Orsi's attempted follow-up was blocked by Richard Wood.

Adelakun, on loan from Lincoln, forced Addai to parry his shot shortly after the interval before striking to put Rovers ahead after 57 minutes.

The forward was on target for the sixth time for Doncaster with a shot from an acute angle into the roof of the net in front of the travelling fans.

Rovers were reduced to 10 men after 66 minutes when defender Anderson was shown a straight red for bringing down the on-rushing Orsi.

Substitute Biamou should have increased Rovers' lead after an error by Addai, shooting wide with the goal at his mercy, but he sealed victory in the eighth minute of stoppage time from close range after keeper Addai's attempted clearance was charged down.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

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Line-ups

Crawley

Formation 3-4-2-1

1Addai
30WrightSubstituted forKellyat 84'minutes
20MukenaBooked at 90mins
6Maguire
22AdeyemoBooked at 18minsSubstituted forGordonat 53'minutes
26WilliamsBooked at 42mins
8Lolos
14ForsterSubstituted forTsaroullaat 54'minutes
10DarcySubstituted forCampbellat 84'minutes
19KellySubstituted forRolesat 65'minutes
9Orsi

Substitutes

2Gordon
3Conroy
4Kelly
11Roles
13Sandford
25Tsaroulla
28Campbell

Doncaster

Formation 4-2-3-1

15Lo-TutalaBooked at 90mins
2Sterry
4AndersonBooked at 66mins
6Wood
3Maxwell
17Bailey
37CraigSubstituted forRoweat 82'minutes
7MolyneuxSubstituted forOlowuat 70'minutes
14BigginsSubstituted forBroadbentat 82'minutes
47AdelakunBooked at 45minsSubstituted forWestbrookeat 81'minutes
20IronsideSubstituted forBiamouat 61'minutes

Substitutes

5Olowu
8Broadbent
10Rowe
12Jones
21Hurst
24Westbrooke
36Biamou

Referee:: David Rock
Attendance:: 5,336

Match Stats

Home TeamCrawleyAway TeamDoncaster

Possession: Home65%; Away35%

Shots: Home19; Away17

Shots on Target: Home7; Away8

Corners: Home11; Away8

Fouls: Home9; Away15

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Match ends, Crawley Town 0, Doncaster Rovers 2.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 0, Doncaster Rovers 2.

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Nicholas Tsaroulla (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers).
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Goal!
Goal! Crawley Town 0, Doncaster Rovers 2. Maxime Biamou (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
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Offside, Crawley Town. Jay Williams is caught offside.
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Attempt saved. Adam Campbell (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt blocked. Nicholas Tsaroulla (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Campbell.
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Booking
Joy Mukena (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Joy Mukena (Crawley Town).
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Maxime Biamou (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Booking
Thimothée Lo-Tutala (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt missed. Danilo Orsi (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Laurence Maguire.
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Attempt saved. Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt saved. Nicholas Tsaroulla (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kellan Gordon.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by James Maxwell.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by James Maxwell.
88'
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by James Maxwell.
86'
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Attempt saved. Joseph Olowu (Doncaster Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Zain Westbrooke with a cross.
86'
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Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Jay Williams.

As It Stood

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Stockport	39	21	11	7	78	40	38	74
2	Mansfield	40	20	13	7	79	39	40	73
3	Wrexham	40	21	10	9	72	48	24	73

4	MK Dons	41	21	7	13	68	54	14	70
5	Barrow	39	18	13	8	56	41	15	67
6	Crewe	40	18	12	10	67	55	12	66
7	Gillingham	41	17	9	15	39	47	-8	60

8	Wimbledon	41	15	14	12	54	43	11	59
9	Crawley	39	18	5	16	57	56	1	59
10	Morecambe	40	16	9	15	61	69	-8	57
11	Walsall	39	15	11	13	57	57	0	56
12	Newport	40	16	7	17	59	61	-2	55
13	Harrogate	40	15	10	15	47	56	-9	55
14	Bradford	40	14	11	15	48	53	-5	53
15	Doncaster	39	15	7	17	53	62	-9	52
16	Notts County	40	15	6	19	77	76	1	51
17	Tranmere	41	15	5	21	59	59	0	50
18	Accrington	40	14	8	18	53	59	-6	50
19	Swindon	40	12	11	17	67	71	-4	47
20	Salford	41	12	11	18	61	75	-14	47
21	Grimsby	39	8	15	16	50	68	-18	39
22	Colchester	38	9	10	19	49	67	-18	37

23	Sutton United	41	8	12	21	47	72	-25	36
24	Forest Green	40	8	9	23	38	68	-30	33

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Comment posted by rupert dalrimple, at 18:03 29 Mar
Good away win against the creepies, celebratory beer in the leopard tonight 👍
Comment posted by Chris, at 18:12 29 Mar
That was quite a crazy game. Great 3 points on the road...should have been more than 2-0 but for our unbelievably awful finishing. Other than a few minor scares, I didn't think Crawley were too threatening. Also didn't think Anderson's challenge was a red. Yellow for sure, but not red. Please sign Adelakun permanently. Bring on Wrexham on Tuesday night.
Comment posted by Bazzburger, at 18:44 29 Mar
well.... its on isnt it
come on you reds
Comment posted by rich, at 19:10 29 Mar
Not a million miles off from 7th. 2 games in hand over some teams.....you never know. RTID
Comment posted by Paul, at 18:29 29 Mar
Yes, we weren't up to recent performances today. Doncaster's game management was spot on after their red card. It wasn't pretty but is what needs to be done when a player light.
Comment posted by oe3jgcke, at 18:56 29 Mar
Up the rovers. Always makes me laugh listening to other teams commentary when they complain about teams taking time with goal kick/free kicks when their winning. Like they wouldn’t do the same should they show be on the other foot. Anyways great match another 3 points on the road
Comment posted by This name is awaiting moderation, at 19:28 29 Mar
Drfc getting some good results in keep it going hope they finish strong you never know while all those at top losing that doors open 👍
Comment posted by Johnny Englander, at 21:23 29 Mar
I say, absolutely spiffing!

RTID.
Comment posted by Boxinghagler1980, at 18:18 29 Mar
Good win and a play off push is on big time if they can win their two games in hand.
Comment posted by Redz Geoff, at 19:56 29 Mar
£2 on the gate today but Crawley were two bob. Donny led with a great strike from a ridiculously acute angle but otherwise they couldn't hit a barn door -from the inside. The home keeper tried three times to gift Donny a goal but they fluffed two of the chances. Not encouraging for either side.
Reply posted by oe3jgcke, at 20:01 29 Mar
oe3jgcke replied:
And yet one of these teams came away with all 3 points
Comment posted by Tiger1904, at 22:00 29 Mar
And yet another Grant McCann masterclass. Playoffs perhaps ?
Comment posted by mark, at 19:38 29 Mar
Watching from Cyprus. Will drown my sorrows with lots of Keo lager.😥
Comment posted by BankofMickey, at 22:18 29 Mar
See you on Tuesday. I'm pretty confident we'll beat you. You're stadiums looks great and I'm looking forward to my visit.

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