Crawley Town vs Walsall. Sky Bet League Two.
Broadfield StadiumAttendance2,275.
Crawley Town 2
- A Nathaniel-George (42nd minute pen)
- J Payne (93rd minute)
Walsall 3
- J Clarke (14th minute)
- E Adebayo (27th minute)
- W McDonald (44th minute)
Crawley 2-3 Walsall: Vistors hold on for third straight victory
Saturday 28 September 2019 19:24, UK
Walsall held on to clinch their third-successive victory with a narrow 3-2 result at Crawley to ruin Gabriele Cioffi’s 50th league game as the hosts' head coach.
Skipper James Clarke, who scored Walsall's winner against Scunthorpe the previous week, struck to give the Saddlers the lead in sensational style after only 14 minutes.
Clarke, fed by Rory Gaffney, unleashed a blistering drive from 30 yards which flew into the top corner to the right of goalkeeper Glenn Morris.
Ashley Nathaniel-George missed a good chance for Crawley before the fit-again Elijah Adebayo doubled Walsall's advantage after 27 minutes with his first goal of the season, as he poked the ball home from close range after Wes McDonald threaded the ball into the box.
Nathaniel-George was on target from the penalty spot for Crawley two minutes before the break after goalkeeper Liam Roberts brought down Matt Bloomfield.
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McDonald restored the Saddlers' two-goal advantage two minutes later with a fine right-footed shot into the top corner.
Crawley threatened after the interval with substitute Bez Lubala firing just wide before setting up Nathan Ferguson, who put a good chance wide.
Lubala had a goal-bound shot parried over by Roberts before substitute Josh Payne made it 3-2 with a shot from 25 yards in the third minute of stoppage time.