Match ends, Tranmere Rovers 1, Crawley Town 3.
Crawley Town moved into the play-off places in Sky Bet League Two with an impressive win over Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park.
The visitors took the lead after just two minutes when Jeremy Kelly swept the ball home from 10 yards from virtually their first attack.
Kieron Morris almost levelled three minutes later when his 20-yard strike was tipped around a post by Corey Addai.
The Red Devils doubled their lead in the 10th minute when Jay Williams forced the ball home after Rovers failed to clear the danger from a corner.
Luke Norris had a glorious chance in the 19th minute, only to be denied by Addai, but the striker made amends two minutes later when he connected with a Rob Apter centre to half the deficit.
Tranmere began the second half brightly with Apter twice going close before substitute Reece McAleer blasted a free-kick just wide from the edge of the box.
But with Rovers pushing for an equaliser in the closing stages, Danilo Orsi fired home his 18th goal of the season with 11 minutes left to secure the points for the visitors.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Tranmere
Formation 4-4-2
- 1McGee
- 2O'Connor
- 21Yarney
- 6Turnbull
- 27WoodSubstituted forMerrieat 41'minutes
- 25Apter
- 4WalkerSubstituted forMcAlearat 45'minutes
- 8Hendry
- 7MorrisSubstituted forDennisat 77'minutes
- 18JenningsBooked at 35mins
- 9Norris
Substitutes
- 11Hawkes
- 13Murphy
- 14Dennis
- 16Merrie
- 19Saunders
- 20Taylor
- 23McAlear
Crawley
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Addai
- 30Wright
- 20Mukena
- 6Maguire
- 2GordonSubstituted forAdeyemoat 57'minutes
- 26Williams
- 8Lolos
- 14ForsterSubstituted forTsaroullaat 88'minutes
- 10Darcy
- 9Orsi
- 19KellyBooked at 50minsSubstituted forCampbellat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Ransom
- 11Roles
- 13Sandford
- 22Adeyemo
- 25Tsaroulla
- 27Khaleel
- 28Campbell
- Referee:
- Stephen Parkinson
- Attendance:
- 5,829
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home54%
- Away46%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away3
- Corners
- Home6
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Tranmere Rovers 1, Crawley Town 3.
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Attempt blocked. Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Corner, Tranmere Rovers. Conceded by Ade Adeyemo.
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Corner, Tranmere Rovers. Conceded by Ade Adeyemo.
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Attempt blocked. Kristian Dennis (Tranmere Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Reece McAlear with a cross.
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Corner, Tranmere Rovers. Conceded by Ade Adeyemo.
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Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Danilo Orsi (Crawley Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Nicholas Tsaroulla replaces Harry Forster.
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Foul by Joy Mukena (Crawley Town).
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Luke Norris (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt missed. Ronan Darcy (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Harry Forster.
Goal!
Goal! Tranmere Rovers 1, Crawley Town 3. Danilo Orsi (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ade Adeyemo.
Substitution
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Kristian Dennis replaces Kieron Morris.
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Attempt missed. Rob Apter (Tranmere Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luke Norris.
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Foul by Harry Forster (Crawley Town).
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Chris Merrie (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Regan Hendry.
Substitution
Substitution, Crawley Town. Adam Campbell replaces Jeremy Kelly.
Comments
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Good luck to Crawley for the rest of the season. Hope they steal promotion from Wrexham.
That's Tranmere
Heading in right direction though I think
Need a bit more cutting edge in final third
Makes a change from worrying about relegation.
Keep going Tranmere heading in right direction
Written by BBC Wales Sport and they are at it again this week with the Newport and Wrexham matches again this weekend.