League One
February 26, 2013
Crawley Town
1 - 2
Brentford
League One
19:45 +00:00, February 26, 2013
Broadfield Stadium, England
Referee: Lee Collins
Bees get back on track
Scoring Summary
| Crawley Town | Brentford |
|---|---|
| Nicky Adams (65') | Clayton Donaldson (pen miss 3') |
| Sam Saunders (16') | |
| Clayton Donaldson (32') |
Teams
| Crawley Town | Brentford |
|---|---|
| 1 Paul Jones | 21 Simon Moore |
| 3 Mathew Sadler | 5 Tony Craig |
| 12 Joe Walsh | 6 Harlee Dean |
| 4 Mark Connolly | 18 Lee Hodson |
| 2 Mustapha Dumbuya | 32 Liam Moore |
| 15 Dannie Bulman | 8 Jonathan Douglas |
| 10 Matthew Sparrow | 7 Sam Saunders |
| 7 Billy Clarke | 12 Tom Adeyemi |
| 16 Nicky Adams | 4 Adam Forshaw |
| 21 Mike Jones | 9 Clayton Donaldson |
| 14 Jamie Proctor | 17 Bradley Wright-Phillips |
| Substitutes | |
| 25 Johnny Maddison | Richard Lee 1 |
| 13 David Hunt | Scott Barron 3 |
| 6 Connor Essam | Shaleum Logan 14 |
| 20 Lateef Elford-Alliyu | Toumani Diagouraga 20 |
| 19 Aiden O'Brien | Stuart Dallas 15 |
| 23 Jonte Smith | Paul Hayes 23 |
| Marcello Trotta 11 | |
| Substitutions | |
| Connor Essam for Mike Jones (4) | Scott Barron for Sam Saunders (68) |
| Aiden O'Brien for Billy Clarke (46) | Toumani Diagouraga for Bradley Wright-Phillips (75) |
| Lateef Elford-Alliyu for Mathew Sadler (84) | Shaleum Logan for Tom Adeyemi (88) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Aiden O'Brien (47) | Adam Forshaw (5) |
| Harlee Dean (45) | |
| Red Cards | |
| Mark Connolly (2) | Adam Forshaw (59) |
| · Squads: Crawley Town | Brentford | |
Brentford withstood a second-half fightback from Crawley as both sides were reduced to 10 men to boost their play-off challenge with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at the Broadfield Stadium.
First-half goals from Sam Saunders and Clayton Donaldson set up only Brentford's second win in the last seven league games before Nicky Adams pulled one back for the home side in the 65th minute.
In a dramatic start, Crawley had Irish defender Mark Connolly sent off after just 50 seconds for a professional foul on Donaldson.
Connolly pulled down Donaldson denying him a goalscoring opportunity inside the penalty area, but Donaldson then stepped up to blaze the subsequent penalty wide of goalkeeper Paul Jones' right-hand post.
Brentford broke the deadlock after 16 minutes when midfielder Saunders rifled home from 15 yards after being set up by Donaldson.
Donaldson doubled the advantage in the 31st minute by cashing in on a defensive mix-up between Joe Walsh and Connor Essam to walk the ball into an empty net for his 20th goal of the campaign.
Crawley threatened shortly after the break when Mat Sadler's free-kick was headed over the crossbar by Donaldson before substitute Aiden O`Brien shot narrowly wide.
Brentford were reduced to 10 men after 59 minutes when Adam Forshaw collected a second yellow card for diving.
Winger Adams gave Crawley hope with a superb 30-yard strike into the top corner midway through the second half, but Brentford held on.