Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crawley Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026
Result
Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crawley Town
League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Wham Stadium, Accrington · half-time 1-1
Accrington Stanley 3-2 Crawley Town: match report
Accrington Stanley beat Crawley Town 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Wham Stadium. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Charlie Caton opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Charlie Caton (4'), Charlie Caton (55') and Devon Matthews (63'). Crawley Town scored through Danilo Orsi (20') and Pemi Aderoju (79').
Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 4 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 23rd on 2 points from 4 and Crawley Town 18th on 4 points from 4. In the current table Accrington Stanley are 9th on 19 points and Crawley Town are 24th on 9 points.
Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Crawley Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Caton of Accrington Stanley (8.5), ahead of Devon Matthews (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Accrington Stanley wins, 3 draws and 4 for Crawley Town.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Charlie Caton
- 20'Goal · Danilo Orsi
- 30'Yellow card · Devon Matthews
- 42'Yellow card · Farrend Rawson
- 45+3'Yellow card · Priestley Farquharson
- 53'Yellow card · Shaun Whalley
- 55'Goal · Charlie Caton
- 61'Yellow card · Klaudio Krasniqi
- 63'Goal · Devon Matthews
- 73'Yellow card · David Tutonda
- 79'Goal · Pemi Aderoju
Form and table
- Accrington StanleyLast five: D L L D
- Crawley TownLast five: L W L D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 19 | DWDWD |
| 24 | Crawley Town | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 9 | DLLDW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-1-2)
Louie Moulden, Devon Matthews, Farrend Rawson, Joe Anderson, Donald Love, Josh Woods, Liam Coyle, David Tutonda, Shaun Whalley, Tyler Walton, Charlie Caton
Crawley Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jackson Izquierdo, Akin Odimayo, Priestley Farquharson, Charlie Barker, Ade Adeyemo, Klaudio Krasniqi, Malcolm Ebiowei, Louie Watson, Jude Arthurs, Osman Kamara, Danilo Orsi
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