Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 14 August 2018

Result

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 14 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town: match report

Bristol Rovers beat Crawley Town 2-1 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 14 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

K. Bennett opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from K. Bennett (32') and Ollie Clarke (84'). Crawley Town scored through M. Connolly (88').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Crawley Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · K. BennettBristol Rovers · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · M. RandallCrawley Town
  • 56'Yellow card · S. PayneBristol Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Ollie ClarkeBristol Rovers · 2-0
  • 85'Yellow card · D. PoleonCrawley Town
  • 88'Goal · M. ConnollyCrawley Town · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · G. FrancombCrawley Town
  • 90+4'Second yellow · D. PoleonCrawley Town

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 1, Crawley Town 1.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up

Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, Tom Lockyer, Tony Craig, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Kyle Bennett, Sam Matthews, Alex Rodman, Stefan Payne

Crawley Town line-up

Yusuf Mersin, Lewis Young, Josh Doherty, Mark Connolly, George Francomb, Robert Milsom, Reece Grego-Cox, Romain Vincelot, Mark Randall, Tarryn Allarakhia, Panutche Camara