Crawley Town 1-3 Bradford City

James Hanson's opener was his third goal of the season

Bradford went second in the table and maintained their unbeaten record with a convincing win over Crawley.

James Hanson became the first player to score against Crawley this season when he hammered home Stephen Darby's right-wing cross from 12 yards.

Joe Walsh equalised five minutes later by heading in Ryan Dickson's corner.

Billy Knott scored his first City goal with a volley and Jason Bennett hit the bar before substitute Mason Bennett chipped Brian Jenson for the third.

Crawley Town boss John Gregory told BBC Surrey:

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Gregory on Crawley v Bradford

"I'm very disappointed, we really didn't show our true selves tonight. I can obviously say that the last three games have taken a lot out of us and we've had a tough opening to our season.

"There seemed to be a lack of a spark tonight. I've got to take a lot of responsibility - I made some substitutions today that didn't work. Tonight I didn't make the right decisions from the bench that I should have done.

"But they have had three opportunities tonight and they have taken all three. We didn't get away with it and we got a big punch on the nose."

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Line-ups

Crawley

• 1Jensen
• 2OyebanjoBooked at 68mins
• 3Dickson
• 5Leacock
• 6BradleySubstituted forBanyaat 73'minutes
• 7EdwardsSubstituted forHendersonat 58'minutes
• 8Smith
• 12Walsh
• 20Bawling
• 9McLeod
• 21Tomlin

Substitutes

• 4Henderson
• 14Young
• 15Banya
• 16Essam
• 17Rose
• 22O'Connor
• 23Richefond

Bradford

• 1Pickford
• 2Darby
• 5Davies
• 23McArdle
• 6SheehanBooked at 57mins
• 11KnottSubstituted forDolanat 80'minutes
• 8Liddle
• 17Kennedy
• 20MoraisBooked at 24minsSubstituted forYeatesat 73'minutes
• 7McLeanSubstituted forBennettat 45'minutes
• 9Hanson

Substitutes

• 3Meredith
• 4Dolan
• 12Williams
• 14Yeates
• 18Routis
• 19McBurnie
• 28Bennett

Referee:

Carl Berry

Attendance:

2,225

Match Stats

Home TeamCrawleyAway TeamBradford

Possession

Home50%

Away50%

Shots

Home3

Away13

Shots on Target

Home1

Away5

Corners

Home5

Away5

Fouls

Home8

Away12

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Crawley Town 1, Bradford City 3.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Crawley Town 1, Bradford City 3.

Posted at 90'+2'

Mason Bennett (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town).

Posted at 87'

Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Brian Jensen.

Posted at 87'

Attempt blocked. James Hanson (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 83'

Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Mark Yeates (Bradford City).

Posted at 82'

Attempt missed. Mark Yeates (Bradford City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 81'

Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Stephen Darby (Bradford City).

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Bradford City. Matthew Dolan replaces Billy Knott.

Posted at 79'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Gary Liddle.

Goal!

Posted at 77'

Goal! Crawley Town 1, Bradford City 3. Mason Bennett (Bradford City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Hanson with a cross.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Charles Banya replaces Sonny Bradley.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, Bradford City. Mark Yeates replaces Filipe Morais.

Posted at 71'

Andrew Davies (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Izale McLeod (Crawley Town).

Posted at 71'

Jason Kennedy (Bradford City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.

Posted at 69'

Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Gary Liddle (Bradford City).

Booking

Posted at 68'

Lanre Oyebanjo (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Lanre Oyebanjo (Crawley Town).

Posted at 68'

Andrew Davies (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Rory McArdle.

Posted at 63'

Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 63'

Foul by Gary Liddle (Bradford City).

Goal!

Posted at 62'

Goal! Crawley Town 1, Bradford City 2. Billy Knott (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.

Posted at 61'

Attempt missed. Billy Knott (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Substitution

Posted at 58'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Conor Henderson replaces Gwion Edwards.

Booking

Posted at 57'

Alan Sheehan (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 56'

Foul by Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town).

Posted at 56'

Gary Liddle (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Goal!

Posted at 54'

Goal! Crawley Town 1, Bradford City 1. Joe Walsh (Crawley Town) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ryan Dickson with a cross.

Posted at 54'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Andrew Davies.

Posted at 53'

Gavin Tomlin (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 53'

Foul by Jason Kennedy (Bradford City).

Goal!

Posted at 49'

Goal! Crawley Town 0, Bradford City 1. James Hanson (Bradford City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Stephen Darby with a cross.

Second Half

Posted at

Second Half begins Crawley Town 0, Bradford City 0.

Substitution

Posted at 45'

Substitution, Bradford City. Mason Bennett replaces Aaron McLean.

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