Accrington Stanley 1-0 Crawley Town

Shay McCartan scored his 11th goal of the season to keep Accrington's League Two play-off hopes alive victory over Crawley.

The forward dinked home three minutes into the second half as 11th-placed Stanley extended their unbeaten run to 15 games to keep in touch with the top seven.

Crawley's 20-goal top-scorer James Collins had a third-minute chance when he pounced on a defensive error but he fired wide.

Stanley grew into the game with goalkeeper Glenn Morris denying Matty Pearson at the near post.

In-form McCartan then claimed the winner, riding the challenge of Morris and finding the net for his sixth goal in seven games following a pass from Sean McConville.

Accrington could have made the scoreline more convincing but a free header from Omar Beckles was easy for Morris.

Josh Payne almost equalised when his curling effort was repelled by Stanley keeper Marek Rodak 10 minutes from time, before Collins blasted over from the rebound.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

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Line-ups

Accrington

• 12Rodak
• 32Rodgers
• 5Beckles
• 3HughesBooked at 40mins
• 30Donacien
• 7Clark
• 28Conneely
• 2Pearson
• 11McConville
• 10McCartan
• 29Kee

Substitutes

• 8Brown
• 9Gornell
• 14Boco
• 16Husin
• 19Shaw
• 20Chapman
• 24Edwards

Crawley

• 12Morris
• 2Young
• 22McNerneyBooked at 53mins
• 6Connolly
• 14Blackman
• 24DjalóSubstituted forCliffordat 63'minutes
• 4Payne
• 7Boldewijn
• 8SmithSubstituted forMurphyat 83'minutes
• 28CoxSubstituted forRobertsat 62'minutes
• 19Collins

Substitutes

• 11Roberts
• 13Mersin
• 16Garnett
• 17Bawling
• 18Clifford
• 25Lelan
• 39Murphy

Referee:

David Webb

Attendance:

1,652

Match Stats

Home TeamAccringtonAway TeamCrawley

Possession

Home48%

Away52%

Shots

Home11

Away11

Shots on Target

Home5

Away1

Corners

Home3

Away5

Fouls

Home11

Away17

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Crawley Town 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+7'

Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Crawley Town 0.

Posted at 90'+6'

Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+6'

Foul by Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town).

Posted at 90'+1'

Delay in match Harvey Rodgers (Accrington Stanley) because of an injury.

Posted at 89'

Hand ball by Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town).

Posted at 87'

Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).

Posted at 87'

Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Lewis Young (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley).

Substitution

Posted at 83'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Rhys Murphy replaces Jimmy Smith.

Posted at 82'

Attempt missed. James Collins (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.

Posted at 81'

Attempt saved. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 80'

Attempt blocked. Jordan Roberts (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 79'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Mark Hughes.

Posted at 79'

Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.

Posted at 78'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Josh Payne.

Posted at 76'

Attempt saved. Omar Beckles (Accrington Stanley) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Lewis Young (Crawley Town).

Posted at 75'

Matty Pearson (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 74'

Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 69'

Foul by Josh Payne (Crawley Town).

Posted at 69'

Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 64'

Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 64'

Foul by Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 63'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Mark Hughes.

Substitution

Posted at 63'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Billy Clifford replaces Kaby.

Substitution

Posted at 62'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Jordan Roberts replaces Dean Cox.

Posted at 60'

Attempt missed. Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) header from very close range is just a bit too high.

Posted at 60'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Mark Hughes.

Posted at 59'

Attempt blocked. James Collins (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 57'

Attempt missed. Dean Cox (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.

Posted at 56'

Foul by Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 56'

Dean Cox (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 55'

Attempt missed. Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.

Posted at 53'

Shay McCartan (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Booking

Posted at 53'

Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 53'

Foul by Joe McNerney (Crawley Town).

Posted at 53'

Attempt missed. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.

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