Cambridge United 2-1 Crawley Town

Paul Lewis' lucky late goal earned Cambridge victory as they came from behind to beat Crawley.

Four minutes from time, Crawley goalkeeper Glenn Morris' attempted clearance ricocheted off midfielder Lewis and rolled into the net from an acute angle.

The game had been goalless until the visitors went ahead 11 minutes from time, but Sam Smith and Lewis turned it around.

Crawley looked set to win the match when Bez Lubala lashed home after being played in by Lewis Young.

Their hard work was undone within three minutes when Smith controlled a long ball excellently and drilled into the far corner on his left foot before Lewis' late slice of fortune won it.

Crawley had threatened most before the goals went in, with Panutche Camara blazing off target after Ashley Nathaniel-George had rolled the ball to him in the closing stages of the first half.

A deflected Young pass fell to Reece Grego-Cox, who also fired over, ahead of the remarkable late drama.

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Line-ups

Cambridge

• 1Mitov
• 2Knoyle
• 34Ward
• 4Taft
• 7Hannant
• 22Lewis
• 10Maris
• 19LambeSubstituted forO'Neilat 62'minutesBooked at 75mins
• 11DunkSubstituted forJonesat 71'minutes
• 18RichardsSubstituted forKnibbsat 71'minutes
• 20SmithBooked at 70mins

Substitutes

• 3Jones
• 5Taylor
• 8O'Neil
• 9Dallas
• 17Davies
• 25Burton
• 26Knibbs

Crawley

• 1Morris
• 2Young
• 19Tunnicliffe
• 6Dallison-LisbonBooked at 90mins
• 3Doherty
• 21Bulman
• 15Nathaniel-GeorgeSubstituted forNadesanat 57'minutes
• 28Camara
• 12FergusonBooked at 12mins
• 30Lubala
• 7Grego-CoxSubstituted forAllarakhiaat 80'minutes

Substitutes

• 10Nadesan
• 16Enigbokan-Bloomfield
• 17Allarakhia
• 18Sesay
• 20Sendles-White
• 26Galach
• 35Luyambula

Referee:

Nick Kinseley

Attendance:

3,538

Match Stats

Home TeamCambridgeAway TeamCrawley

Possession

Home47%

Away53%

Shots

Home9

Away18

Shots on Target

Home3

Away5

Corners

Home4

Away9

Fouls

Home7

Away11

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Cambridge United 2, Crawley Town 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Cambridge United 2, Crawley Town 1.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Josh Doherty (Crawley Town).

Posted at 90'+4'

Luke Hannant (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Luke Hannant.

Booking

Posted at 90'

Tom Dallison (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Tom Dallison (Crawley Town).

Posted at 90'

Sam Smith (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Goal!

Posted at 86'

Goal! Cambridge United 2, Crawley Town 1. Paul Lewis (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Paul Lewis.

Goal!

Posted at 83'

Goal! Cambridge United 1, Crawley Town 1. Sam Smith (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elliott Ward.

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Tarryn Allarakhia replaces Reece Grego-Cox.

Goal!

Posted at 80'

Goal! Cambridge United 0, Crawley Town 1. Bez Lubala (Crawley Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis Young.

Posted at 79'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by George Taft.

Posted at 78'

Attempt missed. Nathan Ferguson (Crawley Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Bez Lubala following a corner.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Luke Hannant.

Posted at 77'

Attempt blocked. Bez Lubala (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Panutche Camara.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Elliott Ward.

Booking

Posted at 75'

Liam O'Neil (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 75'

Panutche Camara (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Liam O'Neil (Cambridge United).

Posted at 73'

Attempt saved. George Maris (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Smith.

Posted at 72'

Attempt saved. Reece Grego-Cox (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathan Ferguson.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Cambridge United. Harvey Knibbs replaces Marc Richards.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Cambridge United. Daniel Jones replaces Harrison Dunk.

Booking

Posted at 70'

Sam Smith (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 70'

Sam Smith (Cambridge United) hits the right post with a left footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Liam O'Neil.

Posted at 67'

Attempt missed. Liam O'Neil (Cambridge United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Josh Doherty (Crawley Town).

Posted at 67'

Luke Hannant (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Bez Lubala (Crawley Town).

Posted at 66'

Luke Hannant (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 62'

Substitution, Cambridge United. Liam O'Neil replaces Reggie Lambe.

Posted at 62'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Harrison Dunk.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Bez Lubala (Crawley Town).

Posted at 61'

Luke Hannant (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 57'

Substitution, Crawley Town. Ashley Nadesan replaces Ashley Nathaniel-George.

Posted at 55'

Attempt saved. Tom Dallison (Crawley Town) header from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Reece Grego-Cox with a cross.

Posted at 54'

Corner, Crawley Town. Conceded by Elliott Ward.

Posted at 54'

Attempt blocked. Bez Lubala (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

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