Crawley Town 3-2 Gillingham: Match Report

Crawley Town 3-2 Gillingham: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game as it happened.Clarke double downs GillsBilly Clarke scored two late goals to give Crawley an entertaining 3-2 victory over winless Gillingham.All the goals and a sending off apiece for both sides came in an eventful second half.The hosts carried more of a threat in the first half and Gillingham goalkeeper Stuart Nelson did well to smother a goal-bound shot from experienced striker Gary Alexander following a deep cross by James Hurst.The Gills were relieved when an angled shot from Clarke was palmed away by Nelson after the former Blackpool midfielder got into a dangerous position.The stopper later went down smartly at the near post to save a low shot by Nicky Adams.Gills boss Martin Allen made a change after only 32 minutes by withdrawing uninjured striker Adebayo Akinfenwa in favour of Myles Weston, and the substitute went close shortly before the break by firing a low drive wide.Danny Kedwell gave the visitors the lead from the penalty spot two minutes into the second half after he was fouled by Kyle McFadzean.Alexander, booked earlier for a foul, was sent off in the 51st minute for a kicking Leon Legge and Gillingham's Charlie Lee received his marching orders two minutes later for upending Adams - his second bookable offence.McFadzean rammed the ball home from close range to draw Crawley level moments later after Clarke headed on a Mat Sadler free-kick, and Clarke fired them ahead with a close-range header when an Adams free-kick came back off the post.Legge hit back for the Gills to poke the ball in following a cross by Bradley Dack, but Clarke clinched victory for the hosts nine minutes from time with a fine individual strike.

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