Crawley Town player ratings: 8 for goalkeeper but four 5s as Reds lose at Oldham

Crawley failed to get a foot hold in the first half until around the 20-minute mark, when Klaidi Lolos flicked an effort goalward, but it was superbly saved by Matthew Hudson, and that was the only real effort in the first half for the Reds.

Oldham, on the other hand, were by far the better side, and had an effort easily saved by Jacob Chapman inside the first minute. Chapman was called into action several times in the first half. Firstly, it was Jack Stevens who forced a superb save from Chapman on 7 minutes, then again on 12 minutes, where Chapman had to make saves from Mike Fondop and Donervorn Daniels in quick succession as well as the initial save from Stevens.

It was that man Jack Stevens who put the Latics ahead on 38 minutes when he bundled a cross from Jake Caprice over the line. It was no more than Oldham deserved in the first half.

The second half started a little brighter for Crawley until the 50th minute, when a Crawley free kick was cleared into the path of Jack Stevens, who ran at the back line and slotted home from just inside the box to make it 2-0.

The only real effort in the second half from Crawley came from Ronan Darcy, who hooked a Dion Pereira cross goalward, but a fingertip save from Hudson tipped it over the bar.

Crawley slipped to 22nd, one point above the bottom two, with Oldham moving up to 14th on 45 points.

Here are the player ratings:

Jacob Chapman – 8 – by far Crawley’s best player on the pitch, it could have been 4 or 5 in the first half without Chapman’s intervention.

Geraldo Bajrami – 5 – Not the best game for Bajrami this afternoon, Oldham having too much room on the edge of the area.

Charlie Barker – 5 – Struggled in the back three today. Always tracking back against Jack Stevens.

Harry Forster - 6 – Tried hard down the right side, had an effort saved easily by Hudson. Replaced by Ade Adeyemo at half-time.

Johnny Russell - 5 – Not a great game today, feel he is better in the middle or on the left side of midfield.

Jay Williams - 6 – Tried hard but didn’t have much support today from the back three.

Taylor Richards – 6 – Looked out of sorts a little, making his return to the lineup. Replaced by Tobi Adeyemo on 75 minutes.

Kellan Gordon – 7 – Probably Reds best attacking player, putting dangerous crosses in with no success.

Klaidi Lolos – 6 – Tried hard but lacked the final killer pass. Replaced by Dion Pereira on 59 minutes

Ronan Darcy - 6 – Struggled today to get a foothold in the game.

Danilo Orsi – 5 – Was isolated and spent more time coming back for the ball than being in the box.

Subs

Ade Adeyemo - 6 - Replaced Harry Forster at Half-time

Dion Pereira – 6 - Replaced Klaidi Lolos on 59 minutes.

Tobi Adeyemo – 6 - Replaced Taylor Richards on 75 minutes.

Unused Subs

Jojo Wollacott

Justin Ferizaj

Akin Odimayo