Exeter City 2, Crawley Town 1: Reds denied point by late fluke from Grecians

Exeter City scored two goals in five minutes to beat Crawley Town 2-1 at St James' Park - but it took a flukey effort from Ryan Bowman to claim the points.
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John Yems made one change to the starting line-up with Max Watters replacingAshley Nadesan in the starting XI and Jake Hesketh featured on the bench for the first time.

An exciting start saw both sides hit the crossbar in the first four minutes before Tom Nichols had an effort deflected wide on nine minutes.

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Tyler Frost and Watters also had chances in a promising start for the Reds.

But it wasn't until the 40th minute when the visitors took the lead - and guess who scored it. That's right, Watters scored again with his fourth goal in three games.

Jordan Tunnicliffe booted the ball clear and Watters shoved off his man to win a one-on-one and place it past Lewis Ward.

Watters was then replaced by Hesketh on 56 minutes before Nathan Ferguson came on for Jake Hessenthaler in the 61st minute.

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Yems made his final change on 76 minutes, bringing on Tarryn Allarakhia for Frost - but just a minute later Exeter got an equaliser.

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Jake Caprice raced down the right and whipped in a cross. Ryan Bowman missed it but it fell to Jake Taylor who rifled home.

And just five minutes later the home side took the lead with a goal which had more than a touch of luck. Glenn Morris tried to boot the ball clear but he hit Bowman in the back and it bounced in.

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