Crawley Town 2- 3 Walsall: How Reds rated in first league defeat since August

By Sam Morton

Published 28th Sep 2019, 17:05 BST

Updated 28th Sep 2019, 18:05 BST

Gabriele Cioffi. Photo: Steve Robards

placeholder image — Gabriele Cioffi. Photo: Steve Robards

Walsall condemned Crawley to their first defeat in six league games at The People's Pension Stadium this afternoon, but how did the players fare?

Here's how we rated each Crawley player, during their 3-2 home defeat.

Powerless to stop Clarke's powerful opener and Mcdonald's excellent, curling effort just before the break. Hard to say what else he could have done to stop Adebayo's goal from point blank range.Held firm in the second half

placeholder image — Powerless to stop Clarke's powerful opener and Mcdonald's excellent, curling effort just before the break. Hard to say what else he could have done to stop Adebayo's goal from point blank range.Held firm in the second half

Beaten too easily by Wes Mcdonald in the build-up to Walsall's secondgoal and struggled to cope with Mcdonald on the left in the first half. Was a danger going forward, though.

placeholder image — Beaten too easily by Wes Mcdonald in the build-up to Walsall's secondgoal and struggled to cope with Mcdonald on the left in the first half. Was a danger going forward, though.

Part of a defence which gave James Clarke far too much time to give the away side the lead.Set Crawley off on the wrong foot

placeholder image — Part of a defence which gave James Clarke far too much time to give the away side the lead.Set Crawley off on the wrong foot

Also failed to close down Clarke for the opener. It was an off-day for the usually impressive defender pairing, but there were improvements made in the second half.

placeholder image — Also failed to close down Clarke for the opener. It was an off-day for the usually impressive defender pairing, but there were improvements made in the second half.

Lewis Young - 5: Very quiet game from Young. Most of Walsall'sattacks were coming from the opposite side but he also provided little going forward.

placeholder image — Lewis Young - 5: Very quiet game from Young. Most of Walsall'sattacks were coming from the opposite side but he also provided little going forward.