Crawley Town won 1-0 at Oldham Athletic on Saturday afternoon, a result that reflected the visitor's greater control across the ninety minutes, even if the scoreline left little margin for comfort.
Taylor Richards settled into the game quickly and was involved early, drawing a booking from Jamie Robson in the fourteenth minute as Crawley pressed with intent. Oldham began to respond as the half wore on, with Jack Stevens cautioned before the interval and Mike Fondop adding his name to the referee's card on the stroke of half-time, suggesting a match that grew increasingly physical as the first period closed.
The second half brought the only goal. Dion Pereira converted in the fifty-ninth minute, finishing off a move that Crawley had constructed with more composure than their hosts managed at either end.
Oldham pushed for an equaliser and the tempo of substitutions reflected that urgency. Ade Adeyemo came on at the restart, and his brother Tobi followed in the seventy-sixth minute. Joe Garner entered late, as did Kai Payne, but Oldham could not find a way through a Crawley rearguard that held its shape under pressure.
Jake Caprice and Oliver Hammond were introduced by the visitors to manage the closing stages, and Crawley saw the game out without significant alarm. Three points secured away from home, earned through organisation and a single clinical moment when it mattered most.
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