Bristol Rovers 3 - 0 Crawley Town: Matt Taylor nets brace as Bristol Rovers boost promotion hopes with Crawley win
Posted Sunday, April 03, 2016 by PA
Matt Taylor took his goal tally for the season to 25 with a brace as Bristol Rovers boosted hopes of automatic promotion with a 3-0 League Two victory over Crawley at the Memorial Stadium.
The prolific striker broke the deadlock with a powerful near-post header from Liam Lawrence's 53rd-minute corner.
Lawrence doubled the advantage with an exquisite free-kick from 25 yards on 75 minutes and four minutes later Taylor headed his second from a Chris Lines corner.
Rovers could have had more goals in a storming finish, Crawley goalkeeper Callum Preston denying substitute Cristian Montano with a fine save.
The visitors, meanwhile, failed to match some neat approach play with a killer touch inside the box.
The first half was almost devoid of goalmouth action as the teams cancelled each other out.
Billy Bodin's eighth-minute shot wide for Rovers was the best effort, while Crawley defender Lewis Young produced a goal-saving tackle on Rory Gaffney to deny the striker a 36th-minute chance.
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