Bradford climb to second spot after beating Crawley

Posted Sunday, October 20, 2019 by PA

Bradford moved into second place in League Two after they won their third successive match 2-1 at home to Crawley.

Harry Pritchard and substitute Danny Devine scored for the Bantams with Reece Grego-Cox’s late goal a consolation for the visitors.

Bradford began brightly and were rewarded with a deserved goal in the 18th minute through Pritchard. Zeli Ismail burst away down the right and crossed for Pritchard to score with a first time, left foot shot from 10 yards.

Midfield player Devine scored Bradford’s second goal four minutes after coming as a half time substitute for the injured Pritchard.

Devine exchanged passes with Aramide Oteh before cutting across the field and unleashing a left foot shot from just outside the penalty area which flew into the net after taking a deflection and Oteh missed a good chance to increase their lead in the 64th minute.

Crawley always posed an attacking threat as they tried to get back into the game and Bantams keeper Richard O’Donnell did well to keep out a close range left foot shot from substitute David Sesay in the 70th minute .

However, the visitors had their reward in the 81st minute when Grego-Cox scored with a right foot shot from just outside the penalty area and they caused Bradford some anxious moments as they pressed for an equaliser.