Scunthorpe 2 Crawley Town 1: Reds lose to relegation rivals

Marvin Elliott scores for Crawley against Barnsley (Pic by Jon Rigby) PPP-150214-184601004

Crawley Town remain one place above the relegation zone after Scunthorpe inflicted a 2-1 away defeat.

The Iron led 2-0 through a goal in each half, through an unlucky own goal by Ryan Dickson and a goal by Paddy Madden.

Izale McLeod scored his 20th goal of the season to give Reds a 76th minute lifeline at 2-1 but in the end Scunthorpe attacked in force to clinch a deserved three points.

Crawley made just one change to the side which beat Oldham 2-0 on Monday with recent signing Kelly Youga making his debut against his former club.

Crawley Town V Oldham Athletic 6/4/15 (Pic by Jon Rigby) SUS-150704-102913008

He played in central defence in place of Richard Wood who had been recalled from his loan by Rotherham.

Scunthorpe posed an early threat when Paddy Madden set-up Jordan Clarke to volley a shot which looked to have Brian Jensen beaten, only for Lee Fowler to make a timely clearance off the line.

At the other end Reds’ first chance fell for Izale McLeod who luanched a shot from just outside the area which was tipped over the bar by Luke Daniels.