Crawley boss Steve Evans made one change to the side which beat Mansfield, bringing in Jon-Paul Pittman for the injured Lewis Killeen.

Reds fell behind after 17 minutes when ex Eastbourne Borough striker Yemi Odubade scored a penalty.

But Oxford started to run out of steam and two goals in five minutes turned the game Crawley's way.

Reds equalised after 36 minutes with Jon Paul-Pittman's tremendous turn and shot from inside the area.

Five minutes later Jamie Cook put Reds in front with a close-range shot, after an initial header by Adam Quinn was cleared off the goalline by Adam Murray.

Crawley's defence stood firm during the second half restricting the home side to just a couple of chances before a late flurry in which goalkeeper Simon Rayner made a series of catches from crosses into the area.

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90+3mins - Rayner again is the right man in the right place to hold on to a ball flicked on towards him following a Deering free-kick.

90mins - A hanging ball into the area by Oxford's Joe Burnell is caught by Rayner.

90mins - 4 added minutes signalled.

88mins - Odubade shows a great turn of pace to beat the Crawkley defence but his cross is confidently held by the impressive Simon Rayner in the six-yard box.

86mins - SUBSTITUTION (Crawley) Chris Giles replaces Thomas Pinault.

79mins - Cook has a shot blocked following a long ball into the box aimed at Fletcher.

76mins - Deering's cross is nodded wide by Oxford's Phil Traynor.

76mins - SUBSTITUTION (Crawley) Steve Fletcher replaces Pittman.

76mins - Oxford's Deering crosses to Phil Trainer, who heads wide.

75mins YELLOW card (Crawley) Jamie Stevens for a foul.

75mins - James Clarke broke clear on the Oxford left flank and crossed into the penalty area where two of his team-mates failed to connect.

65mins - SUBSTITUTION (Crawley) Jamie Stevens replaces Glenn Wilson at right-back.

63mins - Pittman fires wide while under pressure from a marker when Simon Weatherstone found him with a long free-kick.

60mins - SUBSTITUTION (Oxford) Sam Deering replaces Lewis Haldane.

55mins - Good work by Jake Wright deflects a cross cum shot by the pacey Yemi on the left-hand side of the penalty area and the ball goes out for a corner.

ATTENDANCE: 3,992 (152 away)

Half-time: Oxford Utd 1 Crawley Town 2

45mins - 2 minutes added.

40mins - GOAL (Crawley) 1-2 Jamie COOK gives Crawley the lead against his former club with a tap-in on the rebound after an initial header by Adam Quinn was cleared off the goalline by Adam Murray.

39mins - Simon Weatherstone sees his free-kick from a dangerous position deflected over the crossbar by the defensive wall.

37mins - GOAL (Crawley) 1-1 Jon-Paul PITTMAN scores an equaliser with a tremendous turn and shot from inside the area.

28mins - SUBSTITUTION (Oxford) Ben Hinchcliffe replaces injured goalkeeper Billy Turley.

17mins - GOAL (Oxford) (1-0) Yemi ODUBADE gave the home side the lead from the penalty spot after he was brought down in the area by Jake Wright.

10mins - Jamie Cook has a great chance for Crawley in an action-packed opening dew minutes, having been teed up by a cross by Pittman, only for the heaqder to fly straight to keeper Turley.

8mins - Former Eastbourne Borough striker Yemi Obudabe nearly takes the lead for Oxford when he twice hits the crossbar, only for the ball to be cleared into safety.

5mins - The game gets off to a cracking start with Thomas Pinault going close for Crawley with a close-range flick from a cross from the right, only to be denied by home keeper Billy Turley.

REDS: Rayner, Rents, Weatherstone, Wright, Forrest, Bulman, Pinault, Cook, Pittman, Wilson, Quinn. Subs: Stevens, Giles, Fletcher, Thomas, Douglas.

OXFORD: Turley, B.Quinn, Osborne, Willmott, Clarke, Murrey, Burnell, Evans, Haldane, Odubade, Trainer. Subs: Hinchcliffe, Constable, Guy, Carruthers, Deering