Crawley went into the game without three strong players in Steve Fletcher, captain Chris Giles and Isaiah Rankin.

Jamie Cook was also struggling and sat the game out on the bench.

Crawley proved they had the strength in depth to deal with the injuries and goals by Jon-Paul Pittman, Danny Forrest and Simon Weatherstone sealed a dominant display by Steve Evans' men.

See Steve Evans' reaction on video by clicking here.

Unfortunately Crawley's new signing from Halifax, Adam Quinn, did not sign in time to play in Tuesday night's game.

To find out more about his signing click here.

And it was a much improved display compared to the Reds 1-0 defeat at home on Saturday afternoon.

The game started slowly but it was the Reds who looked more dangerous. Lewis Killeen and Danny Forrest played support roles to Jon-Paul Pittman with the Reds other natural strikers all out injured.

The first goal came virtually out of nothing. Pittman received the ball on the edge of the box and hit a low hard shot past Banks in the Lewes goal.

Straight from the kick-off Crawley doubled their lead. Pinault's precise chipped ball into back post found Danny Forrest who half volleyed the ball past the helpless Banks on 41 minutes.

More chances went begging for Crawley in the second half but Weatherstone wrapped things up with a superb finish from Pittman's touch and lay-off on the edge of the box.

LEWES: Banks, Barness, Wallis-Tayler, Graves, Breach, Standing, Keehan, Taylor, Geard, Richards, Fraser
Subs: Fenelon, Cox, Rowland, Elliott, Ruddy

REDS: Rayner, Rents, Weatherstone, Wright, Forrest, Bulman (c), Pinault, Thomas, Killeen, Pittman, Wilson
Subs: Stevens, Cook, Douglas, Nayee, Morgan

Attendance: 1,260
Observer MOM: Jon-Paul Pittman

Full-time: Lewes 0 Crawley Town 3

Live Updates

90 mins SUB (Crawley) ANTON DOUGLAS replaces JON-PAUL PITTMAN

85 mins - Crawley appear to be cruising now 3-0 up.

80 mins - Joe Keehan heads over after Rayner fumbled his cross from a corner.

78 mins - Chamal Fenelon uses his strength to beat off two players put his long range strike hits the head of Jake Wright and goes out for a corner.

GOAL! (Crawley) Simon Weatherstone scores from 20-yards out after a superb touch and lay-off by Jon-Paul Pittman.

72 mins - Another excellent shot at goal by Standing which is well claimed by Rayner in goal.

69 mins - Michael Standing has a curling shot which went straight into Rayner's hands.

65 mins SUB CHAMAL FENELON and OLLIE ROWLAND replace JAMES FRASER and MATT GEARD

61 mins - Good work by James Fraser down the left for Lewes but Rayner claims the cross.

57 mins - Simon Weatherstone hits a free-kick from 20-yards out which dips just over the bar.

52 mins - Pittman strikes the ball from 18-yards out which is parried away by Rikki Banks in the Lewes goal.

47 mins - Glenn Wilson appeared to be fouled clearly by the Lewes defender Seb Wallis-Taylor in the box.

46 mins - Crawley went close when Pittman hit the pots from eight yards out from a cross into the box.

Half-time: Lewes 0 Crawley Town 2

41 mins GOAL! Danny Forrest - A great finish by Forrest who hit the ball first time into the bottom corner after a chipped in ball by Thomas Pinault.

40 mins GOAL! Jon-Paul Pittman - A superb finish by Pittman after great work by Bulman on the right.

38 mins - Crawley win a corner after agood through by Thomas Pinault.

35 mins - Dannie Bulman has been as energetic as ever, chasing down balls in the midfield. However Crawley have struggled to create any real chances on goal.

29 mins - Good ball in by Sam Rents ends up with Bulman being penalised for putting his arms on a defender when jumping for the ball.

27 mins - Good build up by Crawley results in a long range effort by Dannie Bulman.

26 mins - Good link between Danny Forrest and Pittman results in a corner.

23 mins - Crawley are struggling to break Lewes down at the moment.

16 mins CHANCE (Lewes) Jake Wright completely missed his header to allow Jame Fraser (on-loan from Bristol Rovers) to run through on goal.
However the striker blazed over after goalkeeper Rayner made himself big in the Crawley goal.

15 mins - Danny Forrest has looked lively in the first 15 minutes but there have been few real chances in the game.

10 mins - Killeen looks to be playing behind Pittman in attack with Danny Forrest in support.

9 mins - Pinault took the ball inside and hit a right effort which looked to be going wide but Banks parried it wide for a corner.

6 mins - Good football in the middle of the park by the Reds. Pinault and Bulman link up well but Lewes block the ball well.

3 min - Crawley whip in a cross but the referee blows up for a foul in the box.