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Crawley Town 0, Southampton under 21s 4 - FULL-TIME: Grego-Cox and Matthews return after long injuries as EFL Trophy campaign ends in defeat

By Mark Dunford

Published 9th Nov 2021, 18:38 BST

Updated 9th Nov 2021, 20:50 BST

Sam Ashford was in the starting line-up

Sam Ashford was in the starting line-up

Reece Grego-Cox and Sam Matthews both returned from long-term injuries as Crawley Town's EFL Trophy campaign ended in defeat.

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Key Events

Reds name strong side for final EFL Trophy game
Both sides already out of competition
Davide Rodari in starting line-up, Grego-Cox and Matthews on bench for Reds

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 19:17 BST

Blondy makes a good save from Thierry Small’s deflected shot - still 0-0

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 19:17 BST

Powell’s free kick blocked but fell nicely to Frost, whose goalbound shot was blocked

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 19:15 BST

16 mins - Free kick for Crawley in good position

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 19:12 BST

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 19:09 BST

Crawley well on top in first 10 minutes - Rodari missing the best chance so far

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 19:08 BST

Guest reporter

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 19:00 BST

Reece Greg-Cox has been out for 620 days!

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 18:50 BST

Southampton u21s line-up

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 18:49 BST

Crawley team

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021, 18:47 BST

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