Back to winning ways for Harris & Co

The U's made it 4 unbeaten in the league and in doing so have gone into the playoff places after beating Crawley Town 3-1. The U's looked to counter with pace and flair through Mayor, Brophy and Lavery. The windy conditions made it difficult to play long to Kouassi. The U's created chances and played very well. The U's got their deserved goal from a great corner causing pinball 6 yards in front of the goal line which Lavery prodded home to open the scoring. Jubilation at the Abbey helped the U's see out the first half and the strange Crawley striker was clearly upset. He did start crying on the pitch too which is unusual to see.

The second half was opened with a fantastic goal. Created by Brophy. Finished by Mpanzu. Simple. A great whipped cross from Brophy was cleared to the edge of the box but only to find the feet of former Premier League player Mpanzu who fired home first time to give the U's a buffer. To rub salt in the wounds, Kouassi won the ball on the halfway line. Lavery then drove 20 yards and played in the ginger Pele. He then sent his defender back to Crawley before calmly pulling the ball across goal for Kouassi to seal the game off. Crawley got a late conciliation goal but never forced the U's into any further trouble.

Kaikai and Ball missed out yesterday due to a hamstring and knee injury respectively. Dom Ball will likely miss out next Saturday's match against Shrewsbury but will be available the following week. As for Kaikai he will be back on Saturday. Nothing to worry about injury wise and Smith isn't far from full fitness.

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