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Play-off chasing Exeter suffered their first defeat in five games and had Tom Parkes sent off as Tom Nichols' penalty and a late Ashley Nadesan goal gave Crawley a home victory.

Crawley head coach John Yems criticised his side for conceding two "terrible goals" in the 2-1 defeat at Grimsby, and made three changes including a recall for Jordan Maguire-Drew who volleyed over midway through the first half.

Exeter striker Ben Seymour, who scored his first league goal in the win at Colchester, shot into the side-netting early on from Jake Caprice's cross.

Forward Davide Rodari, called up for his full league debut by Crawley, had a tame shot held by keeper Jokull Andresson after Nadesan had fired over on a quick counter-attack.

Exeter's Icelandic keeper Andresson kept his side on terms by parrying a goal-bound effort by Jack Powell before Parkes received a straight red card six minutes after the break for a late challenge on Nick Tsaroulla.

Crawley broke the deadlock just after the hour when Caprice pulled down Tsaroulla, and former Grecians striker Nichols, who had missed his previous two penalties, made no mistake this time from the spot.

Nadesan made the game safe for the Reds seven minutes from time from close range after Nichols' cross.

Match report supplied by PA media