Bristol Rovers won 2-0 away at Crawley Town on League Two's third matchday, Tom James and Bobby Kamwa both scoring in the first half at Broadfield Stadium.
James put the visitors ahead in the 22nd minute and Kamwa doubled it in the 40th; there were no more goals. Crawley had 60% of possession to Bristol Rovers' 40% but mustered only one shot on target from eight attempts, while Bristol Rovers had five on target from 27 as they closed out a clean sheet.
Seven bookings were shown, four to Bristol Rovers (Tommy Leigh, Kofi Balmer, scorer Tom James and Riley Harbottle) and three to Crawley (Louie Watson, Klaudio Krasniqi and Dylan Morgan); no player was sent off. Crawley made five substitutions across the second half, and Bristol Rovers made two, both in stoppage time.
The result lifts Bristol Rovers to seventh in the League Two table on six points from three games, while Crawley Town drop to 17th on three points from the same number of matches.