Crawley Town vs Accrington Stanley preview - Yates may make changes for Accrington clash

Posted Friday, September 25, 2015 by PA

Crawley manager Mark Yates may make changes to his team for the visit of Accrington after Wednesday's 4-1 defeat at Notts County.

However, he remains without the suspended Gwion Edwards while Lanre Oyebanjo and Gavin Tomlin are also expected to miss out.

Joe McNerney, owing to a knee injury, and Matt Harrold, due to a hamstring problem, are also doubts but may yet pass late fitness tests.

One who is almost certain to start is Rhys Murphy, unless his tonsillitis returns. There were concerns he would be unavailable for his debut on Wednesday evening but he was passed fit and scored Crawley's only goal.

Accrington boss John Coleman is hoping to have a clean bill of health for the trip.

The Stanley manager conceded he had one or two concerns but expects those unnamed players to come through the final training sessions to declare their availability.

The introduction of Billy Kee to the starting XI, in place of Terry Gornell, was the only change for a 4-2 victory over Exeter last weekend and, as the former scored, he may retain his spot.

Coleman's other 10 selections have remained the same for three league fixtures in a row, so Huddersfield loanee Joe Wright is likely to miss out even if he is over his knee problem.