Crawley Town vs Fleetwood Town preview - Trio set for Red Devils bow

Posted Friday, September 12, 2014 by PA

Josh Wright, Keith Keane and Mat Sadler are set to make their Crawley debuts against Fleetwood.

Manager John Gregory this week reacted to a run of four straight league defeats by bolstering his squad with the loan signings of Millwall's Wright, fellow midfielder Keane from Preston and former Town left-back Sadler from Rotherham.

Gregory can also welcome back defender Joe Walsh and winger Gwion Edwards, who missed the last two matches while on international duty with Wales Under-21s.

But skipper Josh Simpson is set to miss out again with the ankle injury he suffered on the opening day of the season.

Conor McLaughlin will be back in the Fleetwood fold.

The full-back will be on a high too having played all 90 minutes in Northern Ireland's win at Hungary last weekend while his club team-mates lost at Oldham.

Midfielder Jeff Hughes (broken leg), who has been out of action since January, played 90 minutes for the development squad in midweek but will not be hurried back into first-team action. Meanwhile, Jamille Matt (leg) is unlikely to play this season.

Graham Alexander may consider changes after two successive defeats with club captain Mark Roberts hoping for a recall.