Crawley Town vs Notts County preview - Duo available for Town

Posted Friday, April 17, 2015 by PA

Crawley have received a major fitness boost with Darren Ward and Josh Simpson available to face relegation rivals Notts County.

There were fears Ward could miss the rest of the season with the heel injury he suffered last month, but the defender has made a speedy recovery.

Midfielder Simpson has been sidelined since November with a hamstring problem but he too is back in contention.

Marvin Elliot is a doubt, however, due to a shin injury while Conor Henderson (ankle) and Dean Leacock (groin) are still on the sidelines.

Notts have no new problems and manager Ricardo Moniz could again tweak his starting line-up.

After a 1-1 draw at Yeovil in his first game in charge Moniz made two changes against Barnsley in midweek - replacing Sean Newton and Haydn Hollis with Blair Adams and Graham Burke - and saw his team draw 1-1 once more.

Curtis Thompson could be pushing for a start after recovering from injury while Will Hayhurst and Nicky Wroe will join Newton and Hollis is hoping to be recalled.

Balint Bajner's injury-time equaliser against the Tykes may have seen the striker force his way into the thoughts of Moniz, who will remain without Jamal Campbell-Ryce (knee).

Both teams go into the game level on 47 points and is the relegation zone behind Leyton Orient due to an inferior goal difference.