by Rich Colby

After Saturdays disappointment of a 2-0 defeat to Walsall, Rovers will quickly be looking to get back on track as they face Crawley Town at the Broadfield Stadium.

Defeat at the weekend made Rovers drop into the bottom half of the table so they will be going all out for victory against second-bottom Crawley.  You can throw a blanket over most of League One at the moment with only 5 points separating 6th from 17th.

Rovers will be without Luke McCullough who will be out for around a fortnight along with Rob Jones and Jamie Coppinger.  Midfielder Abdul Razak could feature providing the relevant paperwork comes through from Greece in time.

Ex-Rovers manager Dean Saunders will come up against his old team for the first time and he’ll be looking to give Crawley the boost that they so badly to try and climb out of the relegation zone.  The Red Devils have won just once in their last fifteen games in all competitions.  One man who loves a goal against Doncaster is striker Izale McLeod and he will be the man for Butler and co to keep an eye on.

In what will only be the fourth ever meeting between the two sides, Paul Dickov’s men will be looking to register their first victory against Crawley Town.  Last time out the two sides fought out a goal-less draw at the Keepmoat Stadium back in September.  The two teams last faced each other at the Broadfield Stadium almost two years ago to the day.  Josh Simpson gave Crawley a goal lead mid-way through the first half, only for James Husband to level the scores just before half time.  And that’s how it stayed resulting in a 1-1 draw.

Come on you reds!

Overall record Vs Crawley Town:  P 3/W 0/D 2/L 1