Darrell Clarke set to keep faith despite setback
Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke is unlikely to be reaching for any panic button following his team's Easter Monday setback at Carlisle for the Memorial Stadium appointment with Crawley on Saturday.
That 3-2 loss saw Rovers drop out of the automatic League Two promotion places and ended a six-game winning run, with Clarke afterwards blasting "diabolical" defending as a major factor behind the defeat.
But even through Clarke showed that he is not afraid to make changes early, deciding on a double substitution just midway through the first half as Jermaine Exeter and Liam Lawrence both joined the action, the Carlisle result is likely to have been a blip, rather than anything more troublesome.
Matt Harrold, Lyle Della-Verde and Lanre Oyebanjo are back in contention for Crawley after they missed the 2-0 defeat to Exeter on Monday.
The trio have all rejoined training and manager Mark Yates is confident they will be fit enough for Saturday's match.
Jimmy Smith, who has been out with a broken ankle since January 2, has also returned to training but the Reds boss believes it will be too soon for him to compete.
Charles Dunne has extended his loan spell from Blackpool until the end of the season but Liam McAlinden has returned to parent club Wolves due to a hamstring injury.
Source: PAR
