Crawley Town V Colchester at Checkatrade.com Stadium : Match Preview

27 December 2014 13:31
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McLeod back for Crawley

Crawley will have Izale McLeod available after suspension for Sunday's League One clash with Colchester.

Town have suffered three straight defeats since the striker was shown a straight red card in the 1-1 draw with Chesterfield at the start of the month.

Brian Jensen returned to action between the posts for Friday's 4-1 loss at Leyton Orient after the club failed to extend Lewis Price's loan spell.

Lanre Oyebanjo (calf), Josh Simpson (hamstring) and Sonny Bradley (ankle) missed out on Boxing Day due to injuries but Gwion Edwards was fit again following a hernia operation.

Sammie Szmodics is set for a starting place as Tony Humes freshens up his Colchester side.

Szmodics was introduced as a substitute at the start of the second half against Gillingham and gave the U's hope with the first league goal of his career.

His strike proved in vain but Humes was impressed by the teenager's cameo, saying: "Sammie is very much in our thoughts, going forward, and I thought he was terrific when he came on."

Sanchez Watt and Rhys Healey are also in contention to start as Colchester look to make it back-to-back away wins, but Magnus Okuonghae (Achilles) and Drey Wright (knee) remain long-term absentees.


Source: PA