Boss Dean Saunders has made a tactical change in an attempt to end Crawley’s miserable away record at Fleetwood today.

Saunders has played 4-4-2 in his first three games since taking over from John Gregory last month but has opted for 4-4-1-1 at Highbury Stadium.

Reds were outnumbered in the middle of the park in the first half of their 4-1 defeat at Rochdale last weekend and Saunders has reacted by bringing an extra man in midfield.

Lewis Young is the beneficiary of the change in formation as he comes in for Gavin Tomlin who was ineffective at Spotland alongside Izale McLeod up front.

Young is expected to play wide on the right with Anthony Wordsworth the most likely candidate to play behind lone striker McLeod.

The other option would be for Jimmy Smith to play on the right with Young occupying the advance midfield position.

Otherwise Saunders sticks with the same team which struggled in the snow at Rochdale with Dean Leacock, Josh Simpson, Brian Jensen and Conor Henderson all still sidelined by injury.

New signing Dean Morgan is among the substitutes having arrived on loan from Woking on Thursday in place of Charles Banya, who went in the opposite direction.

Goalkeeper Scott Dutton is also on the bench following his arrival on a short-term loan from Wolves.

Fleetwood make one change to the side which slipped to a disappointing 2-0 home defeat to Oldham last weekend, Liam McAlinden coming in for Stephen Dobbie alongside ex-Red Jamie Proctor up front.

Fleetwood (4-1-2-1-2): Maxwell; McLaughlin, Roberts, Jordan, Crainey; J Hughes; Sarcevic, Morris; Evans; Proctor, McAlinden. Subs: Davies, Murdoch, Pond, Schumacher, Dobbie, Ball, Haughton.

Crawley (4-4-1-1): Price; Oyebanjo, Ward, Walsh, Dickson; Young, Elliott, Smith, Edwards; Wordsworth; McLeod. Subs: Dutton, Bradley, Anderson, Morgan, Tomlin, Harrold, Bawling.