MATCHDAY: Bury 0 Crawley Town 2 (From Bury Times)

4:50pm

90+2 - SUB - David Hunt replaces Nicky Adams

4:46pm

88 - SUB - Aiden O'Brien replaces Jamie Procter

4:43pm

4:43pm

83 - Andy Bishop heads a cross over

84 – SUB - Sergio Torres on Mike Jones

4:40pm

80 - SUB - David Healy replaces Nicky Ajose

4:26pm

Other than a few scrambles from corners, Bury are failing to put any real pressure on the Crawley goal. 

They are seeing more of the ball, but not managing to do a great deal with it.

4:20pm

62 - Craig Jones just fails to connect with an Ethan Ebanks-Landell flick-on from a Joe Skarz cross.

4:18pm

Bury go 4-4-2 - Andy Bishop joins Craig Fagan up front while Ajose goes to the left, Craig Jones to the right and Steven Scumacher partners Mark Carrington in centre midfield.

4:16pm

56 - Andy Bishop replaceds Zac Thompson 

4:13pm

55 - SUB - Craig Jones replaces Tom Soares

4:12pm

Nightmare day fort Bury continues as Tom Soares pulls up grabbing his hamstring.

4:08pm

49 - Fagan fails to connect with the ball properly after a Crawley clearance lands at his feet in the box but the Bury striker could only hit the bouncing ball into the floor.

4:05pm

47 - GOAL - Bury 0 Crawley 2 - Jamie Procter plants a towering header past Carson after getting on the end of a Mike Jones cross following a Crawley corner.

3:42pm

42 - Fagan's backpost header goes wide after a deep cross from Thompson.

3:40pm

40 - Mike Jones's bobbling shot is easy for Carson.

3:39pm

39 - Zac Thompson's volley from the edge of the box is well-held by Paul Jones in the Crawley goal after the Bury midfielder had seized on a half-cleared corner.

3:37pm

The dry bobbly surface isn't helping, as Bury look unable to control the ball, or they may just be nervous in possession. 

3:35pm

It's hard to tell, but I think Bury are trying to play with three at the back when they have the ball, as Worrall is bombing forward at ever opportunity. Not a bad idea, but it's leaving them exposed when they inevitably lose the ball.

3:33pm

Bury look to be unsure of their positions, with Thompson and Carrington just getting in each other's way.

32- YELLOW - Craig Fagan booked for bringing down Nicky Adams after Crawley broke following a promising Bury attack.

33 - Hearts in mouth then as the referee looked to have pointed to the spot before it became clear the linesman had flagged for offside against Crawley, rather than a foul.

3:30pm

Disjointed performance from Bury so far and the natives are getting restless - not that there are too many here today!

3:28pm

26 - Claims for a penalty waved away by referee Richard Clark - Nicky Ajose was being held at the back post by Matt Sadler as he attempted to get on the end of a Tom Soares cross.

27 - Procter whizzes a cross-shot across goal from byline on the edge of the six yard box.

3:22pm

Ebanks-Landell has gone from rock-solid on Tuesday night to a jibbering wreck today. A wild attempted clearance that skewed off his left foot just produced mass groans from the crowd. 

Needs a calm head in there today as Crawley control possession and pass round Bury at will.

3:14pm

3:12pm

10 - Searching ball forward from Ebanks-Landell from the back had David Worrall on the move, but it was too close to the keeper.

Bury are looking decidedly nervous in defence, despite Barker only going with Procter up front. New signing Jake Taylor is in the centre of a midfield four, with captain Dannie Bulman playing a holding role in a 4-1-4-1 formation, matching up with Bury's 4-2-3-1 system.

11 - Curling effort from Procter was always going high from 25 yards.

3:05pm

6 - Jake Taylor breaks the off-side trap but his volley on the turn inside the box is palmed away by Trevor Carson - should have buried that one.

3:04pm

4 - Great turn by Tom Soares sets him clear, but the midfielder's ball for striker Craig Fagan is well over-cooked and goes out for a goal-kick.

3:01pm

1 - A mistake by Ethan Ebanks-Landell almost lets Jamie Procter in but his strike is blocked and Bury clear the danger.

2:47pm

Team news - Crawley Town

Richie Barker has admitted that he expects a hostile reception today after returning  to Gigg Lane for the first time since walking out on Bury to take over at Crawley five days before the start of the season.

He also has three former Bury players in his ranks - Nicky Adams and Mike Jones start on the flanks, while Lateef Elford-Alliyu is on the bench.

Bury winger Nicky Ajose also has links with both sides after starting the season on loan at Crawley.

Barker will be hoping to repeat the victory Crawley had against Bury in the reverse fixture, winning 3-2 at the Broadfield Stadium. However, he will have to do that with two debutants in the ranks - centre-back Connor Essam and striker Jake Taylor, who was brought in on loan from Reading on Thursday.

2:42pm

Team news - Bury

Kevin Blackwell has the luxury of naming an unchanged side from Tuesday's shock win at Swindon.

The Bury boss has resisted any temptation to recall Efe Sodje from his loan at Barrow as cover for the injured Stephane Zubar.

Mark Hughes, who could also have been brought back from a loan spell at Accrington, picked up a torn calf muscle on Tuesday.

As a result, Blackwell is sticking with the partnersip of young loan defenders Ethan Ebanks-Landell and Ashley Eastham at centre-back, while winger David Worrall continues to fill in at right-back in preference to Carl Regan.

The only change on the bench is the return of Andy Bishop, after missing the trip to Swindon with flu.

2:33pm

Full line-ups

BURY: Carson; Worrall, Eastham, Ebanks-Landell, Skarz; Carrington, Thompson; Ajose, Schumacher, Soares; Fagan.

Subs: C Jones, Bishop, Regan, Healy, Clarke-Harris, Belford.

CRAWLEY TOWN: Jones; Dumbaya, Walsh, Essam, Sadler; M Jones, Bulman, Sparrow, Adams; Taylor, Procter.

Subs: Torres, Hunt, O'Brien, Elford-Alliyu, Smith, Maddison.

Referee: Richard Clark