Hereford United travel to the Broadfield Stadium tomorrow, home of Crawley Town, for their third Conference fixture of the season. United will be eager to put the disappointment of the defeat at Cambridge on Tuesday night behind them and get back on course with three points.
The sides met at the Broadfield Stadium on the second day of the season last time round and although the outcome was a point each, United were unlucky to concede from a late free kick that hit Jonathan Gould on the back and went in after Simon Travis cleared off the line. Hereford will be wanting to go one better and take all three points this time around though.
Crawley have drawn twice so far and are yet to score a goal, but manager Francis Vines has been pleased with the two clean sheets that have been kept. "I'm happy to have started the season with two clean sheets. Now we want a lot more of those, to keep making the chances and start taking them," he said, speaking to their official website.
Danny Brown should be back to face the favourites after missing the tie with Dagenham & Redbridge with a foot injury. Midfielder Robbie Kember is likely to miss the game with Hereford as he is meeting a specialist about an eye problem. Defender James Donovan serves the final game of a three-match ban and is the only other player unavailable.
Other than that, Vines has no other injury worries. He also hopes that now Crawley have become a full time club, the extra training will help his eight summer signings to gel in with the rest of the squad quickly.
For the visitors only Jamie Pitman and Simon Travis are ruled out. However, after the defeat on Tuesday, Graham Turner may choose to change things around a bit. He will not be forced to do so though, and he may well keep the faith with the side that has started the last two games.
"It's a setback it's not a disaster," said Turner, speaking to BBC H&W. "What we have got to do now is pick ourselves up at Crawley. Pay attention to what we do well and that is getting the ball down and pass it. Don't knock so many long balls and be a liitle bit tight at the back. If we do that we can come away from Crawley with three points."
It is thought that under 16's can get into the game for free, as long as they enter through turnstile 9. However, it is not confirmed whether this offer is avaliable for away fans. The Bulls will hope that a good away following will spur them on to a first away victory, and help to forget the unfortunate result at Cambridge.