Stat Attack: Notts County vs. Crawley Town

Notts County have only ever played Crawley Town six times in their history, and all six games took part in the last three years.

The first ever fixture between the two was on 10th November 2012. The League One game, played at Meadow Lane, finished 1-1, while the away fixture was a goalless draw.

The head-to-head record is evenly poised with two wins, two draws and two defeats. The last game was a 2-0 win for the Red Devils, a League One tie on 18th April 2015 at the Broadfield.

Crawley Town have been a non-league side for the majority of their history – around a decade ago, while Notts were struggling to survive in the old Second Division, Crawley had just been promoted from the Southern Football League!

Crawley have won plenty of silverware in their history, though the majority of it is amateur-based. This changed when they won the Conference National title in 2011 and the League Two title just a year later.

2010-11 was a record-breaking season not just for Crawley, but also for the Conference. The West Sussex club broke the points total in one season (105) and tie with other teams for most wins in one season (31), fewest defeats (3), and highest goal difference (+63). Because of this season, alongside the funds they had to buy players and an unlikeable manager (Steve Evans), they were known as “the Manchester United of non-league football”.

The town of Crawley is known for being close - just three miles in fact - to Gatwick Airport, the world's busiest single-runway international airport.

Famous people who have links to Crawley include Australian footballer Kevin Muscat (born in Crawley), Gareth Southgate (attended the town's Hazelwick School), English rock band The Cure (formed in Crawley, several of its members attended St Wilfrid's RC School) and Gorillaz lead singer 2D (a fictional character, his back story claims he grew up in the town).

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Ricardo Moniz said on Saturday that he was "ashamed" by the way his team conceded two late goals to lose 2-1 at Wimbledon and he vowed to freshen things up for the visit of Crawley.

The Dutchman has options at the back with Mike Edwards, Rhys Sharpe and Scott Bennett pushing for recalls while Elliott Hewitt and Civard Sprockel are nearing returns from injury.

Curtis Thompson, Liam Noble and Julian Jenner are options elsewhere for Moniz while striker Izale McLeod will hope to keep his place in the starting line up against the club he left last month to join the Magpies.

Crawley boss Mark Yates, meanwhile, was only able to name four substitutes for Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Yeovil due to a lengthy list of injuries and suspensions.

Gwion Edwards is still banned while new signing Rhys Murphy is a doubt after missing Saturday's loss due to tonsillitis.

Fellow new boy Ross Jenkins could make his first start after coming off the bench on Saturday while Lewis Young and Bobson Bawling will be pushing for a return to the starting XI.