Crawley Town FC

The Red Devils and Colchester United meet again in two weeks’ time in front of a full capacity stadium and at this moment the home side have taken the slender bragging rights for the Carabao Cup game with their comeback from a half time deficit to take all three points with a 2 -1 win taking them up to ninth spot in the table on equal points as the visitors.

Crawley face Colchester United in the league on Saturday and will be facing up to them a few weeks later in the Carabao Cup.

It was always going to be a difficult match with the form that Forest Green Rovers had been showing of late, but the visitors handed the three points over as they gave away two penalties, one in each half.

Gabriele Cioffi handed debuts to Gyliano van Velzen and Denzeil Boadu in the 2-1 defeat to Norwich City u21s in the Checkatrade Trophy

Firstly the Stoke City EFL League Cup game was a cracking entertaining match as the Red Devils came from behind in front of another healthy attendance to beat a Championship side who are having so far a difficult season – but don’t let that fool you, they had players who on their day should be capable of beating a Championship side, let alone a League 2 team.

Sometimes football makes no sense.

Crawley Town manager Gabriele Cioffi has acknowledged Reds' upcoming 'tough run' of games but believes his side are up for the challenge.