Crawley boss Mark Yates looks to complete double over Leyton Orient

Crawley Town manager Mark Yates is looking to complete the double over play-off chasers Leyton Orient this afternoon.
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Feb 2016, 11:27 BST
Updated 27th Feb 2016, 12:09 BST

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Crawley Town FC unveil new manager Mark Yates (right), with chief executive Michael Dunford (left) 19-05-2015. SR1510604. Pic by Steve Robards SUS-150519-152824001Crawley Town FC unveil new manager Mark Yates (right), with chief executive Michael Dunford (left) 19-05-2015. SR1510604. Pic by Steve Robards SUS-150519-152824001
Crawley Town FC unveil new manager Mark Yates (right), with chief executive Michael Dunford (left) 19-05-2015. SR1510604. Pic by Steve Robards SUS-150519-152824001

The Reds beat the O’s 3-2 in their home clash in October through goals by Simon Walton, Roarie Deacon and Mitch Hancox.

Crawley have a good record against the East London club, with six wins coming from seven matches between the two sides.

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Their only defeat was the 4-1 reverse suffered during their last trip to Brisbane Road on Boxing Day 2014 which was the final game former boss John Gregory oversaw before stepping down to have a heart operation.

Yates said: “We had a big game for us early in the season. It was our first win at home and we played really well after a tough start we came back from going a goal behind.

“They are looking to get into the play-offs, and a club of their size and a budget to go with it and a new manager (former West Ham captain Kevin Nolan) they will have a fresh impetus you would expect them to be up and around there.

“They are not in the greatest run of form at home, their last couple of games.

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“So as well as they are doing away from home - they are above us in the table - we are not going there scared or overawed and will go there looking to give a good, solid performance from ourselves and will try to take the game to them.

“I’m looking to keep improving. For the last three games bar the last 35-minutes at Accrington where we lose two very influencial players in that system, I think we’ve looked strong and organised.

“We are always looking to tweak it. If we see things in the opposition’s team we think can be a weakness we look to try to exploit that or keep doing things we feel are working.

“We go there with a game plan. We go there to be organised against a good team and try and get something from the game.”

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