Crawley Town v Blackpool: How to watch, TV channel, head-to-head stats & team news

Crawley Town were promoted from League Two last season and they begin life in League One with a home game against Blackpool on Saturday afternoon.

The Red Devils are the pre-season favourites for relegation but they showed last season how they can upset the odds, after narrowly avoiding relegation to the National League the previous year.

Blackpool finished eighth in League One last season and manager Neil Critchley will be targeting the play-offs this time around.

How to watch Crawley Town v Blackpool and TV channel

Crawley v Blackpool will be broadcast live on the Sky Sports+ channel.

Crawley Town v Blackpool kick-off time, date and venue

Crawley v Blackpool will be played at the Broadfield Stadium in Crawley and kick-off is at 17:30 BST on Saturday 10th August 2024.

Crawley Town v Blackpool stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Crawley and Blackpool have only been in the same league once before, which was in League Two during the 2016/17 season.

A goal from Mark Connolly gave Crawley all three points in the first ever league meeting between the two sides, while the reverse fixture at Bloomfield Road finished goalless.

Blackpool are unbeaten in their last three opening games of a league season, while Crawley have lost four of their last five opening fixtures.

Crawley Town v Blackpool head-to-head record (H2H)

Crawley wins	1
Draws	1
Blackpool wins	0

Crawley Town v Blackpool team news

Crawley Town team news

Panutche Camara is likely to make his debut in the Crawley midfield, with Southampton loanee Cameron Bragg also in contention to start.

Blackpool team news

New signing Elkan Baggott is expected to start at the back along with Matthew Pennington and Oliver Casey.

Jordan Rhodes and Kyle Joseph scored against Crewe last time out and are likely to start up front.