Brighton v Crawley Town: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Brighton are enjoying life under Fabian Hurzeler and they will be aiming to make it three wins from three to start the new season when they welcome League One Crawley Town to the Amex in the second round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday.

The Seagulls have already seen off Everton and Manchester United this term and will hope to avoid a cup upset when they face a Crawley side who have also started the new season well, although they did suffer their first defeat of the campaign at Wigan last time out.

How to watch Brighton v Crawley Town and TV channel

This EFL Cup second round clash will be shown in full on Sky Sports +.

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

Brighton v Crawley is scheduled to kick-off at 19:45 on Tuesday 27th August, with the match taking place at the American Express Stadium (Amex) in Brighton, East Sussex.

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

Albion are two wins from two under new head coach Hurzeler, following up a 3-0 victory at Everton on the opening weekend of the new Premier League season with a 2-1 home success over Manchester United.

Crawley have won three of their opening five matches of the season across all competitions, a run that includes a 4-2 success over League Two Swindon Town in the first round of the EFL Cup.

Brighton have not been eliminated at the second-round stage of the EFL Cup since the 2018/19 season, although they have never been beyond the quarter-finals of the competition, reaching the last eight for the only time in 1978/79.

Crawley's best EFL Cup performance came when they made it through to the fourth round in 2019/20.

This will be just the second-ever meeting between Brighton and Crawley, with the Seagulls having claimed a 5-0 triumph in the third round of the FA Cup in January 1992.

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

Brighton wins	1
Draws	0
Crawley Town wins	0

*H2H stats refer to all competitions

Brighton v Crawley Town team news

Brighton team news

Hurzeler is expected to rotate his starting XI for this cup clash, with summer signing Brajan Gruda in line to make his debut, while fellow new recruit Georginio Rutter could be handed his first start.

Solly March, Bart Verbruggen, Evan Ferguson and Pervis Estupinan all remain on the treatment table and will not be involved.

Crawley Town team news

Dion Conroy, Gavan Holohan and Harry Forster are all sidelined for Crawley, but Jack Roles will be hoping to start after his brace in the first-round victory over Swindon.