York City v Crawley Town - line-ups: Former Arsenal and Sunderland keeper starts while ex-Charlton defender named Reds captain

Colin Kazim-Richards has named seven new signings his his first competitive starting XI of the season

Reds face York City in the Carabao Cup preliminary round at the LNER Community Stadium looking to get there season off to a winning start.

Crawley have made 15 new signings this summer window and seven of those start, including keeper/coach Vito Mannone.

Priestley Farquharson, Malcolm Ebiowei, Stephen Duke-McKenna, Gianmarco Di Biase, Jude Arthurs and Klaudi Krasniqi are the other six new Red Devils to make the line-up.

Charlie Barker is captain and he, Louie Watson, Ade Adeyemo and Kellan Gordon are the only players from last season who start.

The substitute’s bench includes Jackson Izquierdo, Pele Arganese-McDermott, Akin Odimayo, Jonny Russell, Danilo Orsi, Jay Williams, Nathan Tinsdale, Osman Kamara and Pemi Aderoju.

York City, who are now managed by former Reds boss Scott Lindsey, include former Worthing striker Ollie Pearce in their line-up.

The winner of this match face Watford in the first round on Saturday.

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