Swansea City v Crawley Town LIVE: TV details, Kick-off time, team news and score updates
Crawley Town are the visitors to SA1, in what is only the second ever meeting between the two sides. Alan Sheehan is likely to make a number of changes to his side following the 1-0 defeat to Middlesbrough on the opening day.
Having handed full debuts to Ethan Galbraith and Cameron Burgess, the likes of Zeidane Inoussa, Melker Widell, Bobby Wales and Kaelan Casey could all potentially start from the off here.
Fans can catch the action on Sky Sports +, and you can follow all the latest with our live updates below.
Kick-off is at 7pm
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