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Saturday's Blue Square North Preview

AFC Telford United are looking to take points off league leaders Droylsden in the Blue Square North on Saturday afternoon.

The Bucks are currently in 11th place on 16 points with the Bloods sitting pretty at the top of the table on 21 points from their 11 games.

Telford have not won in three but will be buoyed by the fact their opponents this weekend lost their last fixture 2-1 to Corby Town.

Bucks captain Stuart Whitehead knows the next few games are vitally important for his side and are determined to get their season back on track.

He told the Shropshire Star: We've got some big games coming up and it's important we get some good results.

"Hopefully we can go on a run now, and two good results from these games coming up would put us back up there where we want to be.

"We know what Droylsden are all about and I think it will be an entertaining game on Saturday", he continued.

Second-placed Southport travel to lowly Solihull Moors with Sandgrounders boss Liam Watson expecting a positive result after good away wins this season.

Watson told the Southport Visiter: "Our performances are always a lot different away from home, we put in a different level of performance. We are a lot less nervous and tense when we are away and produce our best football."

Southport come into the game on the back off a 3-2 home defeat to Farsley Celtic with Solihull in good spirits after a 2-0 victory over Vauxhall Motors, so Watson knows it will not be an easy fixture, especially with a few players carrying knocks.

He continued: "We won 2-0 down at Solihull last year in the fog and 3-0 at home. But they have had a few decent results, so it will not be an easy game but we will be going there very positive.

"Zac Aley is carrying a slight knock for this weekend, but should be fine and Ashley Winn's ankle is still not 100 per cent right but, again, he should be okay to play some part. Bradley Barnes is still ill."

Eastwood Town take on Corby in a battle of third versus fifth and it will be the second time in a week the two sides are facing each other after the Badgers beat Corby 2-1 in the FA Cup.

Eastwood manager Paul Cox is looking forward to another tough encounter after a hard-fought game last Saturday while a frustrated Graham Drury believes his Corby side will come good on the weekend.

Cox told This Is Derbyshire: "I am expecting a similar game, played by two teams focused on winning the three points on offer.

"Last Saturday's game will still be fresh in the minds of both sets of players. Corby will probably be smarting over the result and looking to even the score, which means we will need to double our performance to get anything from the game."

Drury told the Evening Telegraph: "The confidence we received from that second half last week should stand us in good stead.

"I think if the boys aren't confident for tomorrow after the positive second-half display last week then there's something wrong with them.

"We know from last week that we can give Eastwood a run for their money and, as we're at home, the onus is on us to go for them and try to win the game."

Cox has to make do without striker Danny Holland, who scored both Eastwood's goals last week, as he recovers from a bruised leg he sustained in the tie.

Fleetwood Town will be looking to get back to winning ways in the league when they face Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday.

The Fleet suffered a 2-1 defeat to Hyde United, although they did come from a goal down to beat Farsley Celtic 3-1 in the FA Cup.

Trinity lost 4-1 to Northwich Victoria in their last league outing - but were victorious in the Cup, as they defeated Market Drayton Town 2-1.

Fleet boss Micky Mellon told Fleetwood Evening News: "We were disappointed at half-time [against Drayton] because we were very poor in the first half and we didn't deserve to be in front.

"We had a chat at half-time to tell them what we expected, and to be fair we came out worthy winners in the end."

"They [Gainsborough] will be coming here with a lot of ex-pros, and we know we have to start better than we did last Saturday."

Mellon will be without midfielder Sean Clancy while Gainsborough boss Brian Little welcomes back Luke Beckett and Adie Moses. New signings Mark Hudson and Alan O'Hare could also feature but Ryan Toulson is still out injured.

Elsewhere, bottom-club Farsley Celtic will be hoping to earn another three points, at home to Hyde United on Saturday, after beating Southport 3-2 last weekend, while Vauxhall Motors have a chance to get out of the relgation zone as they travel to Workington.