Star Match - Premier Central

Banbury United v Bromsgrove Sporting

Bromsgrove Sporting head to The Banbury Plant Hire Community Stadium on Saturday to take on ninth-placed Banbury United holding a one-point lead at the top of the BetVictor Southern League Premier Division table.

Tamworth`s 2-0 win against Royston Town on Tuesday night narrowed the gap at the top to one point with Sporting having played more games than their other top-five rivals.

Indeed, midweek results have squeezed the division tight and now only three points separate fifth from first. Banbury trail the top five by six points so also need a win to get back within reach of the play-off places.

Banbury United FC

Both sides go into Saturday’s game though with something to prove to their supporters after recent results. Sporting will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing 3-0 home defeat to Coalville Town last Saturday whilst United have failed to win any of their last three games which leaves them struggling to keep pace with the play-off contenders at the top end of the table.

Bromsgrove Sporting FC

This weekend, we face a tough away fixture at Banbury, who have already beat us convincingly this season.
Our two objectives are to perform far better than last Saturday and perform far better than we did when Banbury came to the VG.
There were lots of unacceptable performances last week in our ranks, so I have a clean slate to select the squad.
We carried too many players and we need to show up in these big games, against teams at the business end of the table.
There is no point in doing it against the teams around then bottom, only to then struggle against the better sides.
Shirts are well and truly up for grabs and players have nobody to blame but themselves if they don’t get one.
Our injury list looks a lot healthier so that’s positive and we are looking forward to bouncing back in the right way.”

- Brenden Kelly

Form Guide – Last Six Matches

Banbury United – Home Form
WWLWWL = 12 PTS / 18 PTS

Bromsgrove Sporting – Away Form
LWWWWL = 12 PTS / 18 PTS

Prediction Poll
Home Win 13%
Draw 18%
Away Win 69%
(Based on 102 votes to date)