Match Details

Knaresborough Town v Silsden AFC

Tuesday 1st March

7.45pm

Toolstation Northern Counties East Football League

Manse Lane

Match Preview

The first midweek game of this hectic schedule sees Silsden make the trip to Manse Lane to take on Knaresborough Town at 7.45pm tonight.

Despite beating our hosts 8-1 earlier in the season, we all know midweek games are a different kettle of fish and with Knaresborough winless in three, they will no doubt be determined to pick up those three points.

Last Saturday saw the boys run out 4-2 winners against Athersley with goals from Finn Donovan, Jack Normanton and Kyle Hancock wrapping up the points as we move up to 12th place in the division. Conversely, our opponents sit in 17th, but with a seven point gap over the drop zone there’s still plenty to play for.

Following his brace last time out, Donovan will be looking to carry the momentum into this game and add to his 3 strikes so far this campaign. At the other end, promising goalkeeper Kyle Welsh has come into the side and will look to grab his second clean sheet after some strong performances recently.

For Knaresborough last time out, the North Yorkshire outfit fell to a 2-1 defeat away to Maltby Main. Despite leading after an early goal from midfielder Thomas Dugdale, they just couldn’t hold on and conceded twice in the second half. With safety not yet confirmed however, there’s certainly reason to believe we’re in for a gripping game tonight.

This game marks the second fixture of a 12 game run in just a six-week period as we look to finish the season strongly and climb the league table before the end of the footballing year. Following his performance on Saturday, Donovan spoke on the teams form and looking to carry that on in the coming weeks:

“I think from back to front everyone’s linking up well, it’s two (wins) on the bounce now so hopefully we can push on and get another three points on Tuesday and see where we can finish at the end of the season.

A win or draw would see us with just one defeat in 10 games, a fantastic run of form as we are coming to the business end of the season. Manager Danny Forrest told us of his desire for the team to continue improving over the coming weeks:

“I want my teams to be cold and ruthless all over the pitch. I felt we were cruising a little at times on Saturday and its during those moments I want to see the boys turn the screw a little bit.”