Ebbsfleet boss Liam Daish has attempted to play down the significance of Saturday’s clash with Blue Square Premier relegation rivals Forest Green at Stonebridge Road.

After Tuesday’s 2-1 home defeat to Kettering, Fleet are two points behind the Gloucestershire side, who are just above the drop zone and have three games in hand over Daish’s men.

Daish said: "I wouldn’t call it a six-pointer because there is a lot of football left to be played this season but it’s a big game."

"We want to win and I’m quite confident we can do that. We want to get out of the bottom four but we’ll have to get above Gateshead, then we want to get above Forest Green, then we want to keep moving up the table."

Victory could see Fleet leapfrog Forest Green and climb out of the drop zone for the first time this season.