AFC Hornchurch v Ramsgate

Jimmy Ward admits Ramsgate need to beat teams like AFC Hornchurch if they are to pull clear of the lower reaches of the Ryman League Premier Division.

Rams are in the bottom three, nine points adrift of mid-table Hornchurch, who won 2-1 at Southwood when the teams met on the opening day.

Rams boss Ward explained: "We've got a pretty horrendous month ahead of us so we must start beating the teams around us and I think Hornchurch fall into that category. We should have got at least a point off them in the first game but they got away with murder."

Ward expects to select from the same 16 who were involved in Tuesday's 4-0 Isthmian League Cup win over Chatham.

Young winger Seb Schoburgh, on trial at Southwood, played the full 90 minutes on the right wing and Ward said he did enough to earn another chance. Long-term injuries Aaron Firth and Lee Minshull remain sidelined although the latter is due to have a scan on his shin injury this week.

Margate face a testing home fixture when they entertain second-placedCarshalton at Hartsdown.

The Gate went down 2-1 at home to Staines last weekend and on Tuesday bowed out of the Isthmian League Cup 3-2 at Dartford.