Corinthian Casuals (H) - 4th March 2023

Margate welcome relegation threatened Corinthian Casuals to Hartsdown Park on Saturday, knowing that a win for themselves would assist them in their own battle to avoid the drop.

Reece Prestedge’s side moved on to 34 points last weekend after a fantastic 0-0 draw away at 4th placed Enfield Town, whilst the Casuals earnt themselves a valuable 0-0 draw at home to Canvey Island, however they still remain ten points from safety with nine games to play.

Prestedge will be able to call upon midfielder Sam Blackman again after he served his two game suspension, however Emanuel Oke will be missing as he serves the second of his three game ban.

When the two sides met in October it was the ‘Gate that took home all three points after a tight encounter at the home of Leatherhead after storm damage prevented the hosts from playing at their own ground. It was a Ben Greenhalgh penalty that settled the game that was much needed for the Blues.

Historically, Margate usually enjoy playing the Casuals having only lost once in their previous six meetings. The Blues especially enjoy playing at Hartsdown Park against Saturday’s opposition having won twice and drawn once in the last three meetings at home, and scoring ten goals in the process.

A win for Margate, and other results going their way could see the Blues jump to 15th in the table and potentially 13 points from the drop zone.

Kick-off at Hartsdown Park is 3pm, but as always if you can’t be there then you can follow our Twitter updates from 2:15pm on our official Twitter @margate_fc.

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