Third meets first in a Kent Derby in League Two live on Sky Sports this Saturday evening, as Bromley host Gillingham at Hayes Lane, with both sides still unbeaten in the league so far this season.
Bromley go into the game sitting in third place, with three wins and three draws from their opening six games. Last weekend Andy Woodman’s men beat Harrogate Town 2-0 at home with goals from Nike Kabamba & Omar Sowunmi. On Tuesday night a much changed side beat Crystal Palace Under 21s 4-3 on penalties after a 3-3 draw in the EFL Trophy. Ben Krauhaus, Deji Elerewe & Marcus Dinanga all scoring for The Ravens.
Woodman made one deadline day signing, in defender Lakyle Samuel on loan from Manchester City for the season, but he is away on England Under 20 duty this weekend, so will not feature in the game.
Gillingham go into the game sitting top of League Two with four wins and two draws so far this campaign, last Saturday The Gills beat Oldham Athletic 1-0 away with a goal from Sam Vokes and on Tuesday night they defeated Fulham Under 21s 4-1 at Priestfield.
Logan Dobbs, Cruz Beszant, Marcus Wyllie and Stan Sargent scoring the goals, continuing on a run of 19 games in total without a loss carrying over from last season.
On deadline day manager Gareth Ainsworth signed Garath McCleary on a one-year contract and recruited Wigan Athletic winger Jonny Smith and Watford defender Travis Akomeah on loan deals. McCleary is well know to Bromley fans having played at the club for two years at the start of his career, winning promotion with The Ravens to National League South in 2007.
When the sides met at Hayes Lane in December last season Bromley won 2-1, Cameron Congreve and Jude Arthurs on target for The Ravens with The Gills goal coming from Robbie McKenzie and Andy Woodman’s team also won the reverse fixture in January at Priestfield 3-0.
With both sides in good form and challenging at the top of the table, this looks set to be a hugely entertaining encounter at a sold out Hayes Lane.
All tickets have completely sold out for the game with the capacity at Hayes Lane still reduced to 3,100 while the new East Stand is being built, Kick off is at 5;30pm.