After a difficult few weeks Bromley go into their National League game with Solihull Moors at Hayes Lane on Saturday afternoon knowing that they must win to make sure they stay in the play off places.
The Ravens have lost eight of their last ten matches and dropped to seventh in the table at the weekend following a 2-1 loss at Halifax Town, Joe Kizzi scoring the only goal for Bromley after captain Jack Holland was sent off in the first half.
Manager Neil Smith’s men now have 50 points from 33 games, with a number of teams now only three points behind them, clustered on the edge of the top seven.
Solihull travel down from the midlands on an equally poor run, without a win in 13 games, drawing only five, they parted company with manager Tim Flowers last week and currently sit eighth in the league with 47 points from 32 matches played.
The Moors haven’t scored in six matches and lost 2-0 at home to Maidenhead United on Saturday, they don’t ever seem to have recovered from losing 4-3 at home to Rotherham United in the FA Cup when leading 3-0 with 15 minutes to go.
When the sides met at Damson Park in October Moors ran out 2-1 winners with goals from Gavin Gunning and Daniel Wright, before Alfie Doughty pulled one back for Bromley late on and The Ravens also lost the last time they met at Hayes Lane 2-0 on Good Friday 2019.
Smith brought in winger Aaron Rowe on loan from Huddersfield Town last week and gave members of his squad a run out away at Dartford in a friendly on Tuesday night including keeper Mark Cousins who has been out injured since September, the game ended 1-1.
The manager has called for the supporters to continue their fantastic backing of the team on Saturday as they look to cut out the silly defensive errors and build on the second half display at Halifax.
The Ravens record against Moors is not good overall, only winning once in five meetings, but they need to buck that trend on Saturday in order to bring some hope back to the Hayes Lane faithful who have been turning up in record numbers this season taking the average home gate to over 2,000.