Illnesses and injuries have left Welling United struggling to put a team together in recent weeks.

Jamie Day was forced to play three at the back against Braintree, and although substitutes enabled them to revert to their usual back four where they looked far more comfortable, the damage was already done.

However, with seven matches still to play, Day will still be hoping that the sufficient players return in time to put together a rousing end to the season.

Chester visit Park View Road an Saturday and will be going flat out for the points as they look to try and avoid relegation in their first season in the Skrill Premier following promotion from the Conference North. The Blues sit just two places and five points above the drop zone having played more games than anyone else.

Welling enjoyed a fine win on a bitterly cold day at the Exacta Stadium at the start of February. Harry Cornick, whose loan spell from AFC Bournemouth has now ended, opened the scoring in the sixteenth minute and Ross Lafayette added a second five minutes before the break.

When Joe Healy extended the Wings lead in the 53rd minute, the game appeared over but a debut goal by Matty Taylor gave the hosts a glimmer of hope. They didn’t really trouble the Wings defence again and their misery was compounded when Ross Killock was dismissed for a second bookable offence just before the end.

The loan signings of Luke Ashworth from Hyde and James Caton from Blackpool plus the permanent signing of former Newcastle United player Andy Griffin, released by Doncaster Rovers, have been completed in time for them to come into contention for the game at Welling.

Meanwhile, Day was extended the loans of Tobi Sho-Silva from Charlton Athletic and Josh Wakefield from AFC Bournemouth, both until the end of the season.