Top placed Welling United visit Whitehawk in bottom place in an Isthmian League Premier Division midweek encounter.

While the Wings have the best home record at their level and every league higher, their trips on the road have had mixed results. The team’s management and players have been working hard on that and it paid off on Saturday when they won three-one at St Albans City. Chris Harris had already hit the post when Kaan Bennett put them ahead with a superb solo goal a minute before half time.

Although St Albans equalised from the penalty spot early in the second half, Fumnaya Shomotun put the Wings back ahead before Bennett scored again with a brilliant volley. They then saw the game out relatively comfortably and might have added a fourth when Kevin Rivera’s effort struck the upright.

Meanwhile, Whitehawk were breaking a two game losing streak with a nil-nil draw away to Stanway Rovers in a match that had a half an hour delay for a floodlight failure. Their last league victory was back in mid-September when they beat Three Bridges three-two. Kamarni Ryan scored a brace that day and is a danger man having scored twelve league and cup goals so far this season.

When Whitehawk hosted Welling in December 2025, the Wings claimed all three points. Bradley Sach put them ahead in the third minute and the match looked over when Lewis Chambers added a second in second half stoppage time. Although Charlie Lambert scored for the Hawks three minutes later, it was too little too late.

This will be the return match between the two teams as they met in Welling for the season opener. The Wings had to be patient and didn’t go ahead until Chris Arthur scored nine minutes from the end. They added a second in stoppage time when Nahum Melvin-Lambert netted from close range.

After missing Saturday’s match through suspension, Ryan Blackman will be back in contention for Maxwell’s starting eleven as the Wings aim to complete the double over the Brighton based side for the second season in a row.