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Ebbsfleet v Kidderminster

Blue Square Premier
Venue: Stonebridge Road Date: Saturday, 15 August Kick-off: 1500 BST
Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC local radio


Ebbsfleet will give a late fitness test to winger Ricky Shakes after he picked up a knock in the midweek defeat by Cambridge United.

The Fleet are still looking for their first win of the season after bringing in 10 new players over the summer.

Kidderminster could hand an immediate debut to new signing Robbie Matthews following his arrival from Salisbury, if he can shake off a foot problem.

Striker Aaron Farrell is a doubt with a minor hamstring niggle.


Ebbsfleet manager Liam Daish told BBC Radio Kent:

"If you can get your first win, you know you're off and running and that helps.

"This pre-season has been very much a recruitment of players, first and foremost we had to get a squad together which we've done.

"Now we can work on the finer things in training and get them really bedded in so they know what we're looking for."

Kidderminster manager Mark Yates told BBC Hereford & Worcester:

"We didn't get out of the traps [at Salisbury on Tuesday] and the performance didn't get any better after the first 15 minutes when we had the wake-up call with the penalty.

"We'll be looking for a competitive edge, but we will also be looking for them to have cool enough heads to get the ball down and do what we want to do.

"There's a fine line, I know that, but we didn't get up to that fine line on Tuesday night."



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