Hodges made more than 200 appearances for Plymouth Argyle

Truro City boss Lee Hodges is expecting a testing encounter when his table-topping side face Bashley on Saturday.

City lead the Southern Premier League by only one point, with second-placed Salisbury having four games in hand, making a win at Bashley vital.

Hodges told BBC Cornwall: "Bashley are are a very hard working team and their best form of defence is attack.

"On their day, if you're not up for the challenge, you'll come a cropper and get beaten quite easily."

Hodges continued: "Their forward line are very attacking and their movement's good so it'll be a tough game.

"Last season I remember we went there and played ever so well on the night and got beaten 2-0 so it just shows you that Bashley will be a tough team."

Truro lost 1-0 at home to Bedford in their last league outing, their second defeat in three games.

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