Match Preview

Poole Town v Hungerford Town
Where: Black Gold Stadium, BH15 3JR
When: Saturday 21st November 2019
K.O 3PM
The FA cup is back and this tie could be one of the ties of the round. Both these sides came up through the leagues together all the way up to the National League South but are now a league apart. Poole will be eyeing up revenge from the 2017/18 season when they were relegated on the final day courtesy of Hungerford's victory at East Thurrock. James Constable is returning to his former club and this game has also been called the 'Charlie Austin derby'! Saturdays contest will be a very competitive one and could go down to the wire.

Form guide- Poole beat Harrow 3-1 last weekend to stay top and undefeated in the Southern League South division. They progressed to the second qualifying stage of the FA cup with a slender 1-0 win away at Didcot Town proceeding another 1-0 away win at Swindon Supermarine. Hungerford claimed a crucial victory with a stunning second half comeback at Dulwich Hamlet least Saturday after defeats to St Albans City and Havant and Waterlooville.

Team news- New signing Luke Holmes could be in line for his start for the Dolphins after coming off the bench to score against Harrow. Sam Jackson serves the second of a three game ban. The Crusaders should have a full squad to choose from.

Star man- Olive Dennett has five goals to his name so far this season and will be the hosts main attacking threat. Left back Joe Tomlinson has been an unsung hero so far but took centre stage at Dulwich with an outstanding performance down the left flank and scored a well taken goal.

Head to head- The last time these sides met was in the 2017/18 season with the Crusaders winning both meetings 4-0 at Bulpit Lane and 2-1 on the South coast. Before that Poole were undefeated in six meetings.