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Halesowen travel to the East coast to play in-form Lowestoft Town, as the Yeltz look for three successive league wins for the first time this season.
Written by Ben Ditchfield
The Yeltz make the eight-hour round trip to Crown Meadow this Tuesday night against an in-form Lowestoft side, who are currently four unbeaten in the league.
The two most recent meetings saw a 1-0 Yeltz win at The Grove back in 2018, followed however by a 5-1 loss at Crown Meddow in March 2019.
Recently promoted, Lowestoft had a torrid start to the campaign, that saw them claim just six points out of a possible 18, in their first six games of the season, conceding a total of 13 goals.
Since then the Trawler Boys have embarked on a much needed burst of form, which has seen them obtain 13 points in their last seven matches, having not failed to score in a game since the opening day.
Lowestoft boss Andy Reynolds is the most recently appointed head coach in the league, after being given the hot seat last month following the departure of Jamie Goldbold who left to become a development coach at Ipswich Town.
Reynold's managed a total of 406 appearances as a player for the Trawler Boys over a 15 year stint, and in the one game he's taken charge he boasts a 100% record following the sides 1-0 home win against Harborough Town just over a week ago.
The game marked their first clean sheet since August, with top scorer Harvey Sayer scoring the only goal of the game; his seventh in what is turning out to a be a remarkable season already for the 21 year old.
Russ Penn's side on the other hand go into the game four points above their opponents, having secured four wins in a row in all competitions. Just one defeat on the road since March, after losing three in the space of a month prior to that.
Kieren Donnelly, the highlight of the Yeltz season to date, who like Harvey Sayer has notched a total of seven league goals to start the campaign, which is just two less than what he managed in the whole of last season.
Its a game that is expected to be full of goals, with the home side being involved in 3.72 goals per 90 this season, on top of the 16 that have come in the Yeltz's last five league clashes.
The Yeltz number 9 will be looking to reach the feat of scoring for a fifth successive league match on Tuesday night, against the third leakiest defense in the league, something no Yeltz player has done for over a DECADE.
"Lowestoft are a top side, an in form side and its a 5 hour trip for us on a Tuesday night which wont be easy by any means", stated the Yeltz boss about opponents after Saturday's match.
"We cant underestimate any side in this league, not just because i dont know them too well, but because they all have quality and on our day we have it in us too be a bit off it, but if we do keep our standards, we are match for anyone."
Their is just the one bit of bad news, that was revealed by Penn prior to the match about summer recruit Reece Flanagan.
"He will be unavailable again unfortunately, he requires an operation, we may get him for the end of the season but its just too early too call at the moment, which is a shame."