Barnet look to continue their early-season promotion push against Cheltenham in League Two.
Victory would see Barnet stay top of the table, whilst Cheltenham must win with a three-goal swing in order to go top if Crewe Alexandra lose at Port Vale in the other lunchtime kick-off.
Teams
Barnet have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 3-1 away win at Shrewsbury Town.
Cheltenham could be without Shaun McWilliams after he missed their 2-1 loss at Swindon due to a groin injury, although he has resumed light training.
George Miller remains sidelined with a thigh injury.
When is Kick-Off?
Barnet host Cheltenham at The Hive on Saturday 29 August at 12:30pm BST, live on Sky Sports+ Red Button in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Barnet have lost just one of their last seven league meetings against Cheltenham (W3, D3, L1).
- Cheltenham have won one of their last 13 league visits to Barnet (W1, D7, L5).
- Charlie Lakin has scored in both of Barnet’s two league matches so far, which have both ended in 3-1 wins over Salford and Shrewsbury respectively.
- Cheltenham’s two league matches so far this season have ended in 2-1 results (W1, L1).
Prediction
Having enjoyed a strong start to the league campaign, Barnet just need to be as sharp as they have been because this is a very winnable home game, but it would be nice to see them keep a clean sheet for a change to strengthen their goal difference.
Cheltenham meanwhile have had two contrastable 2-1 results because for being outplayed in their opening-day win at home to Rotherham, they weren’t clinical enough in their defeat at Swindon where they dominated attack so it is hard to call what type of attack could turn up.
I however do think that Barnet will have too much quality but this should still be a good competitive clash.
Prediction: Barnet 2-1 Cheltenham
Result: Barnet 2-2 Cheltenham