Bones are favourites this time
Rothwell Town head to bottom side Malvern Town in BGB Southern League Division One Midlands in the rare position of being favourites to win.
The Bones got three vital points at home to Leighton Town in midweek and another win tomorrow should all but make them safe from relegation.
Prior to the Leighton game, Bones boss Rob Dunion had said his side needed three more good results to keep them up.
Leighton was the first of those and the second should come tomorrow.
Even allowing for the fact that the Bones can be hit-and-miss at the best of times, with the confidence built up from the good performance at leaders Leamington and then the win over Leighton, they should have too much for a Malvern side who will have relegation confirmed if they lose.
"I'm looking for a full points return over Easter and I certainly expect us to take points from tomorrow's game," said Dunion.
"We should treat them with respect, of course, as the league table shows we're not much better than them and they did get a draw at our place, although that was poor result from our point of view.
"But it would be very nice to get all issues of relegation sorted as quickly as possible.
"We've got five games to go and there are still some six teams that could be relegated so we can't ease up.
"But the performances have been good in the last three games and now we need to start ensuring the results match those displays."
Fresh from his two goals against Leighton, Robbie Maddox could well
continue in his striking role alongside Kevin Byrne, although Ali Wiltshire is back in the squad. Mibeye Medine is again unavailable.
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