Eastleigh will have the massive incentive of going second in the Ryman Premier Division on Wednesday if they beat rock-bottom Kingstonian at the Sparshatts Stadium.
The Stoneham Lane club kept the pressure on the leaders with a slender 1-0 home win over Dover Athletic on Saturday, courtesy of a 36th-minute strike from tigerish midfielder Danny Smith, below.
Although Dover are level on points with Kingstonian, Eastleigh's director of football Mark Dennis reckons they're better than their position suggests.
"They're a good club with good support and they play football the right way. Their delivery from free-kicks and corners was the best I've seen and they have the potential to finish over halfway," he said.
"They had more possession than us, but we were more clinical and our back five - including keeper Wayne Shaw - were outstanding.
"Danny Smith was also superb in the middle of the park. He made some great runs from deep.
"Our front two of Paul Sales and Andy Forbes struggled a bit, but you'd expect that because they're feeling their way back from injury."
As well as Smith's goal, set up by fellow midfielder Martin Thomas, Eastleigh also hit the woodwork three times.
Exciting right-back Adam James smashed one against the post, Ryan Ashford had a 20-yard blast tipped onto the bar by the keeper and Tyronne Bowers clipped the upright late on.
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