Swindon Supermarine manager Lee Spalding has targeted a clean sheet as their primary objective as they head east to take on Harrow Borough on Saturday.
Marine have only kept the opposition at bay in two away games this term and Spalding is keen to extend that record as his side go hunting a third win on the bounce in Southern League Premier Division.
Marine’s most recent victory came on Tuesday night as a first-half blitz of goals blew Poole Town away in a 5-2 win.
And while Spalding is hoping for the same clinical edge at Harrow on Saturday, he knows more clean sheets away from home will be key for his side if they are to make a charge for the play-offs.
He said: “The most important thing on Saturday is that we go there and keep a clean sheet.
“That will be our first objective and then we must make sure our quality in the final third is as high as it was on Tuesday night.
“If we do that, then I think we’ve got a great opportunity of getting something from the game. If we come away from there having taken something, I’ll be delighted.
“We’re now on the back of two wins and the confidence in the group is really high.
“On Tuesday, our quality in the final third was excellent, so we need to make sure we’ve got the same quality in the final third on Saturday.”
When the two sides met earlier in the season, Marine fell to a 2-1 loss at home – despite leading – and found themselves sitting perilously close to the relegation zone as a result.
Entering Saturday’s return fixture, Spalding’s men are only seven points off their opponents in the final play-off spot after a dramatic upturn in form.
Since the 2-1 defeat, Marine have gone on to pick up 24 points from the 12 games thereafter and enter Saturday’s game in confident mood.
Spalding says his players should believe they can reverse November’s result as they are a completely different side now and has backed his side to claim the three points this time around.
He said: “Harrow are a good side with a really good attacking threat, but it’s important that we play our game – attack like we did the other night and when we lose the ball, we go and win it back straight away.
“We’re quite a different side now to when we played them last time, so it’s important we go there full of confidence.
“We’ve got the momentum of the last two games, so we need to carry that into Saturday. If we do that, then I’m confident we can pick up a result.”
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