The Weekend Starts Here! So What's In Store On Saturday?

By Sam Elliott

It seemed just days ago that the sun-baked start to the season was getting underway.

But on Saturday the games reach double figures as match day ten is already upon us.

If anyone would have said a new boy would top the table heading into it, it’s fair to say one of the sides coming down, or title tip Salford City perhaps, would be the ones to do it.

But Harrogate Town have done fantastically well and created history on Tuesday by taking first place.

Can they hang onto the leadership on Saturday? They welcome Havant & Waterlooville having scored seven times in their last two games.

The game of the day is also in Yorkshire, and an unbeaten run is on the line.

Leyton Orient are at FC Halifax Town in a 2nd vs 4th encounter. Will the Shaymen inflict a first defeat on the Londoners?

Wrexham are third but just a point off top spot after a really solid start.

They are at winless Braintree, who will need to get results on the board and fast after defeat at Dagenham on Tuesday.

AFC Fylde suffered their first defeat of the season in midweek as Salford City were too strong for them.

Dave Challinor’s team head to the other end of the country and face an Eastleigh side who have lost their last three matches.

Another who need to end a poor run are Chesterfield.

Six defeats in a row is not what Martin Allen signed up for and they need a win at home to Dover, themselves requiring victory after a slow start.

Salford have recovered from theirs and they will put the pressure on the top positions with a home win over managerless Maidstone United.

Both Solihull Moors and Hartlepool United dropped points in midweek and they will want to put that right when they meet in the midlands.

The live BT Sport offering comes from Kent as Ebbsfleet United and Gateshead come together, the latest clubs to fall under the focus on the cameras with more than half of the sides in the division already featuring.

Barnet are in good form having won their last three and they will have to keep an eye on Maidenhead United’s in form forward Josh Kelly at The Hive.

Aldershot are in the bottom four and Gary Waddock needs his side to react to consecutive defeats at home to Bromley.

Finally Barrow face Dagenham at Holker Street knowing Peter Taylor’s team will be full of confidence after holding Salford and grabbing their first win of the season on Tuesday against Braintree.

Saturday’s National League fixtures:
Aldershot v Bromley
Barnet v Maidenhead
Barrow v Dagenham
Braintree v Wrexham
Chesterfield v Dover Athletic
Eastleigh v AFC Fylde
FC Halifax v Leyton Orient
Harrogate v Havant & W
Salford City v Maidstone U
Solihull Moors v Hartlepool
Ebbsfleet United v Gateshead (BT Sport 5.15pm)

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