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FA Trophy match preview: York City - Ebbsfleet Utd

Written by: Second_Sight Published: 04-02 06:48:58

York at full-strength

York City take on fellow Blue Square Premier side Ebbsfleet United at Bootham Crescent on Saturday in the FA Trophy third round. Winners of this tie will go into the hat for a quarter-final place and York City manager Gary Mills has already announced that he plans to take his team to the final at Wembley and this was underlined by the fact that he fielded a full-strength side in the previous round at Salisbury City as the Minstermen ran out easy 6-2 winners. York have already beaten today’s opponents Ebbsfleet twice this season with 3-2 and 2-1 wins, and they expect to have leading scorer striker Jason Walker (14 goals, 5 assists) back in today’s squad following injury. Midfielder Patrick McLaughlin (7 goals, 7 assists) and winger Matty Blair (9 goals, 4 assists) are both in good form and should create plenty of chances against a poor travelling Ebbsfleet side.

Ebbsfleet poor away from home

Visitors Ebbsfleet have won just once away from home in their last five matches which was a win at fellow strugglers Hayes & Yeading 2-1. Last weekend they lost 0-3 at home to Mansfield Town, and tend not to perform too well against the top-ten sides in the Conference; losses at Cambridge United, Wrexham and Grimsby, along with York already of course emphasises this statistic and they will also be without influential midfielder Ram Marwa (3 assists) for this fixture.

Ebbsfleet to be Yorked again

Also consider the fact that Fleet have kept just two clean sheets in all of their Conference fixtures on the road this season, along with York’s desire and ambition to reach the final of this competition, York will field a full-strength side and I’ll back them to cover the -0.75 handicap on offer here.

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Prediction:

Tip: 1 AH-0.75
Odd: 1.79
Bookie: 188bet
Stake: 7 /10
Tipster: Second_Sight

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