{"id":25188,"date":"2025-10-16T13:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.borehamwoodfootballclub.co.uk\/?p=25188"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:58:19","slug":"match-preview-eastleigh-h-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.borehamwoodfootballclub.co.uk\/match-preview-eastleigh-h-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Match preview: Eastleigh (H)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Tomorrow, Luke Garrard\u2019s side return to Enterprise National League action with the visit of an in-form Eastleigh outfit, kicking-off at 15:00.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Last season for the Spitfires\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">It was back-to-back 13th-placed finishes for the Hampshire-based side in the past two seasons, finishing nine points off of Southend United in the final play-off place last term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>One to watch\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Making a promising start to life at the Silverlake Stadium, Aaron Blair has netted six league goals so far this term in 13 appearances. The 25-year-old forward put pen to paper on a deal for this season in the summer following an impressive stint at Maidstone United where he played a pivotal role in the Stones making it to the National League South Promotion Final last season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Wood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">It was another superb showing last time out as we progressed to the first round of the Emirates FA Cup after a 3-0 win at Eastbourne Borough. Following an even first-half, the Wood\u2019s class shone through thanks to strikes from Matt Rush, Abdul Abdulmalik and Junior Dixon in the second-half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">This followed another 3-0 victory on our travels, beating Yeovil Town in the league to maintain our place in the play-offs and be within two points of leaders Forest Green Rovers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Last time we met<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Saturday will be our first clash with the Spitfires in nearly two years. We faced off in Hertfordshire in January 2024 and a thrilling 4-4 draw ensued with Erico Sousa netting a last-gasp penalty to secure a late point.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The reverse league meeting in the 2023\/24 campaign saw Paul McCallum score a brace to seal a 2-1 win with Tyrone Marsh\u2019s leveller proving to count for nothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Ticket information\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Ticket information can be found by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.borehamwoodfootballclub.co.uk\/ticket-and-travel-information-carlisle-united-a\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">clicking here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Can\u2019t join us tomorrow afternoon?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Follow all of the action from the Mangata Developments Stadium Meadow Park on the club\u2019s official social media channels, with live updates on both X and Instagram, available at @boreham_woodfc. Don\u2019t forget to turn your notifications on!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Match preview written by Jack Patmore.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow, Luke Garrard\u2019s side return to Enterprise National League action with the visit of an in-form Eastleigh outfit, kicking-off at 15:00.\u00a0 Last season for the Spitfires\u00a0 It was back-to-back 13th-placed finishes for the Hampshire-based side in the past two seasons, finishing nine points off of Southend United in the final play-off place last term.\u00a0 One&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-match-preview"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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