ALDERSHOT TOWN v BRAINTREE TOWN
Saturday 29th April 2017 – Kickoff: 1215hrs
Football – England – National League Betting Tips
It’s the final day of the season in the English National League along with early kick-off times, so check your bets in early if backing anything non-league today. My featured pick on final day is Aldershot Town taking on relegation candidates Braintree Town with both teams needing all three points today.
Aldershot currently occupy fifth place and a play-off spot ahead of this afternoon’s clash but they’ll be absolutely safe for a top five finish if they win today, regardless of what Dover Athletic manage to do away from home at Barrow.
The Shots hold a very good home record too with overall stats of 14-5-3 36/13 and come into this clash with a decent run of results in recent times as they’re unbeaten in their last eight league matches in the season run-in. It’s worth mentioning that Aldershot have kept a staggering 14 clean sheets from their 22 home matches to date this term.
Visitors Braintree Town sit third from bottom in the National League and The Iron desperately need all three points this afternoon to stand a chance of avoiding sliding down the trap-door, but they also need other results to go their way as well.
But a win away from home at Aldershot may well be easier said than done for the Essex outfit as they’ve slumped to six defeats from their last seven league matches in the non-league top flight, so confidence is fragile to say the least.
Throw in a very poor record of 0-3-8 8/25 away from home against top half opposition, and you can see why Braintree are expected to have their backs to the wall in this final match of the season.
Pick: Aldershot Town to win @ 1.80 William Hill
