Aldershot Town v Ebbsfleet United Betting Tips: 1 AH0, 2018-05-02

Aldershot could edge narrow lead over Ebbsfleet

National League Tips

ALDERSHOT TOWN v EBBSFLEET UNITED

Wednesday 2nd May 2018 – Kickoff: 1900hrs

Football – England – National League Betting Tips

The National League regular season ended on the weekend and Macclesfield Town have been crowned title winners and have been promoted back to League Two for next season. Now it’s just the small matter of determining who joins them via the play-offs which start this week.

Aldershot Town will have first bite of the cherry with the first leg of their play-off semi-final against Ebbsfleet United being at the Recreation Ground, with the hosts having posted some mixed results of late despite finishing in fifth place at the end of the season.

However, now turn to Aldershot’s home results and you’ll see that The Shots have suffered just two defeats at home in their last 11 matches, with one of these losses being to promoted Macclesfield Town. A home record consisting of  11-7-5  35/23, along with forwards Rendell (12 goals) and Fenelon (11 goals) as well as midfielder Kellerman (7 goals) should ensure that the home side at least avoid defeat here.

Onto Ebbsfleet United, and the visitors finished just one league place and one point below Aldershot at the end of the season, and ‘Fleet bring a solid set of results on the road with them on Wednesday night following just one defeat from their last 14 matches overall.

That defeat came in a 1-0 loss at home to fellow play-off candidates, Sutton United, while away from home, Ebbsfleet are unbeaten in their last seven matches. They hold a stubborn looking away record that stands at  8-10-5  29/27 and their last visit to Aldershot ended in a 0-0 draw.

This is expected to be a rather tight first leg, and I’ll back the hosts with the round ball handicap at a reasonable price.

Pick; Aldershot Town AH0 @ 1.69 Marathonbet