A single goal separated the two sides just six days ago
in the televised game that captured an audience of over 180,000, which handed
the U’s the three points necessary to maintain their top place position going
into the weekend.
However, since the showdown at the Abbey stadium,
Cambridge have been knocked off of top spot and replaced by Luton, who
capitalised on the fact that Cambridge failed to beat Nuneaton with a 6-0 win
over Kidderminster. The U’s played out a goalless draw which saw them slip away
from top spot for the first time since September, now one point behind Luton
with a game in hand.
The Iron will enter the game full of confidence on the
back of their comfortable 2-0 win against Tamworth, where a dominant display
from start to finish was produced by Alan Devonshire’s side. Unlikely goal
scorer Ryan Peters opened the scoring for Braintree in the second half, netting
for the first time in seven years with his first goal for the Iron. James
Mulley added a second to put the game beyond doubt which moves the Iron ever
closer to their 50point target for the season. The playing surface will also be
sure to have its own effect on the game with some poor weather contributing to
the soft surface that was played on against Tamworth at the weekend.
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