Billy Jeffrey takes his young Rugby Town side to Bedford Town this weekend and the Valley boss will be hoping for a repeat of the 5-1 performance against the Eagles a few weeks ago at Butlin Road.

	Date Sat 3rd November 07 Kick-off 3pm Venue The Eyrie, Meadow Lane, Bedford, MK44 3SB. Comp BGB Premier Divsion Match Odds n/a Rugby netted five against Bedford in the last meeting between the sides in Septmeber at Butlin Road Head2Head P W D L F A Home 3 2 0 1 10 4 Away 2 0 1 1 2 4 Total 5 2 1 2 12 8

Valley face two tough games in the coming week, and they will need to be at their resilient best for a re-arranged trip to Bedford this Saturday and then the visit of Chippenham to Butlin Road next Tuesday night - in another game which has been rescheduled.

Last Saturday's 0-0 draw at Mangotsfield briefly saw Town enter the BGBLP top five play-off zone, although midweek results saw them drop back down to sixth again. However with cup commitments and associated postponements meaning that all of the teams above them are not playing in the league again until next Saturday, Town know that back-to-back victories in the two forthcoming fixtures would lift them to the very top of the table - albeit with a much higher number of games played.

Six points from the Bedford and Chippenham fixtures would however represent an extremely big ask of Billy Jeffrey's young guns, although if they can continue to show the spirit they have displayed recently - especially on their travels, then it is certainly not an impossible task.

Bedford go into the weekend's game on the back of a victory in a 5-3 goal fest at home to Cheshunt on Tuesday night. The Eagles are now just one place below Rugby, and with share second place in the number of goals scored in the league this season – coincidentally with Chippenham.

They are however clearly susceptible at the back too, having twice conceded four goals in matches at home to Brackley and Bromsgrove, and more memorably were also on the end of a five strike - by the Valley in the reverse fixture between the two sides at Butlin Road earlier in the season.

David Stone (2), Akin Aladetoun, David Kolodynski and Ashley Blake were on target for Town that September evening, and manager Jeffrey will be delighted if his side can complete the double.

He said : "They are a relatively young and inexperienced side, and we know from our own experiences that that can be a recipe for unpredictability. We caused them real problems earlier in the season, and hopefully they will be wary of us on Saturday as a result and we can use that to our advantage."

Rushden & Diamonds loan signing Martyn Margarson is expected to continue in goal after his clean sheet at Mangotsfield last Saturday. Delroy Gordon is a big doubt having suffered a broken nose against the Mangoes and will require a late fitness test.

Rugby Town Squad From: Martyn Margarson, Simon Lynn, Aaron Stringfellow, Brad Harris, Stephan Morley, Craig Herbert, Delroy Gordon, Ashley Blake, Stefan McGrath, Alex Bolt, Scott Musgrove, Mark Edge, David Staff, Tom Breward, David Kolodynski, David Stone, Akin Aladetoun.