[mrmuzeman]

Worcester 2 bt Redditch @ 17/10 (SportingOdds)

An interesting one this in the Conf North. Redditch have been pretty rotten all season tbh and sport a terrible home record of 2-1-7. Theyre very leaky and have conceded 17 goals in their last 5 homes picking up just the 1 point. 6-3 cuffing by Workington and 3-0 beating from Worksop show that its not cos theyve only faced the best sides either.

Of great interest is their manager Rod Brown leaving after weekends 3-1 home defeat v Harrogate. No money for players is being touted as the reason but there is also talk of the club being £100,000 in debt and it is rumoured that players are being expected to take a 45% wage cut. They cant be happy about that! As seems to be the case in non league this often leads to players leaving very quickly and it wouldnt suprise me to see some of their first team gone before Tuesdays game.

Now a team to take advantage of such a situation is needed. Worcester at first glance dont seem to be it considering they havent won an away game this season! BUT I still think they can win as the record is harsh on them imo. They have played much fewer than the other teams in the league and have only actually played 5 away games, their record is 0-2-3. They have had very good cup runs though and have drawn away at Conference league leaders Accrington, great result and only gone down 1-0 at League 1 Huddersfields ground.

They are also in much improved form. I and others tipped them vs Chippenham a month or so ago which many were on and they obliged. Theyve won 3 of their last 4 league games, all at home. They keep things pretty tight and have a very good striker in Webster.

All in all theres NO WAY Redditch can be favourites here. 6/4 is other books go on Worcester which would have to be considered but SportingOdds going 17/10 is a must for me.