The two best defences in Vanarama Conference South go head-to-head on Tuesday night when Ebbsfleet host promotion rivals Gosport Borough at The PHB Stadium.

Third-placed Fleet have conceded just 10 goals in 17 league games while Gosport - three points behind them with three games in hand - have only conceded nine times this season.

It could be a tight game but Ebbsfleet manager Steve Brown is only thinking about the result.

He said: "If it’s a snooze-fest and we win it 1-0, I won’t give a monkey’s.

"They’re another good side. People say 'it’s Gosport, therefore Ebbsfleet should win 4-0' but they’re a good team. They’ve got a good goal-difference, they’re very hard to break down and we know it’s going to be a hard game.

"But we’re at Stonebridge Road and we do have a phenomenal league record there. It’s a good team coming to Stonebridge Road with a good record but we’re a good team.

"We’ve got a good record so we’ll be looking to be on the front foot and take three points."

Goalkeeper Brandon Hall and striker Charlie Sheringham both picked up knocks at Eastbourne on Saturday but both players should feature against Gosport.

Brown said: "Brandon’s a little bit worse-off than Chas.

"Chas has had an ankle injury from last weekend and I did think he was going to struggle once he took a whack but he seems absolutely fine, no complaints from Chas.

"I said to Brandon ‘are you OK?’ and there was a little bit of a wince but he’s a big, strong boy, Brandon, and I think he’ll be fine."