Tommy Wood will get his chance to shine when Tonbridge host Hemel Hempstead in a key game.

Angels top scorer Jordan Greenidge can’t play against parent club Hemel on Good Friday (3pm) under the terms of his loan.

That means Wood, who rejoined Tonbridge from Hampton at the end of February, will lead the line at Longmead.

Angels are looking to bounce back from last weekend’s 4-0 defeat at Oxford City and keep their National South play-off hopes alive, with a trip to fellow contenders Farnborough to follow on Easter Monday (3pm).

“Jordan can’t play against Hemel - that was agreed when we extended his loan - which is a bit of a blow because he’s our top scorer and I’m sure he’d have loved to have played,” said Angels boss Jay Saunders.

“I understand. I wouldn’t want one of my players playing if it was the other way round.

“It’s not like we’re miles apart in the table and I’m sure Brad (Quinton, Hemel boss) is thinking if they come here and win that gives them a chance of sneaking into the play-offs if they win their last five games.

“It gives Tommy Wood the opportunity he’s been waiting for, so it’s not like we’re putting someone in who’s not used to playing in these games.

“He’s a good player in his own right.

“He’s not had the opportunities he’d have wanted since he came back but I made him aware when he signed that Joe Turner and Jordan were doing really well up there and it would be hard to change it. He understood that.

“He’s been patient and now he gets the opportunity I know he’s desperate for.

"After these next two games I think we’ll know where we’re at. It’s really important we get a win on Friday.

“Whether that puts pressure on the players, I don’t know, but if we get a win we’re still in the mix and we can go from there into another tough game at Farnborough.”

Tonbridge had a bad day at third-placed Oxford, conceding twice in either half, to suffer a first defeat in five games.

Saunders said: “It was a kick in the teeth on Saturday.

“We had a real off-day. You get games where you have one or two off it but we had pretty much everyone off it and when that happens, you’ve got no chance.

“It’s easy to dwell on it and over-think things but it’s gone now. We just never got going on the day and that happens.

“It’s hard to put your finger on why it happens but it does. It’s a simple fact. We’ve just got to get on with it now.

“You say what needs to be said after the game and that’s it.

“The honest truth is we just weren’t good enough on the day.”