The fixture comes just three days after the Reds faced Hungerford Town at the Crucial Environmental Stadium on Saturday afternoon:

The second-from-bottom side went a goal up in the 26th minute through Joel Rollinson, before Reece Meekums levelled proceedings nine minutes before half time to make the score 1-1 at the interval.

Meekums was then brought down inside the area on the hour mark in the second half, with the referee pointing to the spot:

Ollie Pearce stepped up to put Worthing 2-1 up, and subsequently claim all three points for the Reds.

Meanwhile, hosts Chippenham played out a 1-1 draw away to Welling United on Saturday.

Form

Saturday’s victory was Worthing’s second out of two at home last week, building on the 6-0 annihilation of Dulwich on Tuesday evening.

The Reds are currently fifth in the table, having accumulated 58 points from 34 games.

Chippenham occupy the final relegation spot in 21st, but are only two points adrift of 20th-placed Cheshunt with three games-in-hand:

Last six matches

25/02/23 – Welling United (A) – Drew 1-1
21/02/23 – Hemel Hempstead Town (A) – Drew 1-1
18/02/23 – Cheshunt (H) – Drew 4-4
14/02/23 – Ebbsfleet United (H) – Drew 0-0
11/02/23 – Dartford (A) – Lost 0-2
04/02/23 – Braintree Town (H) – Lost 1-2

Recent meetings

The two sides last met in the reverse fixture at the Crucial Environmental Stadium in mid August of last year:

After a first half filled with few chances, Worthing though they had taken the lead in the 64th minute when Marvin Armstrong had the ball in the back of the net, but the linesman’s flag denied the goal for a marginal offside.

Neither team could find a breakthrough afterwards and the spoils were shared on a warm day at Woodside.

Team News

Reuben Livesy Austin missed Saturday’s clash with tonsillitis and is a doubt for tonight’s trip to Wiltshire. Josh Chambers and Lewis White were substituted on Saturday with slight problems – Chambers with a quad problem and White feeling unwell.

Adam Hinshelwood will hope to have all three players available for tonight’s game.

Worn both shirts

Former Mackerel Man and current EFL League Two side Swindon Town midfielder Ricky Aguiar had a brief loan spell at the visitors last campaign, scoring seven goals in 13 appearances for the Bluebirds.

Supporter information

Ticket information 

Adults: £14
Senior Citizens: £10
Juniors (U18): £3

Students and Armed Forces Personnel with a Vaild ID Card: £10

FREE for Under 16’s when accompanied with a paying adult

Directions

The Thornbury Surfacing Stadium, Bristol Road, Chippenham SN14 6LR

By Car

From North, East and West – M4 Motorway Junction 17

• Exit M4 and take the A350 signposted Chippenham / Poole for approx three miles.
• At first roundabout Malmesbury Road take second exit signposted Trowbridge / Bath.
• At the third roundabout Bumpers Farm take the exit signposted Town Centre / Calne A4.
• At the Folly mini-roundabout go straight ahead signposted A4 / Town Centre. The football ground is approx 600 yards on the left immediately before a pedestrian crossing controlled by lights.