IMPROVING New Milton Town will be hoping to spring a surprise when they host fifth-placed Bournemouth Poppies tomorrow (3pm).

Trevor Parker's side are struggling down in 21st position, while high-flying Poppies are defending a seven-match unbeaten sequence in the Wessex Premier Division.

Linnets will be without key defender Kish Chengadu after he pulled a hamstring in training.

And for Poppies, Ben Lucas is the only absentee.

New Milton Town: (from) Jones, Holt, R Chengadu, Pidgley, Crutcher, Borthwick, Smith, Long, Booker, Malloy, Marks, Neville, Kabir, Sampays, Burke.

Poppies: (from) Kearn, Crow, Cherrett, Dibba, M Toy, Smith, McCabe, Sanderson, Dancer, C Toy, Jeffes, Phillips, Barnes, White, Jack, Beckett, Wood, Morrell.

IN LINE FOR DEBUT

DORCHESTER Town loan striker Hardy Pinto-Moreira is poised to make his Poole Town debut in their match at Moneyfields (3pm).

Tom Killick's side slipped to second place in the Wessex Premier Division after Wimborne Town beat the same opposition 2-0 in midweek.

Poole Town: (from) Frampton, Yelland, Whitley, Skelton, P Smith, I Richardson, C Smith, Sturgess, S Richardson, Culliford, Cann, Funnell, Bowden, Lima, Brown, S Smith, Osborne, Pinto-Moreira.

JAMES SET TO RETURN

LEADERS Wimborne Town face a difficult game when in-form Brockenhurst visit Cuthbury tomorrow (3pm).

But Christer Warren does have winger Kev James back in his Magpies squad.

Wimborne Town: (from) Hutchings, Bailey-Pearce, Thomas, Phillipson-Masters, Roast, Arnold, Langrish, Whitcher, Vavrecka, McCormick, Warren, Joyce, Stokoe, Lawrence, Moore, James.

PRIORY AIM FOR REPEAT

CHRISTCHURCH would love a repeat of their Wessex League Cup victory over VT FC when the teams meet in league action at Hurn Bridge tomorrow (3pm).

Priory ran out shock 2-1 winners in the cup game on October 30 at the same venue.

  • Struggling Ringwood Town will aim to improve on last week's embarrassing 9-1 defeat when they host Fareham Town in the Wessex Premier Division (3pm).

Seventh-placed Fareham are no strangers to goals either, having beaten Hayling United 7-0 on Tuesday night.

  • Verwood Town are at full strength, apart from Adam Faulkner, for their Wessex Division One home clash against Blackfield and Langley (3pm).

Verwood Town: (from) Willis, Arnold, Freeman, Elysee, Reeves, Beverley, Lynch, Dyer, Newbery, Giles, King, Truan, Yerby, Goodall, Homer, Fawcett.

  • Hamworthy Recreation travel to Swanage and Herston in the Dorset Premier League Cup (2.15pm ko).

Hamworthy Recreation: (from) Leonard, Marsh, Brian, Elmes, Brett, Lucas, Notley, Moores, Rigler, Allen, O'Connor, Hole, Willis, Walden, Cobb, Andrews.

  • Hamworthy United's Sunday team are through to the last 32 of the FA Sunday Cup. They play Mayfair United (Surrey) in the third round on Sunday at the County Ground (1pm ko).