Salisbury travel to Kent this Saturday as the Vanarama National League South enters its final two months of the season.
Brian Dutton's side are looking over their shoulder just four points above the relegation zone with twelve games left to play before the end of the season.
Earlier in the season, when these two sides met at the Ray Mac, Maidstone continued their then-unbeaten away run at the start of the season, winning 2-0 in mid-December. Two goals from Aaron Blair, with one in each half, enough to see the visitors to three points.
The game at Maidstone is the first of two in three days. Salisbury will also travel to Essex on Monday evening to face Aveley.
Salisbury are on a tricky run of results, with no wins in the last four matches since winning away at Weston-super-Mare on Tuesday, 11th February.
On Tuesday evening, a lacklustre first half left Salisbury with too much to do in the second half, and they lost 2-1 at home to Bath City. This followed a good performance away at Worthing, where one of the favourites to win the league took 77 minutes to break down the Whites' resolve and overturn Salisbury's early goal.
Brian Dutton was scathing in his post-match interview, saying the performance wasn't good enough and demanded more from his players.
Maidstone have also won one of their last five fixtures and currently sit in the final playoff place in the league table. They beat Bath City last Saturday at home but then lost to a single goal away at Eastbourne Borough on Tuesday evening.
A goal midway through the second half from George Alexander was enough to give Eastbourne the win as they look to keep pressure on Dorking Wanderers at the top of the table.
In their recent run of results, Maidstone have lost away to Slough Town and at home to Avelely, as well as a goalless draw away at Hemel Hempstead Town. The only goals in the last five games came in the win against Bath City.
Maidstone manager George Elokobi thought his side played well but could not test Eastbourne's 'keeper enough.
Both Maidstone and Salisbury will both be keen to pick up points from the match for very different reasons. Maidstone to continue their pursuit of promotion and Salisbury to stay away from the relegation places.
For supporters not able to make the game, there will be full match commentary with Ian Pearson and Andy Munns on Salisbury Radio Sport from around 2:50 pm. You can listen on the website https://www.salisburyradio.co.uk/player/salisbury-radio-sport/, by asking an Amazon smart speaker to 'Play Salisbury Radio Sport' or on the Salisbury Radio App.
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