Ebbsfleet United manager Dennis Kutrieb takes it one game at a time after seven National League South wins in a row

Ebbsfleet boss Dennis Kutrieb has vowed not to look too far ahead after they continued their winning streak.

Kutrieb’s men made it seven straight wins in National League South with a 3-1 success over Bath at Stonebridge Road last weekend.

Their promising start will be put to the test at second-placed Havant this Saturday, a side who have only dropped two points so far.

“We just try to take it week to week, that’s the easiest way for us to see it,” vowed Kutrieb.

“We don’t need to look at September as a whole, or all the upcoming games. We have Bath ticked off, now we can focus on Havant and then Braintree - two tough games with different styles of play that we need to be ready for.”

The Havant game sees Kutrieb face opposite number Paul Doswell. There’s no love lost between the pair, with the Havant boss banned for six games by the FA following insults aimed at Kutrieb with reference to his German nationality from a match in February 2021.

Doswell was charged again under FA Rule 3.1 and 3.2 after clashing with Kutrieb when the sides met in September 2021. The FA are yet to announce the outcome of that charge.

Kutrieb, however, says it’s a battle between two sets of players.

“We approach it as the team always approaches any game,” said the Fleet boss. “It’s not a game of me against another manager, it’s a game of 11 v 11, our team against their team.

“They are physically strong, they are fit, they’re full-time as well. It’s going to be a hard battle, mostly in the air, that’s what I expect. If we have the ball on the floor, we need to make sure we play quick enough forward to damage them and that’s the challenge for us to get ready for this week.”

Havant's dropped points came at Braintree in the first week of the season.