Folkestone Invicta manager Andy Drury can see positives of play-off chasing team visiting Hashtag United on Sunday - a day later than they usually play - this weekend

Andy Drury can see the positives of his play-off chasing Folkestone side playing this Sunday.

Isthmian Premier Invicta will face Hashtag United - a side they hope to compete with for a top-five finish this season - a day later than usual due to their weekend hosts ground-sharing alongside National League South side Aveley.

Folkestone manager Drury said: “It’s not a bad thing.

“Sometimes, you look at it and other teams are playing on the Sunday and, playing on the Saturday, you think ‘Let’s try and put some pressure on them.’.

“But there’s no one else playing on Sunday so we can see where a win would take us.

“It doesn’t really change anything for us because we haven’t got a game the following midweek.

“If anything, it gives us an extra day of rest so I don’t see it impacting our group at all.”

Hashtag have continued to settle nicely into life at Step 3 during their second campaign at the level.

“They have done really well this year,” Drury said. “They have signed a lot of good, experienced, players and they have got a lot of attacking threats.

“But every game is going to be tough. It’s more just about us turning up.

“Nine times out of 10, if we do that, we should be successful.”

Folkestone’s home game against Chichester was postponed last weekend. The Hashtag match will sandwich Tuesday's 2-1 loss at Dulwich and a trip to Cray Wanderers next weekend - three away matches Drury is well-aware of the importance of in the context of Invicta’s season.

Speaking before Tuesday, Drury said: “Cray, I went and watched beat Chatham 4-1, instead, on Saturday - not many teams do that!

“They’re three tough games and they’ll go a long way to defining our season.”

Invicta’s defeat at Champion Hill came despite keeper Jonny Henly’s