Hythe Town head to Lordswood on Saturday for a top of the table clash in Southern Counties East Division 1 – Andy Crush's side beat Premier Division Chislehurst Glebe in the Kent Senior Trophy last weekend

Hythe Town head to Lordswood this Saturday for a high-flying clash in Southern Counties East Division 1.

Fourth-placed Hythe have dropped just two points from their first seven matches, while Lords are the division’s top scorers and sit second behind leaders Rochester United.

Andy Crush’s men have games in hand on the teams above them and will overtake them all if they maintain their winning form.

It’s an early test in the battle for promotion, but Crush isn’t putting too much pressure on the fixture.

He said: “We’ve made a really good start and everyone’s very happy around the club.

“We treat every game the same and it’s just about putting the points on the board because nothing’s ever won in August, September, October. You start worrying about that in February and March.”

Lordswood have scored 31 goals in 10 league games while Hythe average three a game across all competitions.

“I’m looking forward to it,” said Crush. “Both teams are predicted to be up there come the end of the season and although nothing gets won and lost here [in terms of the promotion race], it’d be nice to take three points and keep the momentum going.”

Hythe needed late strikes again to beat Chislehurst Glebe in last Saturday’s Kent Senior Trophy first-round tie.

Goals from Josh Byford and Harry Codd - his second of the match - in the final 10 minutes secured a 3-2 win over the SCEFL Premier Division side.

The match was played at Folkestone’s Cheriton Road ground on Saturday night.

Crush said: “They came down pretty much full strength and because we played at 7.45pm, we saw all the other results coming in and quite a lot of the Premier Division sides had been knocked out.

“We decided to make a few changes ourselves. We’ve had one game a week for a