Maidstone United manager Hakan Hayrettin playing it cool before top-of-the-table game at Dorking Wanderers

Manager Hakan Hayrettin could hardly be more relaxed going into Maidstone’s top-of-the-table clash at Dorking.

It’s a game everyone’s been talking about for weeks, with both sides in exceptional form at the National League South summit.

Wanderers have won 12 of their last 13 games - a 3-1 home defeat by Tonbridge their only blemish since December - while the Stones are unbeaten in 14 matches, their best run in 10 years.

It has all the makings of a classic this Saturday as second-placed Maidstone bid to move level on points with the leaders but Hayrettin, whose side have won their past five matches, is playing it cool.

“I’m not going to talk it up,” said Hayrettin.

“Why would I? I’ve got nearly 700 games under my belt, why am I going to talk this up?

“The league positions make no difference to me, it’s just another game.

“As long as my team do the best they possibly can to try and get a result, that’s all that interests me.

“Are we the two best teams in the league? I don’t know.

“I know we’re good and I know they’re good but I also know Oxford are good and Ebbsfleet are good and Dartford are good. All these teams are good.”

Maidstone lost 2-0 at home to Dorking in October after hitting the woodwork three times with the game goalless.

Wanderers weren’t in the best of form back then but they’ve been virtually unstoppable in the past few months.

The same goes for the Stones, who last weekend beat third-placed Oxford City 2-1 to continue their unbeaten run, and they also have a game in hand on the leaders.

Dorking enjoy the spending power but Maidstone have a couple of wise old heads at the helm in Hayrettin and Terry Harris, whose knowledge and contacts appear to be making up for the difference in budgets.

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