Chasetown's midfield is simply suffocating Rushden's here, and with that home advantage pressing down like a grey sky that never quite becomes rain, I expect Luciano Renteria and company to grind through the visitors with the kind of relentless mediocrity that somehow still produces goals. Rushden's defence looks thin enough that their sweeper Kai Laidlaw will spend the afternoon chasing shadows, which is really all any of us are doing when you think about it. A 3-2 it is, five goals born into a universe that didn't ask for them, and neither did I.

Chasetown's midfield is going to absolutely steamroll through this one — Renteria and company look set to dominate the middle of the park and create absolute carnage for the Rushden backline. The Scholars' home fortress gives them that extra surge of energy, and with 49 estimated attacks raining down like a siege, Rushden's defence simply won't hold. Jackson and that back four are going to be tested to destruction before the final whistle.