Hyde's midfield should grind Droylsden into the Ewen Fields turf with something approaching grim inevitability, and frankly Droylsden's defensive setup looks about as reassuring as a soggy paper bag in a thunderstorm. I predict Hyde will score exactly once, because the universe has decided even a convincing victory is too much joy to permit. Droylsden will go home having contributed approximately nothing to the attacking phase of this match, which at least gives them something in common with my own hopes and dreams.

Hyde are going to absolutely steamroll through Droylsden's defensive lines today — that forward zone is where this game gets won and lost, and Hyde's attack looks like a wrecking ball compared to what Droylsden can throw back at them. Droylsden's sweeper Melker Fransson will be working overtime trying to plug the gaps but I just don't see them holding the fort all afternoon. One goal, clean sheet, Hyde grind out the fortress victory at home.