Boreham Wood welcome Kidderminster Harriers to the Mangata Developments Stadium Meadow Park on Tuesday night, with the National League leaders looking to extend their unbeaten start to the season. Wood begin the evening top of the table with 26 points from ten matches, while Kidderminster sit seventh on 18 points following their first defeat since the opening day.
Boreham Wood have established an impressive early pace under Luke Garrard, winning eight and drawing two of their opening ten National League fixtures. They have also scored in every league match this season, finding the net 26 times while conceding just 11.
Their recent sequence has produced four wins and one draw from the last five matches. A 2-1 home victory over Carlisle United was followed by a draw before Wood recorded successive 2-1 and 4-1 victories against Scunthorpe United and Harrogate Town.
Boreham Wood maintained that momentum at Solihull Moors on Saturday with a convincing 3-0 victory. Ben Whitfield scored twice, striking either side of half-time, before Jay Bird added a third in the 76th minute. The result extended Wood’s unbeaten start to ten matches and moved them onto 26 points from a possible 30.
Kidderminster travel to Meadow Park looking for a response after their own lengthy unbeaten sequence came to an end on Saturday. Paul Wotton’s side had gone eight National League matches without defeat following a 3-0 loss at Hornchurch on the opening day, but Johl Powell’s second-half goal earned Yeovil Town a 1-0 victory at Aggborough.
The defeat followed a goalless draw away at Woking, meaning Harriers have now gone two successive matches without scoring. That represents a change from the form that preceded those results, with Kidderminster having recorded three consecutive victories against Wealdstone, Hartlepool United and Gateshead.
Harriers won 4-1 away at Wealdstone before beating Hartlepool 2-0 at Aggborough and following that with a 1-0 home victory over Gateshead. Their last five league fixtures have therefore produced three wins, one draw and one defeat, with the Yeovil loss their first in nine matches.
The clubs met twice during the 2023/24 National League season. Boreham Wood remained unbeaten across those encounters, with one victory and one draw, scoring three goals while Kidderminster found the net twice. Both clubs were ultimately relegated from the National League that season before earning their way back to the division.
Boreham Wood begin Tuesday top of the National League with 26 points from ten matches after eight wins and two draws. Their 26 goals scored and 11 conceded give them a goal difference of +15. Kidderminster sit seventh with 18 points after five wins, three draws and two defeats, scoring 13 goals and conceding eight for a goal difference of +5.
Tuesday therefore brings together the National League’s unbeaten leaders and a Kidderminster side looking to respond to their first defeat since opening day. Boreham Wood will be aiming to make it nine wins from 11 and maintain their position at the summit, while Harriers travel to Meadow Park looking to rediscover the form that carried them through an eight-match unbeaten sequence.
