EASTLEIGH head into today’s (5.15pm) showdown against Kidderminster needing just one point to secure a place in the Vanarama Conference play-offs.

But anyone expecting a cagey 0-0 stalemate should think again.

By his own admission, Spitfires boss Richard Hill has a gap in his footballing knowledge when it comes to setting his side up for a draw.

Eastleigh have been among the great entertainers of the league this season, scoring 85 goals and conceding 60.

They have drawn ten of their 45 league games to date but, as their recent 2-2 home draw with Wrexham showed, their instincts are always to go for the win.

Hill said: “Although we need one point, I wouldn’t know how to set a team up to play for a draw. And if that means I’ve got a lack of knowledge in that part of football, I accept that.

“It’s because ever since I’ve been at this club, I’ve always had to win the next game – not draw it, win it.

“Last season in the Conference South there were some occasions when we were drawing with 15 or 20 minutes to go and I told the lads just to put ourselves in a position where we got a point and it came off for us.

“But that’s a tricky game to play and it could come back and bite you on the bum.

“You only need one slip-up and then you’ve somehow got to find the momentum to come back and get a point.

“I send my team out to try and win the game because that’s the whole object, isn’t it?

“Yes there are certain times where you might err on the side of caution a bit and I tried to get us to do that against Wrexham.

“James Constable equalised (in the 85th minute) and I was screaming at them to take what they’d got, but the lads kept trying to win it.”