BLUES boss Kieron Dyer believes Kidderminster Harriers found it tougher facing nine men rather than 11 last time out.
Kidderminster arrive at Roots Hall tonight fresh from dropping two points against Aldershot Town, despite them being shown two red cards.
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But Dyer feels the dismissals did not work in favour of the Harriers who have taken four points from three games.
“In a strange way, I think they should have more points,” sad Dyer.
“It’s mad saying that when Aldershot went down to nine men - it kind of threw Kidderminster off but they were in total control of the game when it was 11 v 11.
“It sounds bonkers but if Aldershot had kept 11 on the pitch then I think Kidderminster would have won.”
But Harriers will now be looking to bounce back against Blues.
“They try to play football in the right way, how I see it,” said Dyer.
“They’ve got good threats and good pattens so we have to be on our game but we just need to be us.
“If we play to our strengths and anywhere near the levels we got to against Scunthorpe then I feel we could have a comfortable evening.”
And Dyer is looking forward to the Shrimpers playing under the floodlights.
"There's no better feeling than playing under the floodlights," said Dyer.
"I think it's so much better than a Saturday afternoon.
"I think you can feel it and there's the dew on the grass which will really help our pitch.
"Our pitch has been really dry like you know but hopefully there's more thunderstorms around so we can get really good dew on the pitch.
"We've got a sample of what our crowd can be like against Scunthorpe and I feel there could be a few hundred more on the gate and that will help us.
"I'm really looking forward to it as a manager and I know the players are too."
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