Unibet's National League North & South Semi-Final Preview

Unfortunately, there’s no in between when it comes to the play-offs, and the semi-finals serve as a reminder that perhaps finishing in mid-table isn’t actually as bad as you think!

Who are we kidding! You’ve got to embrace these promotion shoot-outs and Unibet once again guide us through the four matches.

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National League South

In a division with one clear stand-out side, the support act get their chance to shine - and it’s very hard to call.

Dartford’s reward for finishing as runners up is home advantage, as well as rest in midweek but the downside is welcoming a team with their tails up, and St Albans are certainly that after edging out Chelmsford City.

Question is how much it took out of their legs and Alan Dowson - who won the National League South play-offs with Woking four years ago - knows what it takes.

Worthing also know how to get themselves promoted, they did it last year and are two games away from doubling up.

But a trip to Oxford City isn’t what they would have picked. They lost there 3-0 in February but after dumping out Braintree the Rebels have momentum. Oxford have been defeated just once at home in 2023 and both teams like to score goals!

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National League North

The unwritten rule in the play-offs is always respect the team in form, no matter who they may be.

So what happens when two of them have won their last seven games and face each other for a place in the final!

King’s Lynn Town and Kidderminster Harriers, it’s fair to say, aren’t short on confidence right now.

Lynn fans may look at legs, putting theirs up in midweek while Russ Penn’s team have to rub the pins down after they edge out Alfreton on Tuesday. It’s clear this one could go either way.

Chester fans weren’t expecting this ten months ago - not after a 16th place finish last season, and not after what seemed at the time an uninspiring managerial appointment.

It doesn’t matter, we all get things wrong from time to time!

Calum McIntyre isn’t 30 yet but he could write himself into club folklore in the next week or so.

But first they need to get the better of Brackey at the Deva Stadium - and the Saints aren’t as superior on the road.

Victory over Gloucester means it’s just seven home defeats in three years but away, they have won just five times this term and succumbed 2-0 in Cheshire in August.

Don’t miss: Unibet’s National League North odds

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