Dorchester Town welcome Gloucester City to the Avenue tomorrow (August 24) in the Southern League Premier.

The Magpies come into the game after tasting their first defeat of the season against Basingstoke last weekend. 

Prior to that, two 1-1 draws with Havant & Waterlooville and Tiverton mean the club sit 16th in the table with two points.

Olaf Koszela leads the goal scoring charts with two goals and will be looking to add to his tally at the weekend. 

The game will also see manager Tom Killick return to the dugout after contacting sepsis and missing the opening three games.

With the manager back in the hotseat, the club will be looking to get their first three points of the season.

Speaking to Echosport, Killick said: "We have had quite a low return in terms of points for the first three games and even this early on in the season there is a pressure, certainly in the next two games, to try and get a decent return.

"Even at this stage in the season you want to be at the right end of the table and I think we have to put a little bit of pressure on ourselves now to perform properly in these next two games and get a decent points return."

Gloucester have started the season well with seven points from the three games and are  third in the table. 

Last time out, The Tigers beat Wimborne 1-0 and will be a tough test for Killick's side having been relegated from the National League last season.

On the weekend's opposition, Killick added: "They are one of the teams looking to get out the league and they have a strong squad.

"I think its universally accepted that they will be one of the best teams in the league and they will pose us a threat.

"But we have to have belief in ourselves and concentrate on that."

In terms of team news, there is a fairly clean bill of health for the Magpies, although Kyran Samadi and Harry Redknapp Jnr will be missing from the game after suffering an ACL injury in pre season.

However, Shaq Gwengwe came through his first game back from injury unscathed and Wayne Robinson also returns to the squad to bolster the team's frontline.

"Killick added: "We are stronger in attack with both of those two returning and Shaq will have benefitted from the game at the weekend 

"Kyran is the only player, other than the long term one of Harry, and it will be too soon for him but he is getting closer.

"Other than that everyone is fit and available and you can't ask more than that."

Kick off at The Avenue is at 3pm on Saturday, August 17.