Title-chasing Holywell Town have been urged to 'raise their game' for Saturday's pivotal home clash with leaders Caernarfon Town.

The Wellmen have emerged as the Cofis' primary rivals this term, trailing the Gwynedd side by 10 points but with two games in hand.

The club's title challenge has been hit by a succession of bad weather postponements in recent weeks, but boss John Haseldin is relishing the showdown at Halkyn Road.

He insists that most Alliance sides approach games against Caernarfon with a defeatist attitude and has demanded a positive mentality from his players.

He said: "Too many teams play down their chances and seem to be beaten before a ball's even been kicked.

"I want our players to prove how good they can be and play without any fear.

"Caernarfon are a quality side with a settled squad who are all playing for each other and we'll need to be at our best to beat them.

"Both teams like to get the ball down and play attacking football and I've challenged our players to raise their game for this one.

"The attitude we've tried to instil here is that the next game is always our priority, so we're fully focused on winning the game.

"We've got games in hand but if we want to be up there challenging for the title, we need to be winning this type of game.

"Nobody's going to be doing us any favours, so we have to try to make sure we do the business ourselves."

Mark Winslade is the only absentee from an otherwise full-strength Holywell squad.

Andy Thomas believes Airbus have struggled to adjust to the rigours of the Alliance this term.

Following last season's relegation from the Welsh Premier League, the Wingmakers have failed to justify their tag as early season title favourites.

Last weekend's 3-0 defeat at Caernarfon left Airbus four points adrift of the summit having played three more games than their Gwynedd rivals.

Assistant manager Thomas lamented his side's inability to adjust the 'muddy and bobbly' Oval pitch, as well as those found elsewhere in the Welsh second tier.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow's home game with Denbigh Town, he said: "It's frustrating because we now how well we can play at home.

"We were out-battled in a scrappy game at Caernarfon and we have been beaten on similar pitches against other teams in this league.

"There's only so much preparation you can do in training for dealing with long balls and physical games on tough pitches at this time of year.

"We've struggled to adjust in a few of our league games now, but hopefully we can show how good we can be at home to Denbigh.

"Our squad is full of quality and there are no players from other teams I would swap for what we have here."

Airbus midfielders Ryan Edwards and Ashley Williams are likely to feature again after their return to the side last week.

Gresford Athletic boss Steve Halliwell has warned his side they are in danger of 'drifting' into mid-table obscurity.

After a superb 2016/17 campaign, which yielded a third-placed finish and earned Halliwell the manager of the year award, Athletic have struggled to replicate that form this term.

The Clappers Lane side are currently eighth after a three-point deduction for abandoning their ill-tempered clash with Guilsfield last month.

Last weekend's 8-1 demolition of Llandudno Junction cheered Halliwell, who has demanded consistency from his side ahead of their game at Ruthin Town.

He said: "There is a danger that we could just drift along if we don't string a few decent results together.

"We've still got six league games left and we want to get ourselves as close to the current top six teams as we can.

"We were very impressive against Llandudno, but it's up to us to build on that now with another good result against Ruthin.

"Everyone knows how solid Ruthin are as a team but we can go above them with a win and that has to an incentive for us."

Dave Macintyre misses out with a knee injury, while fellow central midfielder Cavan Daley is also injured.

Flint Town United need eliminate the 'naivety' that has blighted them in recent weeks, according to boss Niall McGuinness.

Now 11th in the table after three defeats in their last four outings, McGuinness admits the Silkmen's game management needs to improve quickly.

A home clash with Holyhead Hotspur follows a frustrating 2-1 defeat at Rhyl, where the visitors were wasteful in front of goal.

McGuinness said: "We need to make sure we start taking the chances we're creating in games cut out some of the naivety in our play.

"When we're on top in games we need to make that count by converting pressure into goals.

"I've watched Holyhead already this season and I was impressed with how well organised and hard-working they are.

"They'll come to us on the back of a couple of losses and will have a point to prove, I'm sure."

Flint have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the clash.

Struggling Queen's Park make the trip to Penrhyncoch looking to end their abject 12-game losing streak.

Martin Ford's side look destined for relegation after failing to meet the demands of the division since winning promotion last term.

But even successive 8-0 hammerings have failed to diminish boss Ford's belief that Park can end the campaign with a flourish.

He said: "We're looking forward to Penrhyncoch.

"It's the first of our final eight games and we'll be treating them all as cup finals.

"This is a winnable game as far as we're concerned and we're confident we can come away from there with a result.

"If we can pick up three points it will give us a brilliant platform for the remaining games."

Park are boosted by the return of first-choice goalkeeper Richard Choudary.

This weekend's other Alliance games see Porthmadog visit Guilsfield, while Rhyl host Caersws.