Cambridge United head coach Neil Harris previews League Two fixture against Bromley at the Cledara Abbey Stadium

‘Mentally and physically, we’re going to have to be bang on it at the weekend’ – those were boss Neil Harris’ pre-match thoughts ahead of Cambridge United hosting Bromley tomorrow lunchtime at the Cledara Abbey Stadium.

In terms of points, there is nothing to split the two sides prior to kick off. Both teams have collected 18 apiece, with 10th-placed Bromley a position higher thanks to a goal difference that is only superior by one.

However, Bromley have been one of the most resolute outfits so far this term in League Two. They have lost just twice – a leading record in the division alongside leaders Walsall and third-placed Gillingham.

“It’s going to be a physical test. They ask a lot of questions of you and the ball goes back to front quite a lot. Mentally and physically, we’re going to have to be bang on it at the weekend,” said Harris.

“They’ve been relatively consistent in not losing a lot of games of football this year.”

In terms of this particular game, there is every chance that Cambridge will dominate the possession.

The U’s have the ninth highest average in the division this season with a shade more than 51 per cent of the ball across their 12 fixtures, while Bromley are down in 19th with 45.6 per cent.

That is a very similar figure to the one recorded by Shrewsbury Town, who United failed to breakdown last weekend during a 2-0 defeat.

Harris added: “Shrewsbury sat in a mid and low block against us, which isn’t Michael’s (Appleton, manager) choice to do, but where they are at the moment they had to do it.

“It worked for them and other teams have done it against us. We have to work to find the solutions to break teams down.

“As much as we struggled last week, we moved the ball too slow and didn’t threaten enough with our movement or have enough shots on goal, other teams have done it to us and we’ve been really good against them and effective.

“It goes both ways and we’ve used both ways. We’ve dominated the ball and won games and we’ve sat in a low block and won games. There’s more than one way to win a game of football.

“When a team does sit in and make it difficult for you, we have to be better than we were last week.”