Richards out for of Harriers trip

Kidderminster have suffered a blow with the news that top scorer Justin Richards is sidelined for tonight's trip to Oxford (7:45pm).

The 12-goal hitman will defintely miss the Blue Square Premier clash, at the club where he spent nearly half of last season on loan, and Saturday's FA Cup second round tie against giant-killers Curzon Ashton at Aggborough.

Richards was hurt in Saturday's win over Wrexham and has since seen a specialist for treatment on a nasty eye injury, with manager Mark Yates confirming he will be out for "at least a week."

Darryl Knights replaced Richards against the Dragons and he will slug it out with Stefan Moore for the chance to start alongside Matthew Barnes-Homer in attack.

Yates said: "I have a decision to make. 'Knightsy' and Stefan were excellent together when they started at Burton, so I have no qualms about starting either of them. On another note, I thought Matthew was superb on Saturday. He took responsibility when Justin went off."

Should Harriers win at the Kassam Stadium, it would give them maximum points from all four league games in of November. Two wins from the next two games would give them a perfect record for the month all-together.

All is looking very healthy at Aggborough, but Yates is aware of the threat Oxford possess.

He said: "We are looking forward to going down there. It is a good place to play football. We have monentum to keep up now and it's up to us to come back with the points.

"Oxford won't just roll over for us, so we will need to pick them apart."