Saturday sees the first Anglo-Welsh derby clash of the season as Chester FC play host to rivals Wrexham.
With the Blues entering the game on the back of two successive league defeats, they will be aiming to snap that run by overcoming Gary Mills' side, who themselves were beaten last time out, going down 3-2 at home to Eastleigh.
And with more than just the three points at stake, with England looking to claim the bragging rights over Wales following the previous weekend's Rugby World Cup defeat, it promises to be a hotly-contested affair.
Here's where the key battles could lie.
Tom Shaw v Dominic Vose
With Luke George set to be missing as he bids to recover from injury, Shaw will need to step up to the plate in his absence and attempt to contain the dangerous Vose.
Attacking midfielder Vose, a summer capture from Welling United, has netted four times this season but it his ability to create that poses the greatest threat to the Blues on Saturday.
Against Bromley and Welling, the Blues midfield was worryingly anonymous and Shaw will need to be on his game this weekend and keep tabs on the former Colchester United man if Chester are to stymie the Dragons' most potent creative force.
Jon Worsnop v Cameron Belford
In Worsnop and Belford, both teams have custodians between the sticks who are under six-feet-tall, a rarity among goalkeepers.
While neither may possess the physical stature of Joe Hart of Manuel Neuer, both are known to be excellent shot-stoppers, albeit prone to the odd mistake.
A big factor in determining the outcome of Saturday's clash will be which of the two keepers is in the most inspired form. Worsnop can be a match-winner on his day, evidenced by his stunning save to deny Lee Cook equalising at the death against Eastleigh last month. The same can be said for Belford.
If Worsnop is on his game then the Wrexham front men will have their work cut out to beat the Blues glovesman, but he will need to be supported better than he was in the 3-0 loss to Bromley if they are to shut out Mills' men.
Look: Chester FC 2 Wrexham 1, September 22, 2014
Ross Hannah v Blaine Hudson
Hudson got the ball rolling in the corresponding fixture last season when he netted in the second minute. A lot has changed on both sides of the border since then but Hudson will likely provide the rearguard steel for the Dragons in the absence of the suspended Jamal Fyfield.
There were high hopes at the start of the season that Hannah would be the 20-goal-a-season striker that Chester have been crying out for, but things haven't been falling for the former Grimsby Town ace.
Hannah has excellent movement but has been either let down by poor service or by his own finishing this season and should have found the target far more than the three goals he has managed to muster.
Confidence is key for strikers and if he can find the target against the Dragons it will give him an almighty boost. But against the physical and athletic Hudson, Hannah will have to box clever and use his movement to find pockets of space in the final third.
Whatever happens, though, he will have to find the shooting boots he has so far misplaced this season.
