The Poppies head to the south coast knowing a win will see them move into third place in the Evo-Stik South League Premier.
Kettering secured their play-off place thanks to a 4-1 win over Hitchin Town at the weekend as top scorer Aaron O’Connor hit all four goals.
The sides finishing second and third will have home advantage in the play-off semi-finals and the Poppies could take a huge step towards securing a top-three finish with victory tonight before they host fellow promotion contenders Weymouth in a huge game at Latimer Park on Thursday night.
But first they must get past Gosport, who have won just two games all season.
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And while he knows his team will be heavy favourites to come home with maximum points, assistant-manager Austin knows the Poppies must have the right “mindset”.
“These are the tricky ones,” he said.
“What you don’t want to do is after a good performance against a strong outfit like Hitchin is go there and think that Gosport are a gimme.
“We can’t travel down there being so sure of ourselves. We have to stick to our principles and our work-rate.
“It’s very important that the mindset is right. It’s a long journey but we will prepare properly and we will treat Gosport like we would treat anyone else.
“It’s a cliche but every game now leading up to what we want to do is a cup final.”