Reading United will have little or no time for rest and recuperation with their flight arriving on the Island just a few hours before they play Bermuda Hogges tomorrow night.

United's 17-man squad is due to touch down in Bermuda at around 3.30 p.m. leaving them with only four and a half hours to recharge their batteries ahead of kick-off at 8 p.m.

Brendan Burke, United's coach, said it had worked out far cheaper for the Hogges to fly the Pennsylvania-based club to Bermuda on matchday.

But he admitted his team's less than ideal preparations could work to their rivals' advantage.

"That's they way (the Hogges) set it up, it's cheaper for them to fly us in on the same day as the game, so that's what they've done," he said.

"I think it certainly will affect us . . . but we will mentally prepare our players and see what happens."

Hogges and United will also meet a BAA Field on Sunday at 6 p.m.

It is understood Hogges were forced to move this season's home matches to BAA Field because of conflict complications at the National Sports Centre (NSC), which is hosting the Island Soccer League (ISL).

Playing at BAA Field should work in the Hogges' favour, though, as they have trained on an almost identical synthetic surface in pre-season at BFA Field.

Former Reading United coach Derek Broadley, now a member of the Hogges' coaching team, believes BAA Field could also generate a better atmosphere than the NSC where Hogges have held all but two of their home games since 2007.

Both of those matches were held at BAA Field before its million dollar facelift because they clashed with Bermuda's 2008 World Cup qualifying games against Trinidad and Tobago.

Broadley said: "From a technical standpoint I think it will help us as we've been training on the same surface at BFA Field.

"Obviously the natural turf at the National Sports Centre is superb, but I think there could be a better atmosphere created at BAA Field.

"(The National Sports Centre) is great when it's packed but when there's only 500 people it doesn't generate as much atmosphere. Hopefully our opposition will find BAA more intimidating."