Boss Martin Allen says he will continue to back his Cheltenham Town players, despite their miserable run of results.

The Robins travel to play-off contenders Leeds United tomorrow looking for their first victory in 12 matches.

They have won only four out of 23 league games since Allen arrived as manager last September and look certainties for relegation to League Two, but he refused to criticise his team.

"We have been playing quite well to be honest and dominating games," Allen said.

"I am really looking forward to the Leeds game as I do every game we play.

"I feel we can win every time we play and performances have shown that."

Reviewing match DVDs has left Allen mystified as to why results have been so disappointing since mid-December, when the Robins last tasted victory at Leyton Orient.

"We dominated the Hereford game (3-2 defeat) last Saturday, but they scored with two deflected free-kicks, which was hard to take and frustrating," he said.

"I have watched the DVD of the Stockport match and we had plenty of chances.

"We have to keep believing and keep playing with spirit."

Cheltenham recorded a memorable win double over Leeds last season.

They scraped a rather fortunate 1-0 success at home to give Keith Downing his first win as manager in November 2007, but there was no fortune about their wonderful 2-1 win at Elland Road last March, when they dominated long periods of the game.

They will now be looking to upset the odds once again to keep their faint hopes of survival alive.

"Elland Road is a great stadium to go and play at," Allen said.

"They have a lot of good players, but so have we and it should be an exciting occasion.

"Getting a result up there would give us a massive boost and then next Tuesday we play Millwall at home.

"What a boost these two games could give us.

"We keep looking for a spark that can turn things around and we have been close for weeks, but now we have to deliver it."

Allen last night signed Reading winger Michail Antonio on loan for a month.

The 18-year-old has played most of his football for Tooting and Mitcham in the Ryman Premier.

Allen also extended Antonio's Royals team-mate Nicholas Bignall's loan spell to a second month.

The 18-year-old winger has so far made three starts and two substitute appearances, but suffered an eye injury against Hereford last weekend and missed the midweek trip to Stockport County.