Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Brackley Town 1st with 92 points, Alfreton Town 14th with 59, 33 apart. Alfreton Town's recent output outran their position: 7th on form over five rounds, 14th in the table. Per game in the league, Brackley Town were scoring 1.63 and conceding 0.91, Alfreton Town 1.17 and 1.28, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Brackley Town, winners of their last four, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Alfreton Town had gone 5 games without a win. Over the last five, Brackley Town had taken 12 of 15 points to Alfreton Town's 1.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Brackley Town, 1 draw and 0 for Alfreton Town, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
St. James' Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
Brackley Town: Matt Lowe (74'), Matt Lowe (90')
Key stats
Possession: Brackley Town 58% · Alfreton Town 42% · Total shots: 9-3 · On target: 3-1 · Corners: 7-0