2008/2009| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford Town (Kent) | 15 | L3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4/15 | 5-13 |
| Merstham | 2 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6/6 | 8-1 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford Town (Kent) | 8 | 42 | 63 | 14 | WLLWD | 10 | -2 |
| Merstham | 7 | 42 | 64 | 3 | LLDWL | 17 | -10 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2009-03-07
1 points and 1 places separated them: Ashford Town (Kent) 8th with 63, Merstham 7th with 64. The last five rounds placed Merstham no better than 17th for form, against 7th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 1.62/1.29 for Ashford Town (Kent) and 1.36/1.29 for Merstham (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.49.
Ashford Town (Kent) had been beaten in three straight games.
The match was played at The Homelands in Ashford (capacity 3,535).
