2018/2019| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Collieries | 15 | W7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15/15 | 18-1 |
| Chasetown | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10/15 | 7-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Collieries | 1 | 38 | 82 | 55 | WWWDW | 1 | 0 |
| Chasetown | 13 | 38 | 46 | -2 | WLLDW | 10 | +3 |
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 2019-02-09
On the table this was a mismatch: Atherton Collieries (1st, 82 pts) held a 36-point advantage over Chasetown (13th, 46 pts). Per game in the league, Atherton Collieries were scoring 2.34 and conceding 0.89, Chasetown 1.61 and 1.66, against a competition average of 1.61 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Atherton Collieries, winners of their last seven, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Alder Street in Atherton staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500.
