Match Report
Barnet, 1st with 102 points, sat 46 points above Braintree Town (17th, 56). Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, Braintree Town ran at 1.11 scored and 1.28 conceded, Barnet at 2.11 and 0.83.
Barnet came in having won nine on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Braintree Town held 9 points of 15 and Barnet 15.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Braintree Town, 1 draw and 3 for Barnet, at 3.8 goals per meeting. 80% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Ironmongery Direct Stadium in Braintree staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,151. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Braintree Town: Kyrell Lisbie (41'), John Akinde (90') · Barnet: Callum Stead (36')