Match Report
13 points and 4 places separated them: Hungerford Town 21st with 38, Basingstoke Town 17th with 51. Basingstoke Town had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Against a league average of 1.58 goals per team per game, Hungerford Town ran at 1.12 scored and 2.07 conceded, Basingstoke Town at 1.45 and 1.69.
Hungerford Town had been beaten in three straight games. The five-game form split read 1/15 points for Hungerford Town against 8/15 for Basingstoke Town.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 4 Hungerford Town wins, 0 for Basingstoke Town, 2 draws, at 2.33 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. In 67% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Bulpit Lane staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Hungerford Town: Josh Marcon (25') · Basingstoke Town: Oreofe Bello (49'), Joe Grant (84'), Josh Green (11')