Match Report
2 points and 5 places separated them: Poole Town 9th with 9, Basingstoke Town 14th with 7. On the form table Basingstoke Town stood 7th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Poole Town 1.17 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Basingstoke Town 1.83 and 2, with the league averaging 1.52.
Basingstoke Town had been beaten in three straight games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Poole Town 4, draws 0, Basingstoke Town 2, at 2.67 goals per meeting.
Tatnam Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Basingstoke Town: Miles Obodo (64'), Miles Obodo (88')