Match Report
The table gap was wide: 41 points between Walton & Hersham (1st, 92 pts) and Basingstoke Town (17th, 51 pts). Walton & Hersham had been under-performing their position — 20th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Walton & Hersham were scoring 2.24 and conceding 1, Basingstoke Town 1.45 and 1.69, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
Basingstoke Town's winless run stood at 6.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Walton & Hersham 1, draws 2, Basingstoke Town 2, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Elmbridge Xcel Sports Hub in Walton-on-Thames (capacity 2,500). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 6 goals for the 6-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Walton & Hersham: Dawid Rogalski (14'), Mekhi Savage (58'), Johl Powell (64'), Mason Obeng (85'), Riley Moran (90'), Johl Powell (79') · Basingstoke Town: Cheick Sylla (20'), Tom Blake (71')