2017/2018| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belper Town | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6/15 | 4-5 |
| Bedworth United | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7/15 | 8-7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belper Town | 16 | 42 | 45 | -44 | LLLLL | 22 | -6 |
| Bedworth United | 4 | 42 | 74 | 15 | LLDDW | 14 | -10 |
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 2018-02-17
The table gap was wide: 29 points between Bedworth United (4th, 74 pts) and Belper Town (16th, 45 pts). Bedworth United ranked just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Belper Town were scoring 1.1 and conceding 2.14, Bedworth United 1.74 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.67 goals per team per game.
Christchurch Meadow in Belper staged the fixture, a ground that holds 300.
