| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blyth Spartans | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4/15 | 7-10 |
| Buxton | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10/15 | 9-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2023-01-28 – 2023-08-26) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-26 | Buxton | 3-0 | Blyth Spartans |
| 2023-01-28 | Blyth Spartans | 0-3 | Buxton |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blyth Spartans | 21 | 46 | 50 | -16 | LLLLL | 23 | -2 |
| Buxton | 14 | 46 | 62 | 7 | LDWWL | 12 | +2 |
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 2024-03-19
Blyth Spartans went into the game 21st in the table on 50 points; Buxton sat 14th on 62 — a 12-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Blyth Spartans 1.43 scored and 1.78 conceded per game, Buxton 1.52 and 1.37, with the league averaging 1.34.
Blyth Spartans had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Buxton, 10.
The match was played at Croft Park in Blyth (capacity 4,435). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
