Match Report
Bowers & Pitsea, 7th with 67 points, sat 39 points above Heybridge Swifts (21st, 28). Bowers & Pitsea had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Against a league average of 1.48 goals per team per game, Heybridge Swifts ran at 0.69 scored and 2.02 conceded, Bowers & Pitsea at 2.05 and 1.27.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Heybridge Swifts wins, 1 for Bowers & Pitsea, 2 draws, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at Scraley Road Stadium (capacity 3,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Bowers & Pitsea led 3-2 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-5.
Goal scorers
Heybridge Swifts: 2 goals with no recorded scorer · Bowers & Pitsea: Ross Wall (16'), Jamie Salmon (35'), Luca Albon (80'), Michael Bareck (72'), 1 goal with no recorded scorer