Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Brentwood Town 1st with 88 points, Maldon & Tiptree 13th with 55, 33 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Maldon & Tiptree 1.24 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Brentwood Town 2.17 and 1.05, with the league averaging 1.41.
Brentwood Town entered with four wins in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Maldon & Tiptree win, 2 for Brentwood Town, 3 draws, at 3.17 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 100% of the meetings.
The venue was Wallace Binder Stadium in Maldon, with room for 2,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Maldon & Tiptree led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.