2017/2018| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelmersdale United | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4/15 | 6-11 |
| Brighouse Town | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 7/15 | 11-13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelmersdale United | 21 | 42 | 37 | -31 | DLLLD | 20 | +1 |
| Brighouse Town | 17 | 42 | 46 | -34 | LWWWW | 3 | +14 |
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 2017-12-23
Brighouse Town (17th, 46 pts) visited Skelmersdale United (21st, 37 pts) with 9 points between them. On the form table Brighouse Town stood 3rd over the last five rounds, despite being 17th overall. Against a league average of 1.61 goals per team per game, Skelmersdale United ran at 1.26 scored and 2 conceded, Brighouse Town at 1.4 and 2.21.
The venue was Skelmersdale & Ormskirk College Stadium in Skelmersdale, with room for 2,500 spectators.
