Match Report
Burgess Hill Town, 3rd with 90 points, sat 37 points above Eastbourne Town (15th, 53). Recent form told a different story for Burgess Hill Town: only 12th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Scoring rates set the scale: Burgess Hill Town 2.07 scored and 1 conceded per game, Eastbourne Town 1.33 and 1.57, with the league averaging 1.73.
Burgess Hill Town arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Burgess Hill Town against 6/15 for Eastbourne Town.
5 meetings are on record — 5 won by Burgess Hill Town, 0 by Eastbourne Town, 0 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The venue was Leylands Park in Burgess Hill, with room for 2,000 spectators. Eastbourne Town led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.




