Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Burgess Hill Town 3rd with 90 points, Erith Town 14th with 53, 37 apart. On recent form Burgess Hill Town sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Burgess Hill Town were scoring 2.07 and conceding 1, Erith Town 1.71 and 1.52, against a competition average of 1.73 goals per team per game.
Burgess Hill Town carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 9 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Burgess Hill Town held 13 points of 15 and Erith Town 6.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 3 for Burgess Hill Town, 0 for Erith Town and 1 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 0% of the meetings went to the host. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
The venue was Leylands Park, with room for 2,000 spectators.