2016/2017| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescot Cables | 15 | L5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0/15 | 2-9 |
| Burscough | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3/15 | 5-21 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2013-08-24 – 2014-08-25) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-25 | Prescot Cables | 0-0 | Burscough |
| 2013-08-24 | Burscough | 2-2 | Prescot Cables |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescot Cables | 16 | 42 | 50 | -10 | WWLDW | 4 | +12 |
| Burscough | 22 | 42 | 24 | -83 | LLLLL | 23 | -1 |
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 2017-04-04
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Prescot Cables (16th, 50 pts) and Burscough (22nd, 24 pts). The last five rounds placed Prescot Cables 4th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 1.69/1.93 for Prescot Cables and 0.62/2.6 for Burscough (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.55.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Prescot Cables.
The match was played at Valerie Park in Prescot (capacity 3,200).
