Match Report
The table gap was wide: 54 points between Buxton (7th, 78 pts) and Skelmersdale United (24th, 24 pts). Skelmersdale United's recent output outran their position: 17th on form over five rounds, 24th in the table. Per game in the league, Skelmersdale United were scoring 0.87 and conceding 2.57, Buxton 1.76 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Skelmersdale United. Skelmersdale United had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Buxton, 7.
Skelmersdale & Ormskirk College Stadium in Skelmersdale staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500.


