Match Report
77 points for Halifax Town (4th), 82 for Cambridge United (2nd): a 5-point gap. On recent form Cambridge United sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Halifax Town were scoring 1.85 and conceding 1.26, Cambridge United 1.6 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Halifax Town — three in succession, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The match was played at The Shay Stadium in Halifax (capacity 14,061). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.