Match Report
Carshalton Athletic went into the game 4th in the table on 18 points; Cray Wanderers sat 15th on 9 — a 9-point gap. On recent form Carshalton Athletic sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Carshalton Athletic were scoring 1.67 and conceding 1.44, Cray Wanderers 1.86 and 1.57, against a competition average of 1.7 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Carshalton Athletic, 4 draws and 3 for Cray Wanderers, at 3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
War Memorial Sports Ground, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Carshalton Athletic led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Carshalton Athletic: Nathan Young-Coombes (31'), Matthew Yates (68') · Cray Wanderers: Alex Hernandez (53')