Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Chelmsford City (2nd, 84 pts) held a 38-point advantage over Dartford (21st, 46 pts). Chelmsford City ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Chelmsford City 1.65 scored and 0.93 conceded per game, Dartford 1.22 and 1.63, with the league averaging 1.42.
Dartford had gone 8 games without a win. From the last five rounds, Chelmsford City held 9 points of 15 and Dartford 2.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Chelmsford City, 0 draws and 2 for Dartford, at 4 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,019. On the scoreboard, Chelmsford City led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-1.