Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Chesham United 1st with 90 points, Hayes & Yeading United 20th with 46, 44 apart. Chesham United had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Chesham United were scoring 1.98 and conceding 1.1, Hayes & Yeading United 1.4 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.64 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Hayes & Yeading United for 5 matches. The last-five ledger: Chesham United 8/15, Hayes & Yeading United 2/15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Chesham United 3, draws 0, Hayes & Yeading United 1, at 3.25 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was The Meadow in Chesham, with room for 2,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.