2016/2017| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinderford Town | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6/15 | 5-8 |
| Hitchin Town | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10/15 | 10-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinderford Town | 24 | 46 | 30 | -55 | LWLLL | 22 | +2 |
| Hitchin Town | 3 | 46 | 86 | 34 | DDDLD | 18 | -15 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2016-12-20
56 points separated the sides: Hitchin Town 3rd on 86, Cinderford Town 24th on 30. Recent form told a different story for Hitchin Town: only 18th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Cinderford Town were scoring 1.09 and conceding 2.28, Hitchin Town 1.72 and 0.98, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
The Causeway in Cinderford, capacity 3,000, hosted the game.
