Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Concord Rangers (15th, 53 pts) and Heybridge Swifts (21st, 28 pts). On recent form Concord Rangers sat only 21st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Concord Rangers 1.33 scored and 1.45 conceded per game, Heybridge Swifts 0.69 and 2.02, with the league averaging 1.48.
Heybridge Swifts were winless in 9. Concord Rangers had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Heybridge Swifts, 3.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Concord Rangers have 1 win to Heybridge Swifts's 3, with 0 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 100% 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 100%.
Thames Road staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,300. Concord Rangers led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Concord Rangers: Harrison Day (83'), 2 goals with no recorded scorer · Heybridge Swifts: 1 goal with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: Concord Rangers 51% · Heybridge Swifts 49% · Total shots: 14-7 · On target: 4-2 · Corners: 4-1