Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Cray Wanderers 10th on 61, Hastings United 20th on 34. Hastings United had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 15th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Hastings United 0.88 scored and 1.79 conceded per game, Cray Wanderers 1.38 and 1.24, with the league averaging 1.53.
Cray Wanderers had won three straight, having scored in 9 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Hastings United held 4 points of 15 and Cray Wanderers 10.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Hastings United, 2 by Cray Wanderers, 2 drawn, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more.
The venue was The Pilot Field, with room for 5,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Cray Wanderers led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-2 the final score.
Goal scorers
Hastings United: Ben Wells (41') · Cray Wanderers: Nyren Clunis (13'), Nathan Jeche (26')




