Match Report
The table gap was wide: 37 points between Maidstone United (4th, 83 pts) and Dartford (21st, 46 pts). On the form table Dartford stood 15th over the last five rounds, despite being 21st overall. Per game in the league, Dartford were scoring 1.22 and conceding 1.63, Maidstone United 1.57 and 1.13, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game.
Dartford had been beaten in three straight games. Dartford had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Maidstone United, 7.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Dartford, 0 draws and 3 for Maidstone United, at 2 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture.
With 8 matches recorded and 2.9 yellow cards per game, A. George was the man in the middle. The venue was Princes Park in Dartford, with room for 4,100 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Maidstone United led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.