Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Havant & Waterlooville 10th on 58, Dorchester Town 20th on 40. Per game in the league, Dorchester Town were scoring 1.14 and conceding 1.88, Havant & Waterlooville 1.86 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Dorchester Town. Defeat had not touched Havant & Waterlooville in 8 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Dorchester Town against 13/15 for Havant & Waterlooville.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 0 Dorchester Town wins, 4 for Havant & Waterlooville, 1 draw, at 3.8 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
Clayson Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,009. Havant & Waterlooville led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Dorchester Town: Wayne Robinson (69'), Harvey Wright (86'), Corby Moore (65'), Jadyn Crosbie (22') · Havant & Waterlooville: Ryan Seager (45'), Ethan Giwa-McNeil (90'), Harry Thorpe (3')