Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Merthyr Town (1st, 91 pts) and Dorchester Town (5th, 75 pts). On recent form Merthyr Town sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Merthyr Town 2.5 scored and 1.1 conceded per game, Dorchester Town 1.79 and 1.14, with the league averaging 1.52.
Merthyr Town's unbeaten run stood at 15, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Dorchester Town carried a 12-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 12 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Merthyr Town, 1 for Dorchester Town and 2 drawn, at 3.6 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
The venue was Penydarren Park, with room for 10,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.




