2015/2016| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mills | 15 | L3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3/15 | 2-9 |
| Droylsden | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9/15 | 11-11 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mills | 22 | 42 | 3 | -130 | LLDLL | 21 | +1 |
| Droylsden | 19 | 42 | 39 | -71 | WLLLL | 19 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2015-10-24
On the table this was a mismatch: Droylsden (19th, 39 pts) held a 36-point advantage over New Mills (22nd, 3 pts). In league terms the two rates read 0.62/3.71 for New Mills and 1.62/3.31 for Droylsden (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.74.
Defeat had followed defeat for New Mills — three in succession. Over the last five, New Mills had taken 3 of 15 points to Droylsden's 9.
The venue was Church Lane in New Mills, with room for 1,400 spectators.
