Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Merstham 15th with 41 points, Erith & Belvedere 20th with 26, 15 apart. Erith & Belvedere had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 14th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Erith & Belvedere 0.71 scored and 2.26 conceded per game, Merstham 1.37 and 1.74, with the league averaging 1.74.
Erith & Belvedere had gone 12 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Erith & Belvedere 2/15, Merstham 10/15.
Park View Road (Welling, Kent), capacity 5,500, hosted the game.




