About Match
9th against 8th, but level on points: Workington and Gainsborough Trinity both have 13. The last five rounds place Workington 3rd in the league for form — higher than their 9th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Workington 1.75 scored and 1.75 conceded per game, Gainsborough Trinity 1.75 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.64. Workington would climb to 16 points with a win and up to 5th, overtaking Gainsborough Trinity (other results held equal).
Workington enter with five wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Workington hold 15 points of 15 and Gainsborough Trinity 7.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Workington 1, draws 2, Gainsborough Trinity 6, at 4.11 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 78% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 67%. Goals have dried up lately: 3.2 per game across the last five meetings, against 4.11 across the full history.
Borough Park in Workington stages the fixture, a ground that holds 3,101.