Match Report
44 points separated the sides: Gorleston 5th on 72, Heybridge Swifts 21st on 28. On recent form Gorleston sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Gorleston 1.67 scored and 1.57 conceded per game, Heybridge Swifts 0.69 and 2.02, with the league averaging 1.48.
Defeat had followed defeat for Heybridge Swifts — four in succession.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Gorleston have 3 wins to Heybridge Swifts's 2, with 1 draw, at 2.17 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 17% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Crown Meadow staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,250. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Gorleston led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
Gorleston: Joe Marsden (84'), Dion Frary (27')