2016/2017| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grantham Town | 15 | W1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7/15 | 8-7 |
| Ilkeston | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4/15 | 2-9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grantham Town | 8 | 46 | 76 | 17 | WWWLL | 7 | +1 |
| Ilkeston | 23 | 46 | 27 | -55 | DLLLL | 22 | +1 |
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 2017-03-11
On the table this was a mismatch: Grantham Town (8th, 76 pts) held a 49-point advantage over Ilkeston (23rd, 27 pts). Per game in the league, Grantham Town were scoring 1.61 and conceding 1.24, Ilkeston 0.67 and 1.87, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Grantham Town in 6 games.
South Kesteven Stadium in Grantham, capacity 7,500, hosted the game.
