Match Report
Grantham Town went into the game 4th in the table on 81 points; Shaw Lane sat 6th on 79 — a 2-point gap. Shaw Lane had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 6th overall. Against a league average of 1.52 goals per team per game, Grantham Town ran at 1.96 scored and 1.2 conceded, Shaw Lane at 1.67 and 1.39.
Momentum sat with Grantham Town, winners of their last three, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Grantham Town 13/15, Shaw Lane 6/15.
The match was played at South Kesteven Stadium in Grantham (capacity 7,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shaw Lane led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-1.




