Match Report
Hastings United, 20th on 34 points, faced a 15-point deficit to Whitehawk (16th, 49). On the form table Hastings United stood 15th over the last five rounds, despite being 20th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Hastings United 0.88 scored and 1.79 conceded per game, Whitehawk 1.17 and 1.57, with the league averaging 1.53.
Whitehawk had not won in 5 games.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Hastings United, 1 by Whitehawk, 1 drawn, at 1 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 0% of the meetings.
The venue was The Pilot Field in Hastings, with room for 5,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Hastings United led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.