Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Havant & Waterlooville (1st, 94 pts) held a 22-point advantage over Needham Market (9th, 72 pts). On recent form Needham Market sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 9th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Needham Market 1.65 scored and 1.74 conceded per game, Havant & Waterlooville 1.91 and 0.93, with the league averaging 1.55.
Havant & Waterlooville entered with nine wins in a row, having scored in 11 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Needham Market 5/15, Havant & Waterlooville 15/15.
Bloomfields in Needham Market, capacity 4,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.


