Match Report
In the standings it was Havant & Waterlooville 10th on 58 points, Sholing 6th on 69 — separated by 11. Sholing ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Havant & Waterlooville were scoring 1.86 and conceding 1.67, Sholing 1.76 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
Havant & Waterlooville had won three straight.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Havant & Waterlooville wins, 1 for Sholing, 1 draw, at 4.8 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The venue was West Leigh Park, with room for 5,250 spectators. On the scoreboard, Havant & Waterlooville led 3-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-3.
Goal scorers
Havant & Waterlooville: Leon Maloney (45'), Harry Thorpe (8'), Ryan Seager (40'), George Milner-Smith (90') · Sholing: Jake McCarthy (3'), Jake McCarthy (47'), Jake McCarthy (73')