2008/2009| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heybridge Swifts | 15 | D1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4/15 | 2-8 |
| Margate | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3/15 | 5-9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heybridge Swifts | 21 | 42 | 41 | -22 | LWLWD | 10 | +11 |
| Margate | 19 | 42 | 46 | -13 | LWWLL | 14 | +5 |
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 2009-04-11
Margate (19th, 46 pts) visited Heybridge Swifts (21st, 41 pts) with 5 points between them. Heybridge Swifts had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 21st overall. Per game in the league, Heybridge Swifts were scoring 0.98 and conceding 1.5, Margate 1.21 and 1.52, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Scraley Road Stadium in Maldon, capacity 3,000, hosted the game.
