Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Sutton United (4th, 67 pts) held a 26-point advantage over Heybridge Swifts (21st, 41 pts). Heybridge Swifts had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 21st overall. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Heybridge Swifts ran at 0.98 scored and 1.5 conceded, Sutton United at 1.36 and 1.26.
Sutton United carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Heybridge Swifts had taken 4 of 15 points to Sutton United's 11.
The match was played at Scraley Road Stadium in Maldon (capacity 3,000).


