Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Margate (19th, 39 pts) and Kingstonian (22nd, 21 pts). Margate ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 19th table position. Per game in the league, Kingstonian were scoring 1.31 and conceding 2.43, Margate 1.19 and 1.9, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Kingstonian had lost three in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Kingstonian, 2 by Margate, 3 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 100%.
King George's Field in Reigate, capacity 4,850, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Margate led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.