| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppey United | 15 | D2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8/15 | 12-10 |
| Lancing | 15 | L3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3/15 | 6-19 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2023-10-24 – 2024-12-07) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-07 | Lancing | 0-0 | Sheppey United |
| 2023-12-16 | Lancing | 1-2 | Sheppey United |
| 2023-10-24 | Sheppey United | 3-0 | Lancing |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppey United | 10 | 42 | 61 | 4 | WWWDL | 4 | +6 |
| Lancing | 22 | 42 | 22 | -81 | LLLDL | 20 | +2 |
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 2025-02-01
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sheppey United 10th with 61 points, Lancing 22nd with 22, 39 apart. The last five rounds placed Sheppey United 4th in the league for form — higher than their 10th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Sheppey United 1.64 scored and 1.55 conceded per game, Lancing 0.88 and 2.81, with the league averaging 1.73.
Lancing entered with three losses in a row.
The venue was The Tiger Stadium.
