Match Report
24 points separated the sides: Leiston 10th on 63, St Ives Town 19th on 39. On the form table Leiston stood 6th over the last five rounds, despite being 10th overall. Per game in the league, St Ives Town were scoring 1.19 and conceding 1.74, Leiston 1.55 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — St Ives Town 1, draws 4, Leiston 2, at 4.29 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 29% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 86% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 86%.
Westwood Road, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
St Ives Town: Michael Richens (73') · Leiston: Adam Mills (54'), Harvey Sayer (51'), Kevin Blois (66')
Key stats
Possession: St Ives Town 46% · Leiston 54% · Total shots: 15-21 · On target: 6-14 · Corners: 4-7