Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sunderland W 3rd with 41 points, Lewes W 11th with 16, 25 apart. Recent form told a different story for Sunderland W: only 7th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Scoring rates set the scale: Sunderland W 1.41 scored and 0.82 conceded per game, Lewes W 1 and 1.77, with the league averaging 1.37.
Level finishes had become the habit for Lewes W: three in a row.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Sunderland W, 3 by Lewes W, 0 drawn, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Eppleton Colliery Football Ground in Hetton-le-Hole (capacity 14,403). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 2-2 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-3.