Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Margate 5th on 75, Merstham 10th on 60. Merstham had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 10th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Margate 2.07 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, Merstham 1.76 and 1.54, with the league averaging 1.77.
Merstham entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 13 consecutive games.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Margate, 4 draws and 1 for Merstham, at 3.17 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Moatside Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,000. On the scoreboard, Merstham led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Merstham: Lee Lewis (38'), Lee Lewis (48')




