Match Report
The table gap was wide: 31 points between Ramsgate (1st, 109 pts) and Merstham (5th, 78 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Ramsgate 3.02 scored and 0.88 conceded per game, Merstham 2.19 and 1.48, with the league averaging 1.73.
Merstham entered with six wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for Ramsgate, 2 for Merstham and 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings.
The match was played at Southwood Stadium in Ramsgate (capacity 2,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ramsgate led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-1.