Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Three Bridges (1st, 93 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Merstham (10th, 60 pts). On recent form Merstham sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 10th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Three Bridges 2.98 scored and 1.07 conceded per game, Merstham 1.76 and 1.54, with the league averaging 1.77.
Three Bridges had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Merstham, 3.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Three Bridges, 2 draws and 3 for Merstham, at 4.4 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture leans high-scoring: 80% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 100%.
Jubilee Field staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Three Bridges led 4-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 5-0.
Goal scorers
Three Bridges: Noel Leighton (11'), Hayden Velvick (9'), 3 goals with no recorded scorer