2017/2018| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slough Town | 15 | W1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8/15 | 12-8 |
| Merthyr Town | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7/15 | 7-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slough Town | 3 | 46 | 99 | 62 | DWWWW | 2 | +1 |
| Merthyr Town | 16 | 46 | 53 | -22 | LWDLD | 14 | +2 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-01-27
46 points separated the sides: Slough Town 3rd on 99, Merthyr Town 16th on 53. Per game in the league, Slough Town were scoring 2.41 and conceding 1.07, Merthyr Town 1.65 and 2.13, against a competition average of 1.7 goals per team per game.
Arbour Park in Slough staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.
