2017/2018| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trafford | 15 | W2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10/15 | 8-5 |
| Scarborough Athletic | 15 | W6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15/15 | 20-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trafford | 6 | 42 | 66 | 11 | DWLDW | 7 | -1 |
| Scarborough Athletic | 2 | 42 | 95 | 59 | WWWWW | 1 | +1 |
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 2018-02-03
On paper the standings were lopsided — Scarborough Athletic 2nd with 95 points, Trafford 6th with 66, 29 apart. Against a league average of 1.61 goals per team per game, Trafford ran at 1.45 scored and 1.19 conceded, Scarborough Athletic at 2.4 and 1.
Scarborough Athletic arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
Shawe View in Flixton, capacity 2,500, hosted the game.
