Match Report
50 points for Stourbridge (15th), 61 for Stratford Town (11th): an 11-point gap. Stourbridge ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Per game in the league, Stourbridge were scoring 1.38 and conceding 1.62, Stratford Town 1.45 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Stourbridge, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Stourbridge held 13 points of 15 and Stratford Town 4.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Stourbridge wins, 3 for Stratford Town, 1 draw, at 2.71 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 29% of meetings. Recent meetings have been cagier — 1.8 goals per game across the last five against 2.71 historically.
On the scoreboard, Stratford Town led 3-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-3 the final score.
Goal scorers
Stratford Town: Lamine Kaba Sherif (10'), Dan Lafferty (43'), Dan Lafferty (45')