2018/2019| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yate Town | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10/15 | 12-8 |
| Thatcham Town | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7/15 | 10-6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yate Town | 2 | 38 | 75 | 23 | WLLWL | 12 | -10 |
| Thatcham Town | 11 | 38 | 56 | -1 | LWWWL | 8 | +3 |
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 2018-12-29
On paper the standings were lopsided — Yate Town 2nd with 75 points, Thatcham Town 11th with 56, 19 apart. On recent form Yate Town sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Yate Town were scoring 1.95 and conceding 1.34, Thatcham Town 1.5 and 1.53, against a competition average of 1.69 goals per team per game.
Lodge Road in Yate staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,745.
