2007/2008| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4/15 | 3-6 |
| Wivenhoe Town | 15 | D1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6/15 | 5-5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waltham Forest | 19 | 42 | 33 | -30 | LWDLL | 16 | +3 |
| Wivenhoe Town | 22 | 42 | 31 | -40 | WDLDW | 9 | +13 |
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 2008-04-26
Waltham Forest went into the game 19th in the table on 33 points; Wivenhoe Town sat 22nd on 31 — a 2-point gap. Wivenhoe Town had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 9th in the league over the last five rounds against 22nd overall. Per game in the league, Waltham Forest were scoring 1.05 and conceding 1.76, Wivenhoe Town 1.1 and 2.05, against a competition average of 1.57 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Wadham Lodge in London (capacity 4,000).
