Crucial face-off in the cellar of the Counties Leagues: Essex Senior League, with both Romford and Sawbridgeworth Town suffering more distress than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the away side in 18th spot.
- Romford have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sawbridgeworth Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Romford form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Romford have to build on here at Mayesbrook Park in the Counties Leagues: Essex Senior League. When Romford hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like White Ensign, Saffron Walden Town FC, Romford, Clapton, Halstead Town and Southend Manor), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Romford's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Buckhurst Hill (placed 8th). Romford were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
In the game before, a fine away win at Whittlesey Athletic. A FA Vase match.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 14 latest league games highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Romford's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sawbridgeworth Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sawbridgeworth Town so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Sawbridgeworth's last game was the home draw against Halstead Town (0-0).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Takeley that ended 1-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sawbridgeworth Town as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. For Sawbridgeworth Town, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Romford missing players
Sawbridgeworth Town missing players
| Romford | Sawbridgeworth Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 27 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 29 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 93% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 67% |
| 79% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 61% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 36% | 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 79% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 12% | 22% |
| 14% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Romford have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Romford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sawbridgeworth Town have scored away.
- Romford haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sawbridgeworth Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sawbridgeworth Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Redbridge | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Enfield 1893 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 33 | 36 |
| 3 | FC Clacton | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | Little Oakley | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | West Essex | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 29 |
| 6 | Stansted | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | Athletic Newham | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | Buckhurst Hill | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 25 |
| 9 | Takeley | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 25 |
| 10 | Barking | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Woodford Town | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 12 | Ilford | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 21 |
| 13 | Stanway Rovers FC | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 27 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Saffron Walden Town FC | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
| 15 | Halstead Town | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 18 |
| 16 | Romford | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 17 | White Ensign | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Sawbridgeworth Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 15 |
| 19 | Clapton | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 36 | -35 | 10 |
| 20 | Southend Manor | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 23 | -44 | 2 |
