AFC Dunstable face a challenge to maintain their high-scoring form at home against a tight Barton Rovers defence on Saturday.
With 67 goals in 34 games, Dunstable are the joint-top scorers in the Southern League Division One Central ahead of the 3pm kick-off.
They face a Barton side who have scored 48 in 30 matches, but conceded only 47 goals, putting them joint-fourth among the league’s tightest defences – only Biggleswade Town, Bedford Town and Cirencester Town have conceded fewer goals.
Dunstable are fifth in the table after 34 games, of which they have won 17 and drawn five, earning 56 points.
Barton are eight places behind the hosts in 13th, with 10 wins and 11 draws putting them on 41 points.
In the last five years, Dunstable and Barton have played each other on five occasions. Dunstable won four of them and they drew once.
Their last meeting was on March 28, when they played out a 0-0 draw.
Dunstable are in reasonable form in the Southern League Division One Central, with three wins and two draws from their last six games.
With two wins and three draws over that period, Rovers’ form is slightly worse – they have taken nine points from 18, compared to Dunstable’s 11.
Dunstable’s last match was on April 20, a 1-0 loss against Ware.
Barton beat Hadley 5-2 last time out, also on April 20.
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AFC Dunstable v Barton Rovers
Southern League Division One – Central
Saturday, 27 April 2024 @ 3.00pm
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