Game week two of the Counties Leagues: Midland League Premier campaign and the squads have done their adjustments after the first fixture. Here's the ultimate Atherstone Town - Highgate United preview:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Atherstone and Highgate United.
Atherstone Town form and stats
The season before, Atherstone Town's league results were 17 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses, ending with 10th position in the Counties Leagues: Midland League Premier. From these 38 matches they scored {63 goals} and let in 56. Appearing at home in the last season Atherstone Town generated 12-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with {38 goals} and 23 conceded.
An away draw last time out for Atherstone Town, facing Tividale in a game that ended 0-0.
Before that match, a home win hosting Stone Old Alleynians in the FA Cup.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Gresley are coming to town in four days.
Highgate United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Highgate United performed last season in the Counties Leagues: Midland League Premier: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 86 and conceded {45 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 37/22 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Counties Leagues: Midland League Premier so far for Highgate United and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 victories, 4 draws and 5 losses from 19 travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Highgate United, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus AFC Wulfrunians (placed 15th) last time out.
A defeat, in the FA Cup away at Walsall Wood, before that.
Highgate United have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Atherstone Town one win, zero draws and Highgate United one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Atherstone Town missing players
Highgate United missing players
| Atherstone Town | Highgate United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| Atherstone Town | Last season | Highgate United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 10 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 63 | 38 | Scored | S | 37 | 86 | ||
| 56 | 23 | Conceded | C | 22 | 45 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 84% | ||
| 63% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 66% | ||
| 39% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 45% | ||
| 21% | 32% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 55% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 58% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 29% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 13% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Romulus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Lichfield City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Whitchurch Alport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Highgate United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Studley FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Northwich Victoria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Darlaston Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Stourport Swifts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Shifnal Town FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Casuals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Stone Old Alleynians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Uttoxeter Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tividale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Atherstone Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | AFC Wulfrunians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Dudley Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Congleton Town FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Bewdley Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Walsall Wood | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 38 | 85 |
| 2 | Lye Town | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 85 | 52 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 39 | 33 | 78 |
| 3 | Highgate United | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 86 | 45 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 41 | 74 |
| 4 | Darlaston Town | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 70 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 32 | 71 |
| 5 | Racing Club Warwick | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 84 | 47 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 37 | 70 |
| 6 | Romulus | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 81 | 55 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 68 |
| 7 | Stourport Swifts | 38 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 61 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 68 |
| 8 | Shifnal Town FC | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 22 | 64 |
| 9 | Whitchurch Alport | 37 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 66 | 62 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 58 |
| 10 | Atherstone Town | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 63 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 57 |
| 11 | Lichfield City | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 60 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 5 | 54 |
| 12 | AFC Wulfrunians | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 57 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | -1 | 49 |
| 13 | Stone Old Alleynians | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 51 | 71 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 33 | -20 | 47 |
| 14 | Studley FC | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 58 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 37 | -3 | 46 |
| 15 | Tividale | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 58 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -13 | 46 |
| 16 | Bewdley Town | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 58 | 85 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 37 | -27 | 44 |
| 17 | Worcester City | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 35 | 69 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 38 | -34 | 32 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Casuals | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 79 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -48 | 28 |
| 19 | Uttoxeter Town | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 84 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 48 | -52 | 24 |
| 20 | Market Drayton Town | 38 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 48 | -67 | 12 |