With the tense opening fixture done it’s time for the second Counties Leagues: United Counties League Premier South meeting of the season. Desborough Town look forward to welcoming Oadby Town in front of their home fans.
It's no vacation for neither Desborough nor Oadby Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Desborough Town form and stats
Last season, Desborough Town's league results were 12 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, providing 9th position in the Counties Leagues: United Counties League Premier South. From these 34 matches they scored {48 goals} and conceded 59. Appearing at home in the former season Desborough Town produced 7-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 25 conceded.
The Desborough Town manager and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Racing Club Warwick (placed 10th).
Before that match, a win away at March Town United.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Desborough Town, as the FA Cup home game vs Potton United is only four days away.
Oadby Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Oadby Town performed last season in the Counties Leagues: United Counties League Premier South: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 4 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded {85 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 12 with 21/46 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for Oadby Town in their previous game as they lost hosting Godmanchester Rovers, 1-5. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Godmanchester Rovers was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Before that, Oadby travelled to Long Buckby and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Oadby Town are hosting Bottesford Town in the FA Cup only four days away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Desborough Town two wins, one draw and Oadby Town two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Desborough Town missing players
Oadby Town missing players
| Desborough Town | Oadby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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 |
| Desborough Town | Last season | Oadby Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 12 | 20 | ||
| 48 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 54 | ||
| 59 | 25 | Conceded | C | 46 | 85 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 85% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 71% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 53% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 41% | ||
| 68% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 59% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 3% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 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 | Godmanchester Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Rugby Borough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Cogenhoe United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | St Neots Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Aylestone Park | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wellingborough Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | March Town United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Easington Sports | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Desborough Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Racing Club Warwick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Leicester Nirvana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Yaxley FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Lutterworth Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Histon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Daventry Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Newport Pagnell Town FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Coventry United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Bugbrooke St Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Oadby Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Eynesbury Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | Coventry Sphinx | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 106 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 12 | 84 | 86 |
| 2 | Rugby Town | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 99 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 18 | 63 | 83 |
| 3 | Newport Pagnell Town FC | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 83 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 49 | 73 |
| 4 | Wellingborough Town | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 27 | 67 |
| 5 | Milton Keynes Irish | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 65 |
| 6 | Histon | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 73 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 20 | 57 |
| 7 | March Town United | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 52 |
| 8 | Coventry United | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 69 | 68 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 48 |
| 9 | Desborough Town | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 59 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 34 | -11 | 44 |
| 10 | Bugbrooke St Michaels | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | -15 | 44 |
| 11 | Easington Sports | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 27 | -8 | 41 |
| 12 | Cogenhoe United | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 58 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | -5 | 38 |
| 13 | Oadby Town | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 54 | 85 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 46 | -31 | 34 |
| 14 | Godmanchester Rovers | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 70 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 37 | -31 | 32 |
| 15 | Eynesbury Rovers | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 52 | 88 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 46 | -36 | 31 |
| 16 | Lutterworth Town | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 45 | 91 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 57 | -46 | 31 |
| 17 | Rothwell Corinthians | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 74 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 44 | -39 | 22 |
| 18 | Long Buckby | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 96 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 47 | -65 | 18 |