Alvechurch look to Lye Meadow supporters for inspiration before St Ives Town match

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lye Meadow (3000 seats)

Stadium regulars at Lye Meadow haven’t witnessed many victories this season, with Alvechurch rotting in the 17th spot. The visiting St Ives Town will hope to shield their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Alvechurch have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • St Ives Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Alvechurch nor St Ives 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.

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Alvechurch form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Southern Central for Alvechurch at their home stadium (Lye Meadow) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The spoils were shared in Alvechurch's previous game, also at home. Visiting Bromsgrove Sporting (placed 15th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Leiston the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Alvechurch handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Goals, goals, goals? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league games with this club has contained three or more goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Alvechurch as they have a new game in only three days, a Non League Premier: Southern Central match thankfully also at home. Rushall Olympic are visiting.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Alvechurch defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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St Ives Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Southern Central matches, St Ives Town have produced an overall stat of 4-3-7 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Stratford Town (placed 20th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Stratford Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Redditch United's place.

St Ives Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Non League Premier: Southern Central trip to Coalville Town.

The travelling fans enjoy Ives's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 14 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as St Ives Town have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also played each other before this campaign: St Ives Town - Alvechurch 3-1. Data for the preceeding six meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Alvechurch, one draw and two wins for St Ives Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Alvechurch missing players

St Ives Town missing players

Alvechurch St Ives Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 9 2 Played P 7 14 30
8 4 1 Won W 3 4 11
6 3 1 Drew D 2 3 6
10 2 0 Lost L 2 7 13
36 18 6 Scored S 14 22 51
42 14 3 Conceded C 13 27 48
96% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 86% 93%
71% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 86% 71% 67%
38% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 50% 43%
17% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 29% 20%
58% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 86% 79% 70%
29% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 14% 7% 17%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 13%
 
1.5 2.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 4.2
3.3 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 4.1 3.5
1 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.6 8.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9 8.8
2.8 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 3.7
61% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 32% 36%
 
7.6 7.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 8.1 7.9
3.7 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 2.8 2.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Alvechurch have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Alvechurch have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • St Ives Town have created more than twice as many corners as Alvechurch.
  • St Ives Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St Ives Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tamworth 31 19 7 5 74 34 15 10 3 2 38 17 16 9 4 3 36 17 40 64
2 Leiston 28 18 7 3 69 35 14 11 2 1 35 14 14 7 5 2 34 21 34 61
3 Nuneaton Town 29 17 7 5 48 29 15 10 5 0 26 11 14 7 2 5 22 18 19 58
4 Coalville Town 25 16 5 4 62 30 14 8 3 3 30 19 11 8 2 1 32 11 32 53
5 Rushall Olympic 29 16 5 8 52 34 16 9 2 5 33 23 13 7 3 3 19 11 18 53
6 Mickleover Sports 30 13 6 11 57 53 16 9 4 3 33 21 14 4 2 8 24 32 4 45
7 Royston Town 30 12 7 11 50 59 15 9 4 2 30 21 15 3 3 9 20 38 -9 43
8 Ilkeston Town 29 11 9 9 51 41 16 8 3 5 31 22 13 3 6 4 20 19 10 42
9 Redditch United 28 12 6 10 47 45 15 7 2 6 28 26 13 5 4 4 19 19 2 42
10 Hitchin Town 31 11 8 12 40 52 15 6 7 2 20 16 16 5 1 10 20 36 -12 41
11 St Ives Town 30 11 6 13 51 48 16 7 3 6 29 21 14 4 3 7 22 27 3 39
12 Stourbridge 27 9 11 7 42 30 11 4 4 3 18 10 16 5 7 4 24 20 12 38
13 Basford United 28 10 8 10 38 43 15 8 2 5 21 19 13 2 6 5 17 24 -5 38
14 Barwell 28 10 7 11 45 47 16 5 5 6 25 26 12 5 2 5 20 21 -2 37
15 Bromsgrove Sporting 28 10 7 11 42 49 12 5 2 5 18 19 16 5 5 6 24 30 -7 37
16 Needham Market 27 9 5 13 33 32 13 8 1 4 24 13 14 1 4 9 9 19 1 32
17 Alvechurch 24 8 6 10 36 42 9 4 3 2 18 14 15 4 3 8 18 28 -6 30
18 Kings Langley 29 8 6 15 32 50 14 2 5 7 15 24 15 6 1 8 17 26 -18 30
19 Bedford Town 30 8 6 16 48 67 14 5 1 8 29 37 16 3 5 8 19 30 -19 30
20 Stratford Town 27 5 9 13 37 58 14 4 6 4 22 26 13 1 3 9 15 32 -21 24
21 Hednesford Town 31 3 7 21 34 62 15 2 4 9 21 27 16 1 3 12 13 35 -28 16
22 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 29 4 3 22 23 71 14 3 3 8 13 28 15 1 0 14 10 43 -48 15

Read more about Non League Premier: Southern Central

The Southern Football League consists of four divisions: Central Division and South Division (at the seventh highest division level of English football) and Division One Central / Division One South (eight highest level). Teams come from the South West of England, southern Midlands and South Wales.