This looks to be another intriguing contest at Bloomfields in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Needham Market is in 18th position and receive Hitchin Town in 4th position. Learn more about the fixture here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Needham Market form and stats
The first Non League Premier: Southern Central game here at Bloomfields resulted in a draw. Last season Needham Market's home game statistics were 10 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 21 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Needham, who played 0-0 against Halesowen Town. That match was also played at this venue (Bloomfields).
Before that fixture, a home win hosting Bury Town in the Suffolk FA Premier Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Needham Market have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Needham Market after this match as they are travelling to Coalville Town for a Non League Premier: Southern Central game in only four days.
At Bloomfields, Needham Market has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Hitchin Town form and stats
Only one away game in the Non League Premier: Southern Central so far for Hitchin Town and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 2 draws and 12 losses from 21 travels.
Two trips in a row for Hitchin, whose manager Burke could celebrate last time after the win against Long Eaton United FC.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Alvechurch.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Hitchin Town in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Hitchin Town, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Hitchin, the Non League Premier: Southern Central home match versus St Ives Town. Busy days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hitchin Town has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Needham Market-Hitchin Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Needham Market six wins, Hitchin Town two wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Needham Market missing players
Hitchin Town missing players
| Needham Market | Hitchin Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 12 | 12 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 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 ( | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 80% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Needham Market | Last season | Hitchin Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Lost | L | 12 | 15 | ||
| 46 | 31 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 54 | 23 | Conceded | C | 40 | 60 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 90% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 38% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 57% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 14% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 38% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | ||
| 31% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 67% | ||
| 7.2 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mickleover Sports | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Stourbridge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Stamford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Hitchin Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Barwell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Halesowen Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Stratford Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | AFC Telford United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Coalville Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Leiston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Redditch United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | St Ives Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Alvechurch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Leamington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Berkhamsted | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | AFC Sudbury | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Needham Market | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | Long Eaton United FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Nuneaton Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 21 | Kettering Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 22 | Royston Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 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 | Tamworth | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 93 | 40 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 53 | 89 |
| 2 | Coalville Town | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 92 | 42 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 19 | 50 | 89 |
| 3 | Leiston | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 84 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 29 | 37 | 85 |
| 4 | Nuneaton Town | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 67 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 79 |
| 5 | Rushall Olympic | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 71 | 52 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 73 |
| 6 | Mickleover Sports | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 82 | 66 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 16 | 72 |
| 7 | Ilkeston Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 79 | 66 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 13 | 61 |
| 8 | Barwell | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 69 | 63 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 61 |
| 9 | Redditch United | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 57 | 59 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 27 | -2 | 61 |
| 10 | Stourbridge | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 69 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 59 |
| 11 | Alvechurch | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 63 | 65 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 34 | -2 | 59 |
| 12 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 60 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 40 | -8 | 59 |
| 13 | Royston Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 73 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 47 | -10 | 55 |
| 14 | Stratford Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 58 | 70 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 40 | -12 | 52 |
| 15 | Basford United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 62 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 33 | -13 | 52 |
| 16 | St Ives Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 72 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 42 | -8 | 50 |
| 17 | Needham Market | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 46 | 54 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 31 | -8 | 48 |
| 18 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 58 | 78 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 43 | -20 | 48 |
| 19 | Kings Langley | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 45 | 69 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 36 | -24 | 39 |
| 20 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 76 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 47 | -31 | 31 |
| 21 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 40 | 87 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 50 | -47 | 31 |
| 22 | Bedford Town | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 49 | 93 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 29 | 51 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 42 | -44 | 30 |
