Non League Premier: Southern Central match preview and statistics: St Ives Town host Mickleover Sports

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Westwood Road (2000 seats)

Pre-match info: 8 points are the diference between the contenders so far, Mickleover Sports having done best. Can St Ives Town upset the odds?

Insights:
  • All of St Ives Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mickleover Sports have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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St Ives Town form and stats

4-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Southern Central numbers at home for St Ives Town so far this season. Ives has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Marheineke and the players.

The fans are hoping that St Ives Town will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against AFC Rushden & Diamonds (placed 21st).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Royston Town (0-2).

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 17 most recent league games shows that 13 of them had goals from both sides.

A decent goal production from Ives in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. St Ives Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When St Ives Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bedford Town, Stratford Town, Barwell, AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Kings Langley, Hednesford Town and Alvechurch), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Mickleover Sports form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mickleover Sports so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Mickleover Sports as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Barwell match.

Mickleover's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ilkeston Town that finished 1-1.

Prior to that match, the Mickleover Sports manager McGrath faced defeat when travelling to Nuneaton Town and losing 2-4.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Mickleover Sports manager McGrath as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Royston Town.

Mickleover has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Mickleover Sports's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 26 goals in 10 travels.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H meeting ended Mickleover Sports - St Ives Town 3-2, played this season.

St Ives Town missing players

Mickleover Sports missing players

St Ives Town Mickleover Sports
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 12 3 Played P 2 10 23
8 4 0 Won W 1 3 10
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 5
10 6 3 Lost L 0 6 8
35 19 2 Scored S 7 19 47
33 16 6 Conceded C 4 26 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 70%
38% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 80% 61%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 43%
71% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 90% 83%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 13%
10% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 4%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 3.9
3.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 5.4
1.2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.2 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 8.2 10.2
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4 4.9
34% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 50% 43%
 
6.6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.2 10.9
2.2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of Mickleover Sports's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of St Ives Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mickleover Sports have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Mickleover Sports have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mickleover Sports have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Mickleover Sports haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St Ives Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 24 15 6 3 56 25 11 7 3 1 24 11 13 8 3 2 32 14 31 51
2 Nuneaton Town 24 14 6 4 43 27 12 8 4 0 24 11 12 6 2 4 19 16 16 48
3 Leiston 22 13 6 3 52 26 10 8 1 1 25 10 12 5 5 2 27 16 26 45
4 Rushall Olympic 24 13 5 6 41 27 13 6 2 5 23 20 11 7 3 1 18 7 14 44
5 Coalville Town 20 11 5 4 48 27 11 5 3 3 21 18 9 6 2 1 27 9 21 38
6 Mickleover Sports 23 10 5 8 47 45 13 7 4 2 28 19 10 3 1 6 19 26 2 35
7 Ilkeston Town 23 9 7 7 40 31 13 6 3 4 24 17 10 3 4 3 16 14 9 34
8 Redditch United 23 9 6 8 38 37 12 4 2 6 21 26 11 5 4 2 17 11 1 33
9 Hitchin Town 25 9 6 10 32 42 12 5 5 2 17 15 13 4 1 8 15 27 -10 33
10 Bromsgrove Sporting 22 9 4 9 36 41 10 4 1 5 13 16 12 5 3 4 23 25 -5 31
11 Basford United 22 8 6 8 27 30 12 7 1 4 16 15 10 1 5 4 11 15 -3 30
12 Royston Town 23 8 6 9 39 48 10 5 3 2 21 17 13 3 3 7 18 31 -9 30
13 Needham Market 21 8 5 8 30 23 10 7 1 2 21 8 11 1 4 6 9 15 7 29
14 Stourbridge 21 7 8 6 31 25 9 3 4 2 12 7 12 4 4 4 19 18 6 29
15 Bedford Town 24 8 4 12 40 52 12 5 1 6 25 30 12 3 3 6 15 22 -12 28
16 St Ives Town 21 8 3 10 35 33 12 4 2 6 19 16 9 4 1 4 16 17 2 27
17 Barwell 22 7 5 10 35 40 12 4 3 5 18 19 10 3 2 5 17 21 -5 26
18 Kings Langley 24 6 5 13 26 43 12 2 4 6 14 21 12 4 1 7 12 22 -17 23
19 Alvechurch 17 6 4 7 28 31 7 4 2 1 17 11 10 2 2 6 11 20 -3 22
20 Stratford Town 21 4 7 10 28 47 11 4 4 3 17 20 10 0 3 7 11 27 -19 19
21 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 24 4 3 17 22 60 12 3 3 6 13 25 12 1 0 11 9 35 -38 15
22 Hednesford Town 24 2 6 16 25 39 11 2 3 6 17 17 13 0 3 10 8 22 -14 12

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.