Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League game preview and numbers: Kirkley & Pakefield against Whitton United

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Competition: England Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Walmer Road

Life has been a bit difficult for Kirkley & Pakefield so far, and that also applies to Whitton United. These weathered teams would do anything for some important points here.

Insights:
  • Kirkley & Pakefield have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Whitton United have the most conceded goals (112) in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League

These are active days for the home side, as they had a match only four days ago in the Suffolk FA Premier Cup. This match was also played here at Walmer Road. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Whitton United have had more rest.

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Kirkley & Pakefield form and stats

With 4 Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Kirkley & Pakefield are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Kirkley & Pakefield hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Kirkley & Pakefield, Ely City, Fakenham Town, Haverhill Rovers, Brantham Athletic and Soham Town Rangers), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

The Pakefield regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Suffolk FA Premier Cup duel also played here at Walmer Road: A 0-2 defeat against Bury Town.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Hadleigh United.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The Kirkley & Pakefield fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Whitton United form and stats

Whitton United have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League, after 0-3-12 (15 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Whitton have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 15 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Two away games in a row for Whitton United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-8 versus Newmarket Town. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Newmarket Town was particularly ugly (1-8). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Prior to that match, the Whitton United manager faced defeat when travelling to Long Melford and losing 0-2.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Whitton as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Whitton United defense as they have conceded 63 goals in 15 away games. When Whitton United is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Ely City, Fakenham Town, Haverhill Rovers, Brantham Athletic, Whitton United and Soham Town Rangers.

Head 2 Head

Kirkley & Pakefield have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Whitton United.

It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Whitton United - Pakefield 0-2.

Kirkley & Pakefield missing players

Whitton United missing players

Kirkley & Pakefield Whitton United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 15 29
7 4 2 Won W 0 0 2
5 0 0 Drew D 1 3 3
14 9 1 Lost L 3 12 24
35 19 10 Scored S 3 11 24
42 24 6 Conceded C 10 63 112
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
54% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 80% 79%
31% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 67% 62%
19% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 47% 45%
58% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 55%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
35% 54% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 47% 45%
 
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
Key stats in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League this season:
  • All of Whitton United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kirkley & Pakefield have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Kirkley & Pakefield haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Whitton United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Whitton United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Whitton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Whitton United have the fewest points (3) away in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League
  • Whitton United have the fewest scored goals (11) away in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League
  • Whitton United have the most conceded goals (112) in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League
  • Whitton United have the most conceded goals (63) away in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League
  • Whitton United have the the worst goal difference (-52) away in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League
  • Whitton United have the the worst goal difference (-88) in Counties Leagues: Eastern Counties League
  • Whitton United have yet to win a game away.
  • Whitton United 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 Thetford Town 26 20 3 3 75 32 12 9 3 0 39 14 14 11 0 3 36 18 43 63
2 Ipswich Wanderers 27 18 5 4 72 30 13 7 3 3 31 16 14 11 2 1 41 14 42 59
3 Woodbridge Town 26 15 5 6 52 33 13 8 3 2 26 16 13 7 2 4 26 17 19 50
4 Mildenhall Town FC 27 13 9 5 58 36 15 10 4 1 39 18 12 3 5 4 19 18 22 48
5 Hadleigh United 26 14 6 6 49 27 14 7 5 2 28 11 12 7 1 4 21 16 22 48
6 Harleston Town 26 13 9 4 54 34 11 4 5 2 17 17 15 9 4 2 37 17 20 48
7 Lakenheath 28 14 4 10 57 48 14 8 2 4 28 23 14 6 2 6 29 25 9 46
8 Norwich United 26 12 7 7 55 39 15 7 4 4 26 21 11 5 3 3 29 18 16 43
9 Mulbarton Wanderers 27 11 9 7 50 31 13 5 3 5 23 17 14 6 6 2 27 14 19 42
10 Long Melford 27 11 6 10 42 45 14 8 3 3 26 18 13 3 3 7 16 27 -3 39
11 Sheringham 25 11 5 9 52 43 11 5 3 3 25 14 14 6 2 6 27 29 9 38
12 Walsham Le Willows 28 9 6 13 54 50 14 6 3 5 32 22 14 3 3 8 22 28 4 33
13 Newmarket Town 26 9 6 11 48 44 13 5 3 5 30 24 13 4 3 6 18 20 4 33
14 Ely City 27 8 5 14 37 71 15 5 2 8 22 45 12 3 3 6 15 26 -34 29
15 Soham Town Rangers 27 8 3 16 47 62 14 4 2 8 24 32 13 4 1 8 23 30 -15 27
16 Kirkley & Pakefield 26 7 5 14 35 42 13 4 0 9 19 24 13 3 5 5 16 18 -7 26
17 Brantham Athletic 24 6 7 11 34 43 12 5 2 5 21 19 12 1 5 6 13 24 -9 25
18 Fakenham Town 25 8 1 16 41 59 13 6 1 6 23 23 12 2 0 10 18 36 -18 25
19 Haverhill Rovers 27 2 4 21 24 79 12 0 3 9 10 35 15 2 1 12 14 44 -55 10
20 Whitton United 29 2 3 24 24 112 14 2 0 12 13 49 15 0 3 12 11 63 -88 9