A short look at the Counties Leagues: North West Counties League standings imply an edge to Burscough when they come to Ashton Athletic. But; let's wait for the game before we elect a winner!
- Ashton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Counties Leagues: North West Counties League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Runcorn Town.
Ashton Athletic form and stats
4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Counties Leagues: North West Counties League numbers at home for Ashton Athletic so far this season. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Ashton, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Ashton Athletic shared the glory with Runcorn Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
2-2 away at Barnoldswick Town before that.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Squires Gate are coming to town in four days.
Ashton can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 20 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ashton defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Burscough form and stats
Playing away, Burscough have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Counties Leagues: North West Counties League this season. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Burscough's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Wythenshawe Town game.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Charnock Richard in their previous game.
A draw for Burscough before that, at their own venue hosting Avro (1-1).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Burscough manager M. Beesley as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Barnoldswick Town.
Burscough has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Burscough rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this season, as the history books show this recent match: Burscough - Ashton 3-1.Ashton Athletic missing players
Burscough missing players
| Ashton Athletic | Burscough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 36 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 12 | 19 | 41 |
| 53 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 95% |
| 90% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 85% |
| 75% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 65% |
| 65% | 56% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 50% | 45% |
| 35% | 44% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 30% | 25% |
| 75% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 65% |
| 15% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 25% |
| 10% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 15% |
| 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 |
- Ashton Athletic 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 | Macclesfield | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 44 |
| 2 | Skelmersdale United | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 23 | 42 |
| 3 | Charnock Richard | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 39 |
| 4 | Wythenshawe Town | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Burscough | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Northwich Victoria | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Avro | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Lower Breck | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Barnoldswick Town | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Winsford United | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 24 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Irlam | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 20 | -6 | 29 |
| 12 | Congleton Town FC | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 28 |
| 13 | Longridge Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 14 | Prestwich Heys | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | AFC Liverpool | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 24 | -6 | 24 |
| 16 | Vauxhall Motors | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 27 | -14 | 24 |
| 17 | Squires Gate | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Ashton Athletic | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 36 | -17 | 22 |
| 19 | Padiham | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Runcorn Town | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -16 | 17 |
| 21 | Litherland Remyca | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 34 | -36 | 10 |