It's a fresh start in Counties Leagues: North West Counties League - the first match of the season. Read our full preview and see how Congleton Town FC and Ashton Athletic did in their pre-season friendly games!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Congleton Town FC and Ashton Athletic.
Congleton Town FC form and stats
The season before, Congleton Town FC's league statistics were 16 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses, results that produced 9th place in the Counties Leagues: North West Counties League. Over these 40 matches they scored 67 goals and conceded 54. Appearing as the host team in the former season Congleton Town FC managed 8-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 30 conceded.
Congleton are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup match at Abbey Hey awaits in four days.
Ashton Athletic form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ashton Athletic performed last season in the Counties Leagues: North West Counties League: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 10 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 65 and conceded 97 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 33/56 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Prescot Cables.
It's a day of discovery for Ashton Athletic as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Ashton Athletic have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ashton Athletic has scored 0 goals and conceded 4 times.
Head 2 Head
Congleton-Ashton Athletic H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Congleton Town FC one win, Ashton Athletic one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Congleton Town FC missing players
Ashton Athletic missing players
| Congleton Town FC | Ashton Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| Congleton Town FC | Last season | Ashton Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 10 | 19 | ||
| 67 | 35 | Scored | S | 33 | 65 | ||
| 54 | 30 | Conceded | C | 56 | 97 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 78% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 57% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 75% | ||
| 38% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 70% | 62% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 32% | ||
| 57% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 65% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 5% | 12% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 22% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 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 | Macclesfield | 40 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 94 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 56 | 94 |
| 2 | Skelmersdale United | 40 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 94 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 32 | 43 | 79 |
| 3 | Wythenshawe Town | 40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 83 | 43 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 40 | 78 |
| 4 | Charnock Richard | 40 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 106 | 69 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 37 | 78 |
| 5 | Northwich Victoria | 40 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 74 | 64 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 63 |
| 6 | Avro | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 62 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 62 |
| 7 | Burscough | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 69 | 62 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 7 | 59 |
| 8 | Vauxhall Motors | 40 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 63 | 77 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 39 | -14 | 59 |
| 9 | Congleton Town FC | 40 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 54 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 58 |
| 10 | Irlam | 40 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 62 | 68 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 32 | -6 | 57 |
| 11 | Winsford United | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 73 | 73 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 39 | 0 | 54 |
| 12 | Longridge Town | 40 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 74 | 83 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 46 | -9 | 52 |
| 13 | Padiham | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 65 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | -8 | 50 |
| 14 | AFC Liverpool | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 80 | 80 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 40 | 0 | 49 |
| 15 | Barnoldswick Town | 40 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 63 | 72 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 36 | -9 | 47 |
| 16 | Prestwich Heys | 40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 59 | 79 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 43 | -20 | 45 |
| 17 | Squires Gate | 40 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 52 | 65 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | -13 | 44 |
| 18 | Ashton Athletic | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 65 | 97 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 56 | -32 | 43 |
| 19 | Lower Breck | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 63 | 89 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 51 | -26 | 42 |
| 20 | Litherland Remyca | 40 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 54 | 89 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 45 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 44 | -35 | 33 |
| 21 | Runcorn Town | 40 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 53 | 93 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 50 | -40 | 27 |