Clitheroe vs Leek Town match preview

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Competition: England Non League Div One: Northern North
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shawbridge (2000 seats)

Struggling Clitheroe will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Leek Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Clitheroe and Leek Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Clitheroe form and stats

Clitheroe's struggle is real here at Shawbridge with only 10 points collected from 17 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-1-13. Clitheroe has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.

The fans are hoping that Clitheroe will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Non League Div One: Northern North game against Atherton Collieries. Preceding that match was a defeat to Prescot Cables (1-2).

There will be little rest for Clitheroe after this match as they are travelling to Colne for a Non League Div One: Northern North game in only two days.

Clitheroe has scored 22 goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Clitheroe having conceded 47 goals here at Shawbridge so far.

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Leek Town form and stats

10 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Leek Town playing as the away team this season. Leek Town have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Two travels in a row for Leek Town, whose manager L. Casswell could celebrate last time after the Non League Div One: Northern North win against Glossop North End. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Prescot Cables.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chasetown in just two days.

Leek Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 31 goals from 17 games. It's not easy to score on Leek Town as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Leek Town - Clitheroe 1-2 earlier this season. Last four meetings between the teams: Clitheroe won 3, Leek Town won 0 and 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

Clitheroe missing players

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Clitheroe Leek Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 17 Played 17 35
44 22 Scored 31 75
83 47 Conceded 16 33
100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 97%
97% 100% Over 1.5 82% 86%
74% 82% Over 2.5 47% 63%
43% 53% Over 3.5 29% 43%
29% 35% Over 4.5 18% 17%
66% 65% Both teams to score 53% 57%
6% 6% Clean Sheet 41% 37%
29% 29% Failed To Score 6% 9%
 
0.3 0.4 Corners For (avg) 0.5 0.4
0.2 0.2 Corners Against (avg) 0.4 0.5
0.1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.1 0.1
0 0 Red Cards (total) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Clitheroe hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Clitheroe is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Atherton Collieries 35 24 3 8 84 34 18 12 0 6 53 23 17 12 3 2 31 11 50 75
2 Radcliffe Borough 34 22 5 7 71 30 18 13 1 4 38 19 16 9 4 3 33 11 41 71
3 Runcorn Linnets 35 21 5 9 67 48 18 11 4 3 32 21 17 10 1 6 35 27 19 68
4 Leek Town 35 20 7 8 75 33 18 10 4 4 44 17 17 10 3 4 31 16 42 67
5 Ramsbottom United 35 20 7 8 74 38 17 8 3 6 30 21 18 12 4 2 44 17 36 67
6 Colne 34 19 7 8 63 40 17 10 1 6 31 24 17 9 6 2 32 16 23 64
7 Mossley 35 19 7 9 63 45 18 11 4 3 26 14 17 8 3 6 37 31 18 64
8 Prescot Cables 35 18 6 11 72 51 18 12 3 3 41 20 17 6 3 8 31 31 21 60
9 Trafford 35 16 8 11 50 42 17 6 6 5 21 23 18 10 2 6 29 19 8 56
10 Kidsgrove Athletic 35 13 12 10 53 37 18 6 6 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 26 17 16 51
11 Colwyn Bay 35 14 7 14 68 62 17 6 3 8 36 33 18 8 4 6 32 29 6 49
12 Chasetown 35 11 9 15 57 58 17 5 7 5 30 22 18 6 2 10 27 36 -1 42
13 Widnes 35 12 6 17 52 58 17 4 4 9 19 25 18 8 2 8 33 33 -6 42
14 Droylsden 35 11 7 17 55 66 17 6 3 8 29 31 18 5 4 9 26 35 -11 40
15 Newcastle Town 34 9 10 15 46 68 17 6 4 7 29 32 17 3 6 8 17 36 -22 37
16 Market Drayton Town 35 10 7 18 50 87 18 7 5 6 30 35 17 3 2 12 20 52 -37 37
17 Clitheroe 35 7 6 22 44 83 17 3 1 13 22 47 18 4 5 9 22 36 -39 27
18 Glossop North End 34 5 10 19 34 68 16 1 5 10 13 39 18 4 5 9 21 29 -34 25
19 Kendal Town 35 5 4 26 30 82 18 2 2 14 16 44 17 3 2 12 14 38 -52 19
20 Skelmersdale United 35 2 7 26 23 101 17 1 4 12 11 43 18 1 3 14 12 58 -78 13

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