Non League Div One: Northern South match preview: Market Drayton Town versus Stocksbridge Park Steels

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England Non League Div One: Northern South
Date: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Greenfields Sports Ground (1000 seats)

Struggling Market Drayton Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Stocksbridge Park Steels in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

D L L L L

Market Drayton Town form and stats

Market Drayton Town's struggle is real here at Greenfields Sports Ground with only 3 points collected from 12 Non League Div One: Northern South games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-11. The home stadium (Greenfields Sports Ground) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Market Drayton Town it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

The home team returns to Greenfields Sports Ground after being equal after 90 minutes with Lincoln United (placed 14th) on their last time out; the Non League Div One: Northern South game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Sutton Coldfield Town that was lost 0-6.

Market Drayton Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Market Drayton Town have let the opposition score 42 times, an average of more than three per game.

W W D W W

Stocksbridge Park Steels form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Div One: Northern South matches, Stocksbridge Park Steels have produced an overall stat of 6-3-4 so far.

Prior to that result Stocksbridge Park Steels won their away game at Chasetown. The scoreline was 2-0.

Stocksbridge Park Steels are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 13 away games so far. 18 goals have been conceded by Stocksbridge Park Steels in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Market Drayton Town two wins, zero draws and Stocksbridge Park Steels four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Market Drayton Town missing players

Stocksbridge Park Steels missing players

Market Drayton Town Stocksbridge Park Steels
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 13 25
5 1 0 Won W 3 6 12
1 0 0 Drew D 0 3 6
19 11 4 Lost L 1 4 7
29 13 6 Scored S 8 23 45
78 42 18 Conceded C 5 18 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
88% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 88%
72% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 72%
52% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 54% 48%
48% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 16%
60% 58% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 72%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 16%
32% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 16%
 
3.5 4 4 Corners For (avg) C F 0 6 7.5
10 10.3 11.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 11 9
0.2 0.3 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
30 28 13 Total Shots T S 0 6 18
10 8 3 Shots on Target S O 0 1 7
30% 38% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 43%
Key stats in Non League Div One: Northern South this season:
  • Market Drayton Town has the fewest points (3) at home
  • Market Drayton Town has the most conceded goals (42) at home
  • Market Drayton Town has the most conceded goals (78)
  • Market Drayton Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (13)
  • Market Drayton Town has the the worst goal difference (-29) at home
  • Market Drayton Town has the the worst goal difference (-49)
  • Market Drayton Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Market Drayton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Market Drayton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Market Drayton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Market Drayton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stocksbridge Park Steels have created more than twice as many corners as Market Drayton Town.
  • Stocksbridge Park Steels have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leek Town 23 19 3 1 56 15 10 9 1 0 26 5 13 10 2 1 30 10 41 60
2 Stamford 24 17 4 3 61 24 11 9 0 2 33 12 13 8 4 1 28 12 37 55
3 Cleethorpes Town 24 14 4 6 56 37 13 9 2 2 32 18 11 5 2 4 24 19 19 46
4 Belper Town 21 12 6 3 37 25 11 6 3 2 19 13 10 6 3 1 18 12 12 42
5 Stocksbridge Park Steels 25 12 6 7 45 38 12 6 3 3 22 20 13 6 3 4 23 18 7 42
6 Carlton Town 20 11 5 4 37 25 9 4 2 3 17 18 11 7 3 1 20 7 12 38
7 Frickley Athletic 26 12 2 12 40 41 13 6 1 6 19 16 13 6 1 6 21 25 -1 38
8 Kidsgrove Athletic 21 10 4 7 37 26 11 4 3 4 21 18 10 6 1 3 16 8 11 34
9 Ilkeston Town 27 9 7 11 45 43 15 5 5 5 25 21 12 4 2 6 20 22 2 34
10 Glossop North End 25 8 8 9 34 35 13 3 5 5 20 20 12 5 3 4 14 15 -1 32
11 Spalding United 26 8 8 10 31 37 12 3 4 5 11 14 14 5 4 5 20 23 -6 32
12 Sheffield 24 8 7 9 44 44 9 3 2 4 20 17 15 5 5 5 24 27 0 31
13 Loughborough Dynamo 25 9 4 12 36 41 14 8 3 3 27 15 11 1 1 9 9 26 -5 31
14 Lincoln United 25 9 3 13 30 46 14 4 2 8 18 27 11 5 1 5 12 19 -16 30
15 Worksop Town 24 9 2 13 32 43 13 4 0 9 14 28 11 5 2 4 18 15 -11 29
16 Sutton Coldfield Town 21 7 5 9 33 30 10 4 2 4 14 12 11 3 3 5 19 18 3 26
17 Chasetown 20 5 4 11 25 35 12 1 4 7 9 20 8 4 0 4 16 15 -10 19
18 Newcastle Town 25 5 4 16 36 50 13 2 2 9 17 25 12 3 2 7 19 25 -14 19
19 Market Drayton Town 25 5 1 19 29 78 12 1 0 11 13 42 13 4 1 8 16 36 -49 16
20 Wisbech Town 25 3 5 17 27 58 11 2 2 7 14 19 14 1 3 10 13 39 -31 14

Read more about Non League Div One: Northern South

The Northern Premier League holds three divisions; the Premier Division, Division One East and Division One West. The Premier Division is at the seventh highest division level in England, while Division One East/West are at eight level. The league covers Northern England and the northern/central Midlands areas.