An important duel in the bottom section of the Non League Premier: Northern, with both Buxton and Gainsborough Trinity experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 16th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Buxton form and stats
Buxton's results here at The Silverlands in the Non League Premier: Northern have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Buxton drew their last game, 0-0 away at Stafford Rangers (placed 22nd). A strong away win before that one, visiting Grantham Town and winning 3-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Buxton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Buxton as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Buxton has won five of these, drawn four and lost four.
A decent goal production from Buxton in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 14 league matches. Buxton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gainsborough Trinity form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Northern. Things are running smoothly for Gainsborough Trinity who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Scarborough Athletic. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Ashton United game have they lost an away game, meaning Gainsborough Trinity has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Two travels in a row for Gainsborough Trinity, whose manager L. Sinnott could celebrate last time after the Non League Premier: Northern win against Stalybridge Celtic. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Basford United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Gainsborough Trinity in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Gainsborough Trinity, zero draws and five defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Gainsborough Trinity's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Gainsborough Trinity have conceded 22 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Gainsborough Trinity - Buxton 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Buxton two wins, one draw and Gainsborough Trinity zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Buxton missing players
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| Buxton | Gainsborough Trinity | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 45 | 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | 41 |
| 47 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | 37 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 77% |
| 61% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 58% |
| 39% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 46% | 42% |
| 25% | 29% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| 64% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 77% | 62% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 23% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 27% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.3 | 5 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 240 | 150 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 83 | 203 |
| 104 | 71 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 42 | 90 |
| 36% | 37% | 92% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 38% | 38% |
- Buxton has the most dropped points from leading position (25)
- Buxton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gainsborough Trinity have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gainsborough Trinity have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gainsborough Trinity haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Gainsborough Trinity is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | South Shields | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 56 |
| 2 | Lancaster City | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 51 |
| 3 | Basford United | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 51 |
| 4 | United of Manchester | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 46 |
| 5 | Nantwich Town | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 44 |
| 6 | Warrington Town | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| 7 | Witton Albion | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Stalybridge Celtic | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -6 | 38 |
| 9 | Scarborough Athletic | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -8 | 38 |
| 10 | Mickleover Sports | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | Hyde United | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -3 | 37 |
| 12 | Bamber Bridge | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 50 | 56 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 34 | -6 | 37 |
| 13 | Radcliffe Borough | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -8 | 36 |
| 14 | Morpeth Town | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 35 |
| 15 | Whitby Town | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 16 | Gainsborough Trinity | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 34 |
| 17 | Matlock Town | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -5 | 28 |
| 18 | Buxton | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | -2 | 27 |
| 19 | Atherton Collieries | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 20 | Ashton United | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 25 |
| 21 | Grantham Town | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 33 | -30 | 25 |
| 22 | Stafford Rangers | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 18 |