Evenly matched teams: Grantham Town vs Matlock Town match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Tue 28.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: South Kesteven Stadium (7500 seats)

Grantham Town are welcoming Matlock Town for another important game after their 0-3 result against 12th-placed Hyde United.

Grantham Town have less rest than Matlock Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Non League Premier: Northern game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Hyde United, so at least Grantham Town are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Grantham Town form and stats

6 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Grantham Town, who have the most conceded goals (57) in Non League Premier: Northern, have to build on here at South Kesteven Stadium in the Non League Premier: Northern. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Grantham Town to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, led his Grantham Town to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Northern match away at Hyde United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at South Kesteven Stadium. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Mickleover Sports (1-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Grantham Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7 Drawn 1 Lost 7.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Grantham Town, as the Non League Premier: Northern home game vs Buxton is only four days away.

Grantham Town has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Grantham Town have conceded 24 from these games.

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Matlock Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Northern travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. With the Matlock Town losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Kittrick, the Matlock Town manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Matlock Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Scarborough Athletic (placed 13th). It was a Fa Trophy defeat before that one as the away game against Eastleigh wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Matlock Town playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were 3 Matlock Town wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats.

After this away game Matlock Town return home for a Non League Premier: Northern game against Hyde United. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Matlock Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Matlock Town have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Matlock Town - Grantham Town 2-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Grantham Town victories, 3 draws and 3 Matlock Town wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

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Grantham Town Matlock Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 3 12 23
6 6 1 Won W 1 4 7
7 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
12 5 3 Lost L 1 7 13
29 18 4 Scored S 3 15 29
57 24 11 Conceded C 3 21 38
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 70%
68% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 61%
52% 46% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 26%
24% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 13%
52% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 65%
20% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 17%
32% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
3.6 3.3 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 2 3.6 4.3
4.7 3.4 5.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.1 3.4
1.3 1.1 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.7 1.2
2 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
152 64 28 Total Shots T S 15 62 129
57 29 13 Shots on Target S O 4 21 48
30% 31% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 48% 42%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Grantham Town has the most conceded goals (57)
  • Grantham Town has the the worst goal difference (-28)
  • Grantham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grantham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Matlock Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Matlock Town 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 South Shields 26 17 3 6 49 25 15 10 2 3 34 13 11 7 1 3 15 12 24 54
2 Lancaster City 28 14 6 8 50 35 13 7 4 2 21 12 15 7 2 6 29 23 15 48
3 Basford United 25 14 6 5 45 31 12 8 2 2 26 15 13 6 4 3 19 16 14 48
4 United of Manchester 24 13 6 5 55 34 12 7 1 4 31 18 12 6 5 1 24 16 21 45
5 Warrington Town 25 11 10 4 41 32 14 7 4 3 23 16 11 4 6 1 18 16 9 43
6 Nantwich Town 24 12 5 7 44 32 11 8 1 2 25 13 13 4 4 5 19 19 12 41
7 Witton Albion 26 10 7 9 34 33 14 8 1 5 23 18 12 2 6 4 11 15 1 37
8 Bamber Bridge 29 11 4 14 48 53 15 8 3 4 32 22 14 3 1 10 16 31 -5 37
9 Stalybridge Celtic 27 11 4 12 35 40 13 5 1 7 22 25 14 6 3 5 13 15 -5 37
10 Mickleover Sports 24 11 3 10 36 38 11 6 1 4 16 14 13 5 2 6 20 24 -2 36
11 Radcliffe Borough 25 11 3 11 27 29 13 7 3 3 16 11 12 4 0 8 11 18 -2 36
12 Hyde United 28 10 6 12 45 48 14 5 4 5 27 22 14 5 2 7 18 26 -3 36
13 Scarborough Athletic 28 9 8 11 31 41 14 5 8 1 16 10 14 4 0 10 15 31 -10 35
14 Whitby Town 22 9 4 9 35 32 11 4 3 4 15 15 11 5 1 5 20 17 3 31
15 Morpeth Town 20 9 4 7 31 30 8 5 2 1 16 9 12 4 2 6 15 21 1 31
16 Gainsborough Trinity 24 7 7 10 38 36 12 4 4 4 17 15 12 3 3 6 21 21 2 28
17 Atherton Collieries 22 7 4 11 31 39 11 5 1 5 22 21 11 2 3 6 9 18 -8 25
18 Ashton United 23 7 5 11 29 38 11 3 2 6 10 19 12 4 3 5 19 19 -9 25
19 Grantham Town 25 6 7 12 29 57 13 6 2 5 18 24 12 0 5 7 11 33 -28 25
20 Matlock Town 23 7 3 13 29 38 11 3 2 6 14 17 12 4 1 7 15 21 -9 24
21 Buxton 26 5 8 13 42 46 14 3 4 7 27 20 12 2 4 6 15 26 -4 23
22 Stafford Rangers 24 3 7 14 19 36 12 2 5 5 9 14 12 1 2 9 10 22 -17 16

Read more about Non League Premier: Northern

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.