Moving closer to the top teams is the subject when these mid-table teams fight it out. Both are trying to improve their league table standing, Lancaster City in 12th and Guiseley in 11th spot.
Lancaster are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Guiseley is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Lancaster City form and stats
8-7-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Northern numbers at home for Lancaster City so far this season.
A strong away win for Lancaster City against Ashton United the last match. Finally, a league victory after four matches without one. A goal frenzy last time out for Lancaster, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Ashton United. Fun stuff to watch!
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Bamber Bridge.This is expected to be a close game, with Lancaster City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lancaster City as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Lancaster City has won 8 of these, drawn 0 and lost 6.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Lancaster City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 20 games. From these home matches, Lancaster have conceded only 18 goals.
Guiseley form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Northern travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Guiseley's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Liversedge in their previous game. That win felt sweet as this club had gone five league matches without winning.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Atherton Collieries's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Guiseley in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Guiseley, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Guiseley have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 20 league away games 27 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Guiseley have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Guiseley - Lancaster City 0-0. Previous three meetings featuring these participants: Lancaster City won one, Guiseley were winners in zero and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.
Lancaster City missing players
Guiseley missing players
| Lancaster City | Guiseley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 41 | 20 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 20 | 41 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 49 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 7 | 27 | 53 |
| 50 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 52 |
| 88% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 93% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 71% |
| 44% | 35% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 55% | 56% |
| 12% | 5% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 24% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 7% |
| 61% | 55% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 65% | 59% |
| 24% | 35% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | 27% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.8 | 8.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 45% | 53% | 117% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 28% | 38% |
| 5.7 | 4.4 | 3.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 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 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 35 | 85 |
| 2 | Warrington Town | 41 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 67 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 29 | 74 |
| 3 | Bamber Bridge | 41 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 61 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 0 | 73 |
| 4 | Gainsborough Trinity | 41 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 73 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 34 | 69 |
| 5 | Hyde United | 41 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 63 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 24 | 66 |
| 6 | Radcliffe Borough | 41 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 54 | 47 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 66 |
| 7 | Matlock Town | 41 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 49 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 65 |
| 8 | Marine | 41 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 61 |
| 9 | United of Manchester | 41 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 66 | 47 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 60 |
| 10 | Rylands | 41 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 61 | 52 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 59 |
| 11 | Guiseley | 41 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 53 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 55 |
| 12 | Lancaster City | 41 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 50 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | -1 | 55 |
| 13 | Stafford Rangers | 41 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 53 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -4 | 54 |
| 14 | Whitby Town | 41 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 52 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 24 | -9 | 51 |
| 15 | Ashton United | 41 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 56 | 63 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 29 | -7 | 50 |
| 16 | Morpeth Town | 41 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 52 | 60 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 33 | -8 | 48 |
| 17 | Marske United | 41 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 56 | 79 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -23 | 47 |
| 18 | Atherton Collieries | 41 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 54 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -19 | 46 |
| 19 | Nantwich Town | 41 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 54 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 27 | -12 | 43 |
| 20 | Stalybridge Celtic | 41 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 47 | 61 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 28 | -14 | 41 |
| 21 | Liversedge | 41 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 48 | 85 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 42 | -37 | 40 |
| 22 | Belper Town | 41 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 42 | 84 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 42 | -42 | 29 |