Open game expected at Giant Axe: Lancaster City vs Matlock Town preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Giant Axe (3513 seats)

Lancaster City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Matlock Town.

It's no vacation for neither Lancaster City nor Matlock Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Lancaster City form and stats

Lancaster City have played 4 Non League Premier: Northern games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Lancaster City have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Happy days for Lancaster City in their previous game, a Non League Premier: Northern match away at Witton Albion (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Nantwich Town.

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 Lancaster City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 5 Lost 1.

Lancaster City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Giant Axe with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Lancaster City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Matlock Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Northern matches, Matlock Town have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Matlock Town, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Nantwich Town (placed 4th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Whitby Town at their stadium, the result 3-0.

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 nine relevant matches. Results were 2 Matlock Town wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats.

Matlock Town have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Matlock Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Lancaster City 1 win, 0 draws and Matlock Town 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Lancaster City missing players

Matlock Town missing players

Lancaster City Matlock Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 0 5 10
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 5
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
18 6 0 Scored S 0 7 14
17 4 0 Conceded C 0 4 10
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
78% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 70%
78% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
67% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
56% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
78% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 60%
22% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 40%
11% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.8 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4.2 5
3.2 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3.2 3.5
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 1.2
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Lancaster City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lancaster City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Matlock Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Matlock Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Lancaster City
All Fa Trophy Club Friendlies Non League Premier: Northern FA Cup
All Home Away
11-09-19 FAC Northwich Victoria 1 - 2 Lancaster City
14-09-19 No Lancaster City 3 - 3 Grantham Town
21-09-19 FAC Lancaster City 0 - 5 Spennymoor Town
28-09-19 No Nantwich Town 3 - 2 Lancaster City
01-10-19 No Witton Albion 1 - 3 Lancaster City
05-10-19 No Lancaster City 14:00 Whitby Town
05-10-19 No Lancaster City 14:00 Matlock Town
08-10-19 No Warrington Town 18:45 Lancaster City
12-10-19 No Lancaster City 14:00 Ashton United
15-10-19 No Lancaster City 18:45 Radcliffe Borough
Matlock Town
All Fa Trophy Club Friendlies Non League Premier: Northern FA Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 No Matlock Town 1 - 2 South Shields
21-09-19 FAC Matlock Town 1 - 2 Kidsgrove Athletic
24-09-19 No Matlock Town 1 - 1 Atherton Collieries
28-09-19 No Whitby Town 0 - 3 Matlock Town
01-10-19 No Nantwich Town 3 - 1 Matlock Town
05-10-19 No Lancaster City 14:00 Matlock Town
05-10-19 No Matlock Town 14:00 Morpeth Town
08-10-19 No Matlock Town 14:00 Scarborough Athletic
08-10-19 No Hyde United 18:45 Matlock Town
12-10-19 No Matlock Town 14:00 Mickleover Sports

  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 10 8 1 1 18 4 5 4 0 1 11 2 5 4 1 0 7 2 14 25
2 Whitby Town 9 6 1 2 16 10 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 3 0 1 9 5 6 19
3 Matlock Town 10 5 3 2 14 10 5 2 2 1 7 6 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 18
4 Nantwich Town 9 6 0 3 18 15 6 5 0 1 15 9 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 18
5 Basford United 10 5 2 3 15 9 4 3 0 1 8 2 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 17
6 Mickleover Sports 10 5 2 3 15 11 4 3 0 1 6 3 6 2 2 2 9 8 4 17
7 Hyde United 10 5 1 4 19 15 6 3 1 2 16 10 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 16
8 Grantham Town 11 4 4 3 18 20 7 4 1 2 10 11 4 0 3 1 8 9 -2 16
9 Warrington Town 9 4 3 2 14 10 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 2 3 0 9 5 4 15
10 Lancaster City 9 4 2 3 18 17 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 2 0 3 12 13 1 14
11 Stalybridge Celtic 9 4 1 4 13 12 4 2 0 2 10 8 5 2 1 2 3 4 1 13
12 United of Manchester 10 3 3 4 10 11 5 2 0 3 6 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 -1 12
13 Witton Albion 8 3 2 3 6 8 5 3 0 2 5 4 3 0 2 1 1 4 -2 11
14 Morpeth Town 6 3 1 2 12 11 3 2 1 0 6 4 3 1 0 2 6 7 1 10
15 Ashton United 9 2 3 4 13 15 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 2 1 2 10 9 -2 9
16 Gainsborough Trinity 9 2 2 5 12 14 5 2 2 1 10 7 4 0 0 4 2 7 -2 8
17 Atherton Collieries 8 2 2 4 11 16 3 1 0 2 6 8 5 1 2 2 5 8 -5 8
18 Scarborough Athletic 9 1 5 3 7 13 5 0 5 0 3 3 4 1 0 3 4 10 -6 8
19 Bamber Bridge 10 2 1 7 11 20 3 2 0 1 7 5 7 0 1 6 4 15 -9 7
20 Radcliffe Borough 6 1 2 3 5 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 -4 5
21 Stafford Rangers 8 0 4 4 3 10 4 0 3 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 2 8 -7 4
22 Buxton 9 0 3 6 11 19 5 0 2 3 6 9 4 0 1 3 5 10 -8 3

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