Non League Premier: Northern match prediction and preview for Lancaster City vs Morpeth Town clash

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Giant Axe (3513 seats)

Lancaster City have performed better than Morpeth Town so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

The hosts Lancaster City saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Northern. That game was an away game at Atherton Collieries, so at least Lancaster City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Lancaster City form and stats

Lancaster City are steadily winning Non League Premier: Northern games and points here at Giant Axe. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

In their previous game, the manager M. Fell led his Lancaster City to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Northern match away at Atherton Collieries. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Giant Axe. Before that game, the home loss against Bamber Bridge with the scoreline 2-3.

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 13 games. Lancaster City has won 7 of these, drawn 5 and lost 1.

Lancaster City has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Lancaster City have conceded only 9 goals.

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Morpeth Town form and stats

3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Morpeth Town in their Non League Premier: Northern matches away.

Morpeth Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Scarborough Athletic (placed 12th). That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Warrington Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Morpeth Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Morpeth Town, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Morpeth Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Morpeth Town have conceded 14 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Morpeth Town - Lancaster City 3-2 earlier this season.

Lancaster City missing players

Morpeth Town missing players

Lancaster City Morpeth Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 2 9 16
12 6 0 Won W 1 3 8
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
6 1 1 Lost L 1 4 4
42 16 4 Scored S 5 11 26
31 9 5 Conceded C 5 14 19
92% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 45% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 81%
62% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 56%
46% 27% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 22% 25%
29% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 12%
58% 36% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 62%
42% 64% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 25%
8% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 12%
 
3 2 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5 2.7 4.4
4.4 5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.5 4.3
1.2 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.1
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
129 15 0 Total Shots T S 10 63 105
52 4 0 Shots on Target S O 5 26 40
56% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 27% 42%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Lancaster City has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
  • Lancaster City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Lancaster City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Morpeth Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Morpeth Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Morpeth 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 21 13 3 5 34 18 12 8 2 2 23 7 9 5 1 3 11 11 16 42
2 Lancaster City 24 12 6 6 42 31 11 6 4 1 16 9 13 6 2 5 26 22 11 42
3 United of Manchester 21 11 5 5 46 30 12 7 1 4 31 18 9 4 4 1 15 12 16 38
4 Basford United 21 10 6 5 37 29 10 6 2 2 22 15 11 4 4 3 15 14 8 36
5 Stalybridge Celtic 23 11 3 9 32 31 11 5 1 5 20 20 12 6 2 4 12 11 1 36
6 Warrington Town 21 9 8 4 35 28 11 5 3 3 19 14 10 4 5 1 16 14 7 35
7 Radcliffe Borough 20 11 2 7 25 19 10 7 2 1 15 4 10 4 0 6 10 15 6 35
8 Nantwich Town 20 10 4 6 36 29 10 7 1 2 21 13 10 3 3 4 15 16 7 34
9 Hyde United 24 9 6 9 41 37 11 4 4 3 23 15 13 5 2 6 18 22 4 33
10 Witton Albion 22 8 7 7 29 26 12 7 1 4 21 15 10 1 6 3 8 11 3 31
11 Mickleover Sports 21 9 3 9 28 31 9 4 1 4 10 12 12 5 2 5 18 19 -3 30
12 Scarborough Athletic 24 8 6 10 27 37 11 4 6 1 12 7 13 4 0 9 15 30 -10 30
13 Morpeth Town 16 8 4 4 26 19 7 5 2 0 15 5 9 3 2 4 11 14 7 28
14 Bamber Bridge 25 8 4 13 40 48 13 6 3 4 28 20 12 2 1 9 12 28 -8 28
15 Whitby Town 18 8 3 7 29 26 9 4 2 3 12 11 9 4 1 4 17 15 3 27
16 Matlock Town 20 7 3 10 26 30 10 3 2 5 14 16 10 4 1 5 12 14 -4 24
17 Grantham Town 21 5 7 9 26 47 11 5 2 4 16 21 10 0 5 5 10 26 -21 22
18 Atherton Collieries 18 6 3 9 25 33 9 4 1 4 18 18 9 2 2 5 7 15 -8 21
19 Buxton 22 4 7 11 35 39 12 3 3 6 23 15 10 1 4 5 12 24 -4 19
20 Gainsborough Trinity 20 4 6 10 28 32 11 3 4 4 14 14 9 1 2 6 14 18 -4 18
21 Ashton United 18 4 4 10 21 33 8 1 2 5 7 16 10 3 2 5 14 17 -12 15
22 Stafford Rangers 20 2 6 12 15 30 10 1 4 5 6 12 10 1 2 7 9 18 -15 12

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.