Lancaster City vs Morpeth Town match preview: Even contest expected at Giant Axe

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Tue 29.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Giant Axe (3513 seats)

It's early days in the Non League Premier: Northern and both Lancaster City and Morpeth Town are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

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.

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Lancaster City form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Non League Premier: Northern game of the season here at Giant Axe. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from Lancaster City's 17 home games.

Lancaster's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Basford United (placed 13th). In the match before that, Lancaster hosted Runcorn Town (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) and drew the FA Cup game 0-0.

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 as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Lancaster City has won seven of these, drawn five and lost two.

There will be little rest for Lancaster after this match as they are travelling to Stafford Rangers for a Non League Premier: Northern game in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Lancaster City's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Morpeth Town form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Non League Premier: Northern, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Morpeth, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Mickleover Sports (placed 21st) in the Non League Premier: Northern last time out. Ahead of that match was the victory versus City of Liverpool at their stadium, the result 3-0.

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

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Southport.

Morpeth Town have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Lancaster City won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Morpeth Town has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero

Lancaster City missing players

Morpeth Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lancaster City Morpeth Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 2 2 3
3 2 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
24 9 0 Total Shots T S 14 14 14
5 3 0 Shots on Target S O 8 8 8
40% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 25%
Lancaster City Last season Morpeth Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   15 27
15 7   Won W   6 14
8 6   Drew D   3 6
11 4   Lost L   6 7
58 24   Scored S   23 48
46 18   Conceded C   23 37
91% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
71% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 85%
65% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 59%
41% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 37%
26% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 26%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   67% 70%
35% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 19%
15% 24%   Failed to Score F T   20% 11%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.1 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
3 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
177 15   Total Shots T S   109 172
76 4   Shots on Target S O   48 74
55% 225%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Warrington Town 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Nantwich Town 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
3 South Shields 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
4 Buxton 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
5 Whitby Town 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
6 Scarborough Athletic 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
7 Morpeth Town 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Witton Albion 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
9 Matlock Town 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
10 Ashton United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
11 Bamber Bridge 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Atherton Collieries 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
13 Basford United 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
14 Gainsborough Trinity 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
15 United of Manchester 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
16 Grantham Town 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
17 Lancaster City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Hyde United 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
19 Stalybridge Celtic 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
20 Stafford Rangers 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
21 Mickleover Sports 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
22 Radcliffe Borough 2 0 0 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 -5 0
Last season 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 34 22 6 6 69 36 18 11 3 4 41 21 16 11 3 2 28 15 33 72
2 United of Manchester 32 16 9 7 73 51 15 8 3 4 40 26 17 8 6 3 33 25 22 57
3 Warrington Town 32 14 13 5 57 44 17 9 5 3 31 21 15 5 8 2 26 23 13 55
4 Basford United 32 16 7 9 49 39 18 10 3 5 30 22 14 6 4 4 19 17 10 55
5 Lancaster City 34 15 8 11 58 46 17 7 6 4 24 18 17 8 2 7 34 28 12 53
6 Nantwich Town 31 15 7 9 55 39 14 9 1 4 28 17 17 6 6 5 27 22 16 52
7 Whitby Town 31 14 8 9 54 42 16 6 6 4 23 20 15 8 2 5 31 22 12 50
8 Scarborough Athletic 35 14 8 13 44 47 17 8 8 1 27 12 18 6 0 12 17 35 -3 50
9 Morpeth Town 27 14 6 7 48 37 12 8 3 1 25 14 15 6 3 6 23 23 11 48
10 Hyde United 33 12 7 14 55 55 17 7 4 6 35 26 16 5 3 8 20 29 0 43
11 Gainsborough Trinity 32 11 9 12 53 50 16 6 4 6 24 23 16 5 5 6 29 27 3 42
12 Stalybridge Celtic 33 12 6 15 42 50 16 5 2 9 25 31 17 7 4 6 17 19 -8 42
13 Bamber Bridge 33 12 4 17 53 64 17 9 3 5 35 25 16 3 1 12 18 39 -11 40
14 Witton Albion 31 10 9 12 40 43 15 8 2 5 25 20 16 2 7 7 15 23 -3 39
15 Mickleover Sports 29 11 5 13 42 52 13 6 1 6 17 21 16 5 4 7 25 31 -10 38
16 Radcliffe Borough 32 11 5 16 34 50 16 7 5 4 20 18 16 4 0 12 14 32 -16 38
17 Ashton United 29 10 7 12 40 45 15 6 3 6 19 22 14 4 4 6 21 23 -5 36
18 Buxton 32 8 11 13 56 52 16 4 5 7 35 24 16 4 6 6 21 28 4 35
19 Grantham Town 32 7 9 16 38 71 16 7 2 7 22 30 16 0 7 9 16 41 -33 30
20 Matlock Town 29 8 5 16 38 48 15 4 4 7 20 21 14 4 1 9 18 27 -10 29
21 Atherton Collieries 26 8 4 14 36 49 13 6 1 6 25 26 13 2 3 8 11 23 -13 28
22 Stafford Rangers 33 4 11 18 29 53 17 3 8 6 14 20 16 1 3 12 15 33 -24 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Warrington Town 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Nantwich Town 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
3 South Shields 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
4 Buxton 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
5 Whitby Town 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
6 Scarborough Athletic 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
7 Morpeth Town 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Witton Albion 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 3
9 Matlock Town 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
10 Ashton United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
11 Bamber Bridge 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Atherton Collieries 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
13 Basford United 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
14 Gainsborough Trinity 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
15 United of Manchester 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
16 Grantham Town 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
17 Lancaster City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Hyde United 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
19 Stalybridge Celtic 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
20 Stafford Rangers 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
21 Mickleover Sports 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
22 Radcliffe Borough 2 0 0 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 -5 0

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