Lancaster City want to sell many tickets for this match even though the season has been strenuous up to now with 36 points and a 15th position in the Non League Premier: Northern table. Visiting Whitby Town are in 12th place with 42 pts.
- Whitby Town have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Non League Premier: Northern
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lancaster City and Whitby Town.
Lancaster City form and stats
Lancaster City have played 15 Non League Premier: Northern games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-7-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Lancaster bring valid hopes of a third.
Lancaster City shared the glory with Guiseley in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Stafford Rangers (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Lancaster 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 12 games. Lancaster City has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Northern game versus Marske United in only three days. This game is also played here at Giant Axe.
Lancaster City have scored {13 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot. Lancaster City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Giant Axe in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Whitby Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Northern travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Whitby Town hope to make it five in this match.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Ashton United in their previous game. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Machado and that is solid stuff!
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Rylands.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Whitby in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Whitby Town, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Whitby Town manager Haslam as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Warrington Town.
Whitby Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Whitby have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides faced each other earlier on this match year: Whitby Town - Lancaster City 1-2. Previous eight meetings involving these sides: Lancaster won five, Whitby Town were winners in two and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Lancaster City missing players
Whitby Town missing players
| Lancaster City | Whitby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 30 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 33 |
| 36 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 39 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 93% | 97% |
| 70% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 65% |
| 33% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | 16% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 53% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 33% | 39% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 83% | 47% | 32% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 27% | 32% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 3.2 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 7.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 9.1 | 5.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
| 40% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 34% | 64% |
| 6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 10.1 | 6.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.1 |
- Whitby Town have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Whitby Town have the most clean sheets (7) away in Non League Premier: Northern
- Whitby Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 64 |
| 2 | Hyde United | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 23 | 57 |
| 3 | Radcliffe Borough | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 52 |
| 4 | Warrington Town | 31 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 51 |
| 5 | Marine | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Matlock Town | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 49 |
| 7 | Bamber Bridge | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 33 | -4 | 49 |
| 8 | Gainsborough Trinity | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 25 | 48 |
| 9 | Guiseley | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 48 |
| 10 | United of Manchester | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 44 |
| 11 | Rylands | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 42 |
| 12 | Whitby Town | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 42 |
| 13 | Stafford Rangers | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -7 | 40 |
| 14 | Ashton United | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 15 | Lancaster City | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -6 | 36 |
| 16 | Atherton Collieries | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 36 |
| 17 | Stalybridge Celtic | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 35 |
| 18 | Morpeth Town | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -4 | 34 |
| 19 | Nantwich Town | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -13 | 32 |
| 20 | Marske United | 27 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 38 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -19 | 29 |
| 21 | Liversedge | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 63 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -34 | 24 |
| 22 | Belper Town | 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -36 | 22 |
