The wisdom of the crowd believe Matlock Town will beat Lancaster City at The Proctor Cars Stadium

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Proctor Cars Stadium

Matlock Town are located at 1st, while Lancaster City are bringing up the rear 17 points behind in the league standings. Will they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Matlock Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Lancaster City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Northern.

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Matlock Town form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 13 Non League Premier: Northern games here at The Proctor Cars Stadium for Matlock Town. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

The Matlock Town supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Bamber Bridge and win 2-1.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Scarborough Athletic.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Matlock Town as they have a new game in only three days, a Non League Premier: Northern match thankfully also at home. Grantham Town are visiting.

Matlock Town can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 28 times. Matlock Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Proctor Cars Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Lancaster City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Northern.

Lancaster City played 1-1 against Grantham Town in their previous match.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Radcliffe Borough.

Lancaster have another fixture away in just three nights, a Non League Premier: Northern fixture versus United of Manchester. A back-breaking schedule for the guests!

Lancaster City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 14 away games so far. Lancaster City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Lancaster City - Matlock 0-2 was the product when this pair of participants previously met, also in this season. Previous six meetings involving these teams: Matlock Town won four, Lancaster City were winners in two and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Matlock Town missing players

Lancaster City missing players

Matlock Town Lancaster City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 5 14 28
18 9 2 Won W 1 5 12
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 1 Lost L 4 8 13
48 28 5 Scored S 6 22 36
23 12 4 Conceded C 11 24 36
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
69% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 68%
50% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 57% 39%
23% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 36% 21%
19% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 14%
42% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 36%
46% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 32%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 36%
 
3.4 2.2 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.5 3.3
2.4 0.8 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 3.6 2.8
1.4 1.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
6.7 3.4 2.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 9.6 6.5
2.6 1.1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.9 2.6
79% 200% 150% Goal Efficiency G E 167% 51% 56%
 
5.2 2.9 2.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 7.3 4.7
1.9 1.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.5 2.1
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Lancaster City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lancaster City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Lancaster City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Matlock Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Matlock Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Matlock Town have the the best goal difference (+25) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Matlock Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Matlock Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Matlock Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Non League Premier: Northern

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

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.