Pre-match most people would expect a significant gap in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Matlock Town in front of Lancaster City by 7 points.
- Matlock Town have the most points (11) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
- Lancaster City have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Non League Premier: Northern
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.
Matlock Town form and stats
3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Northern numbers at home for Matlock Town, who have the most points (11) at home in Non League Premier: Northern, so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Matlock Town after consecutive victories at their own ground.
In their previous game, the manager Phillips led his Matlock Town to a defeat away at Guiseley. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Proctor Cars Stadium.
Before that, Matlock had a home game versus Rylands which ended with a victory 4-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Matlock Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Both teams to score: YES! That has been the case in 5 league matches in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
There will be little rest for Matlock Town after this match as they are travelling to Ashton United for a Non League Premier: Northern game in only three days.
At The Proctor Cars Stadium, Matlock Town has the goal stats of 10-5 (for/against) from 5 league fixtures.
Lancaster City form and stats
Lancaster City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Non League Premier: Northern, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Lancaster City aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 239 league minutes without a goal. Whitham was the last player to find the net.
Two away games in a row for Lancaster, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-5 vs Bury AFC in the FA Cup. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.
One game before, 1-1 at home against Bury AFC in the FA Cup. We have checked recent matches where Lancaster City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 6 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Little scoring action? 7 league matches in a row with this club have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.
Lancaster City have another game away in just three nights, a Non League Premier: Northern game against Morpeth Town. A hard fixture list for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Lancaster City defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
Previous seven meetings between these sides: Matlock won four, Lancaster City triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Matlock Town missing players
Lancaster City missing players
| Matlock Town | Lancaster City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 70% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 6.6 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 8.8 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 9.8 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
- Lancaster City have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Non League Premier: Northern
- Lancaster City have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Lancaster City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock Town have not yet lost a game at home.
- Matlock Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Matlock Town have scored more than double the goals of Lancaster City.
- Matlock Town have the most points (11) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock Town have the most scored goals (10) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
- Matlock 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Stafford Rangers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Ashton United | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Marske United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Hyde United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Radcliffe Borough | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Matlock Town | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Rylands | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Guiseley | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Morpeth Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | Warrington Town | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | Atherton Collieries | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Stalybridge Celtic | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Gainsborough Trinity | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 15 | United of Manchester | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 16 | Marine | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | Bamber Bridge | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Nantwich Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 19 | Lancaster City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 20 | Liversedge | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 21 | Belper Town | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -17 | 4 |
| 22 | Whitby Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -12 | 1 |
