Matlock Town favourites for feisty fight facing Whitby Town

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: DCJ Group Insurance Arena (2757 seats)

The fresh new season is about to begin and the club members are shivering with anticipation. It’s all to play for as Matlock Town greet Whitby Town for the opening match at DCJ Group Insurance Arena. Keep reading!

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Matlock Town form and stats

Last season, Matlock Town's league stats were 21 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses, producing 4th spot in the Non League Premier: Northern. In these 42 matches they scored 59 goals and gave away 36. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Matlock Town managed 10-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 15 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Matlock handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Matlock Town as they are travelling to their away game against Radcliffe Borough in the Non League Premier: Northern. That match is three days after this one.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Matlock Town, who have participated in three training matches. Matlock Town have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 3 games.

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Whitby Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Whitby Town performed last season in the Non League Premier: Northern: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 30/30 goals scored/conceded.

Whitby are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

After this away game Whitby Town return home for a Non League Premier: Northern game against Liversedge. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's a day of discovery for Whitby Town as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Whitby Town have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Whitby has scored 1 goal and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: four wins for Matlock Town, one draw and five wins for Whitby Town. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Matlock Town Whitby Town
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Matlock Town Last season Whitby Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
21 10   Won W   10 19
10 6   Drew D   3 9
11 5   Lost L   8 14
59 31   Scored S   30 57
36 15   Conceded C   30 50
83% 76%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 88%
60% 52%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 69%
40% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 48%
19% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 24%
12% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 14%
40% 38%   BTTS BTTS   52% 43%
45% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 38%
31% 38%   Failed to Score F T   29% 31%
 
3.6 2.8   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 1.9
3.1 1.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 2
1.5 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.7 0.4
3 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
7.3 4.7   Shots (avg) S (   6.3 4
3 1.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 2
54% 105%   Goal Efficiency G E   54% 81%
 
6.3 3   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 5.4
2.4 1.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 2.3

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 Buxton 42 23 12 7 80 38 21 14 5 2 48 17 21 9 7 5 32 21 42 81
2 South Shields 42 23 9 10 71 40 21 15 2 4 47 21 21 8 7 6 24 19 31 78
3 Scarborough Athletic 42 21 11 10 61 48 21 10 7 4 35 23 21 11 4 6 26 25 13 74
4 Matlock Town 42 21 10 11 59 36 21 10 6 5 31 15 21 11 4 6 28 21 23 72
5 Warrington Town 42 20 11 11 67 47 21 10 5 6 36 24 21 10 6 5 31 23 20 71
6 Bamber Bridge 42 21 6 15 67 59 21 9 5 7 35 30 21 12 1 8 32 29 8 69
7 Whitby Town 42 19 9 14 57 50 21 9 6 6 27 20 21 10 3 8 30 30 7 66
8 Stafford Rangers 42 15 16 11 55 39 21 6 8 7 26 18 21 9 8 4 29 21 16 61
9 United of Manchester 42 18 7 17 66 57 21 12 2 7 38 24 21 6 5 10 28 33 9 61
10 Morpeth Town 42 17 10 15 67 59 21 12 5 4 35 21 21 5 5 11 32 38 8 61
11 Lancaster City 42 17 5 20 44 51 21 10 3 8 17 16 21 7 2 12 27 35 -7 56
12 Mickleover Sports 42 15 10 17 54 65 21 9 6 6 34 30 21 6 4 11 20 35 -11 55
13 Nantwich Town 42 14 10 18 46 52 21 8 4 9 24 27 21 6 6 9 22 25 -6 52
14 Stalybridge Celtic 42 15 7 20 51 59 21 9 3 9 29 29 21 6 4 11 22 30 -8 52
15 Ashton United 42 13 12 17 50 59 21 9 6 6 26 22 21 4 6 11 24 37 -9 51
16 Radcliffe Borough 42 15 6 21 56 73 21 10 1 10 34 35 21 5 5 11 22 38 -17 51
17 Gainsborough Trinity 42 12 14 16 40 52 21 9 10 2 26 17 21 3 4 14 14 35 -12 50
18 Hyde United 42 14 8 20 52 65 21 9 2 10 29 34 21 5 6 10 23 31 -13 50
19 Atherton Collieries 42 13 9 20 34 45 21 7 5 9 20 20 21 6 4 11 14 25 -11 48
20 Basford United 42 12 9 21 32 49 21 5 7 9 17 19 21 7 2 12 15 30 -17 45
21 Witton Albion 42 12 7 23 48 78 21 7 2 12 27 37 21 5 5 11 21 41 -30 43
22 Grantham Town 42 8 10 24 45 81 21 4 4 13 23 39 21 4 6 11 22 42 -36 34

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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.