Non League Premier: Northern duel: Close contest expected between Mickleover Sports and Whitby Town

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Don Amott Leisure Group Arena (1500 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Mickleover Sports fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Whitby Town.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Mickleover Sports form and stats

Mickleover Sports have collected 19 points from their Non League Premier: Northern home games so far after 6-1-4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Don Amott Leisure Group Arena.

Mickleover Sports drew their last game, 3-3 away at United of Manchester (placed 4th). Before that, Mickleover Sports had a home game versus Grantham Town which ended with a victory 4-1.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

This is expected to be a close game, with Mickleover Sports perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mickleover Sports as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Mickleover Sports has won five of these, drawn four and lost three.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Basford United are coming to town in three days.

Mickleover Sports has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Mickleover Sports's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Whitby Town form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Whitby Town playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Northern this season.

Whitby Town are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Non League Premier: Northern against Atherton Collieries (placed 19th). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Warrington Town's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Whitby Town playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Whitby Town wins, zero draws and four defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Whitby Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, Whitby Town have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Mickleover Sports wins - draws - Whitby Town wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Mickleover Sports missing players

Whitby Town missing players

Mickleover Sports Whitby Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
11 6 3 Won W 1 5 10
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
10 4 1 Lost L 2 5 9
39 16 9 Scored S 4 20 38
41 14 4 Conceded C 4 17 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 83%
56% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 61%
52% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 30%
32% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 17%
64% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 57%
20% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 22%
16% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 22%
 
3.2 2.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.8 1.9
4.4 2.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.4 3.5
1.6 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
155 63 35 Total Shots T S 31 65 71
71 27 14 Shots on Target S O 12 29 31
44% 48% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 55% 77%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Mickleover Sports haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Whitby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Whitby Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Whitby 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 28 17 5 6 52 28 15 10 2 3 34 13 13 7 3 3 18 15 24 56
2 Lancaster City 29 15 6 8 52 36 14 8 4 2 23 13 15 7 2 6 29 23 16 51
3 Basford United 27 15 6 6 46 32 13 9 2 2 27 15 14 6 4 4 19 17 14 51
4 United of Manchester 25 13 7 5 58 37 13 7 2 4 34 21 12 6 5 1 24 16 21 46
5 Nantwich Town 25 13 5 7 47 34 12 9 1 2 28 15 13 4 4 5 19 19 13 44
6 Warrington Town 26 11 10 5 42 34 14 7 4 3 23 16 12 4 6 2 19 18 8 43
7 Witton Albion 28 10 8 10 36 36 15 8 2 5 25 20 13 2 6 5 11 16 0 38
8 Stalybridge Celtic 29 11 5 13 38 44 15 5 2 8 25 29 14 6 3 5 13 15 -6 38
9 Scarborough Athletic 29 10 8 11 34 42 15 6 8 1 19 11 14 4 0 10 15 31 -8 38
10 Mickleover Sports 25 11 4 10 39 41 11 6 1 4 16 14 14 5 3 6 23 27 -2 37
11 Hyde United 29 10 7 12 46 49 14 5 4 5 27 22 15 5 3 7 19 27 -3 37
12 Bamber Bridge 30 11 4 15 50 56 15 8 3 4 32 22 15 3 1 11 18 34 -6 37
13 Radcliffe Borough 27 11 3 13 28 36 13 7 3 3 16 11 14 4 0 10 12 25 -8 36
14 Morpeth Town 22 10 5 7 35 32 10 6 3 1 20 11 12 4 2 6 15 21 3 35
15 Whitby Town 23 10 4 9 38 33 12 5 3 4 18 16 11 5 1 5 20 17 5 34
16 Gainsborough Trinity 26 9 7 10 41 37 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 4 3 6 23 22 4 34
17 Matlock Town 25 8 4 13 34 39 13 4 3 6 19 18 12 4 1 7 15 21 -5 28
18 Buxton 28 6 9 13 45 47 14 3 4 7 27 20 14 3 5 6 18 27 -2 27
19 Atherton Collieries 23 7 4 12 32 42 11 5 1 5 22 21 12 2 3 7 10 21 -10 25
20 Ashton United 24 7 5 12 30 41 11 3 2 6 10 19 13 4 3 6 20 22 -11 25
21 Grantham Town 26 6 7 13 30 60 14 6 2 6 19 27 12 0 5 7 11 33 -30 25
22 Stafford Rangers 26 3 9 14 21 38 13 2 6 5 9 14 13 1 3 9 12 24 -17 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.