The Weaver Stadium: Nantwich Town vs Buxton Non League Premier: Northern pre-match guide

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Weaver Stadium (3500 seats)

Greeting visitors in their own stadium is relaxed and nice for Nantwich Town, but Buxton are fully intent and qualified to go home as winners. What happens?

Insights:
  • Buxton have the most scored goals (56) 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.

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Nantwich Town form and stats

Nantwich Town's struggle is real here at The Weaver Stadium with only 9 points collected from 13 Non League Premier: Northern games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-8.

Nantwich are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Warrington Town.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Morpeth Town and winning 2-1.

There will be little rest for Nantwich Town after this match as they are travelling to Stalybridge Celtic for a Non League Premier: Northern game in only three days.

Nantwich Town aren't scoring a lot here at The Weaver Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 13 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nantwich defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Buxton form and stats

6-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Buxton, who have the most scored goals (56) in Non League Premier: Northern, in their Non League Premier: Northern matches away.

Buxton are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Basford United (placed 14th).

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs South Shields.

Buxton find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Buxton have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Buxton - Nantwich 1-1 was the product when these two sides formerly did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Nantwich Town wins - draws - Buxton wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Nantwich Town missing players

Buxton missing players

Nantwich Town Buxton
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 14 29
7 2 0 Won W 2 6 15
6 3 2 Drew D 2 4 8
15 8 2 Lost L 0 4 6
26 12 1 Scored S 6 19 56
38 20 3 Conceded C 2 16 32
93% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 97%
64% 62% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 83%
39% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 66%
21% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 34%
11% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 17%
43% 46% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 59%
21% 8% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 34%
43% 54% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 21% 10%
 
3 2.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.4 5.1
3.4 2.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 3.9 3.4
1 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
6.5 5.2 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 12.5 10.9
2.7 2.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.4 5
38% 48% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 41%
 
7.4 5.7 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 7.3 6.4
3.4 3.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 2.8
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Buxton have scored more than double the goals of Nantwich Town.
  • Buxton have the most scored goals (56) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Buxton have the most scored goals in the first half (28) 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 28 18 3 7 48 24 15 9 2 4 28 13 13 9 1 3 20 11 24 57
2 South Shields 27 16 6 5 46 24 14 9 2 3 26 12 13 7 4 2 20 12 22 54
3 Buxton 29 15 8 6 56 32 15 9 4 2 37 16 14 6 4 4 19 16 24 53
4 Scarborough Athletic 31 15 7 9 41 39 16 8 4 4 25 18 15 7 3 5 16 21 2 52
5 Warrington Town 29 13 10 6 50 35 16 8 4 4 29 18 13 5 6 2 21 17 15 49
6 United of Manchester 30 15 4 11 50 39 15 10 1 4 32 17 15 5 3 7 18 22 11 49
7 Bamber Bridge 29 15 4 10 48 38 14 6 3 5 24 17 15 9 1 5 24 21 10 49
8 Whitby Town 30 14 6 10 39 37 15 7 3 5 20 16 15 7 3 5 19 21 2 48
9 Morpeth Town 28 12 7 9 44 38 15 8 4 3 25 15 13 4 3 6 19 23 6 43
10 Stafford Rangers 29 10 12 7 34 26 14 3 6 5 12 12 15 7 6 2 22 14 8 42
11 Lancaster City 30 13 3 14 37 37 14 7 2 5 14 12 16 6 1 9 23 25 0 42
12 Radcliffe Borough 30 11 5 14 41 47 15 7 1 7 25 23 15 4 4 7 16 24 -6 38
13 Atherton Collieries 27 11 4 12 24 28 12 6 2 4 16 12 15 5 2 8 8 16 -4 37
14 Basford United 30 10 6 14 27 34 15 5 5 5 16 14 15 5 1 9 11 20 -7 36
15 Stalybridge Celtic 28 10 5 13 38 37 14 6 3 5 22 17 14 4 2 8 16 20 1 35
16 Ashton United 27 8 8 11 34 34 14 6 4 4 19 12 13 2 4 7 15 22 0 32
17 Gainsborough Trinity 29 7 11 11 24 37 14 6 7 1 14 9 15 1 4 10 10 28 -13 32
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 30 8 5 17 36 51 15 6 1 8 21 24 15 2 4 9 15 27 -15 29
20 Nantwich Town 28 7 6 15 26 38 13 2 3 8 12 20 15 5 3 7 14 18 -12 27
21 Witton Albion 27 7 6 14 32 54 14 4 2 8 18 26 13 3 4 6 14 28 -22 27
22 Grantham Town 30 4 8 18 29 59 14 0 3 11 11 29 16 4 5 7 18 30 -30 20

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.