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

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Weaver Stadium (3500 seats)

Nantwich Town will hope that their home advantage is enough to get a good result from this rough encounter, versus frisky Whitby Town.

Insights:
  • Whitby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are hectic days for the host team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Northern. Thankfully the previous game, versus Witton Albion, was also a home game here at The Weaver Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Nantwich Town form and stats

Nantwich Town's results here at The Weaver Stadium in the Non League Premier: Northern have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

The Nantwich Town followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Witton Albion and win 1-0.

Heartbreak before that as Nantwich lost 2-4 at South Shields's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nantwich Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn two and lost eight.

Nantwich Town aren't scoring a lot here at The Weaver Stadium in the league, with only 14 goals from 15 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Whitby Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Northern matches, Whitby Town have produced an overall stat of 7-3-5 so far.

Whitby won their last game, 2-0 versus Bamber Bridge played at home.

A draw for Whitby Town before that, at their own venue hosting Matlock Town (2-2).

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 22 relevant matches. Results were twelve Whitby Town wins, four draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Whitby Town have scored 19 goals in 15 league games away. Whitby have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Whitby Town - Nantwich Town 2-0. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Nantwich Town won five, Whitby Town triumphed in four and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Nantwich Town missing players

Whitby Town missing players

Nantwich Town Whitby Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 4 15 32
9 3 0 Won W 3 7 15
6 3 2 Drew D 0 3 7
17 9 2 Lost L 1 5 10
35 14 2 Scored S 5 19 43
46 23 5 Conceded C 3 21 39
94% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 91%
66% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 69%
44% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 50%
28% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 25%
16% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 12%
47% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 44%
22% 13% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 34%
38% 47% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 31%
 
3 2.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.2 1.4
3.4 2.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.4 1.9
1.1 1.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.9 0.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.5 4.9 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.2 3.2
2.8 2.1 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 1.6
41% 48% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 97%
 
7.9 6.7 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.2 4.6
3.4 3.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.9 1.7
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Nantwich Town have created more than twice as many corners as Whitby Town.
  • Whitby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Whitby Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 32 19 6 7 55 30 17 12 2 3 35 16 15 7 4 4 20 14 25 63
2 Buxton 32 17 9 6 60 33 16 10 4 2 38 16 16 7 5 4 22 17 27 60
3 Matlock Town 31 18 5 8 52 30 15 9 2 4 28 13 16 9 3 4 24 17 22 59
4 Scarborough Athletic 34 17 8 9 47 42 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 9 3 5 20 22 5 59
5 Warrington Town 32 15 10 7 55 38 17 9 4 4 32 19 15 6 6 3 23 19 17 55
6 Whitby Town 32 15 7 10 43 39 17 8 4 5 24 18 15 7 3 5 19 21 4 52
7 United of Manchester 34 15 6 13 55 46 17 10 2 5 33 19 17 5 4 8 22 27 9 51
8 Bamber Bridge 31 15 4 12 49 43 15 6 3 6 25 20 16 9 1 6 24 23 6 49
9 Stafford Rangers 31 12 12 7 39 27 15 4 6 5 14 12 16 8 6 2 25 15 12 48
10 Morpeth Town 30 12 8 10 47 43 16 8 5 3 27 17 14 4 3 7 20 26 4 44
11 Lancaster City 32 13 3 16 38 42 15 7 2 6 14 14 17 6 1 10 24 28 -4 42
12 Basford United 32 11 7 14 28 34 16 5 6 5 16 14 16 6 1 9 12 20 -6 40
13 Ashton United 31 10 9 12 40 38 15 7 4 4 20 12 16 3 5 8 20 26 2 39
14 Stalybridge Celtic 31 11 5 15 41 44 15 6 3 6 23 22 16 5 2 9 18 22 -3 38
15 Atherton Collieries 29 11 5 13 25 30 13 6 3 4 16 12 16 5 2 9 9 18 -5 38
16 Radcliffe Borough 32 11 5 16 42 53 16 7 1 8 25 25 16 4 4 8 17 28 -11 38
17 Gainsborough Trinity 32 9 11 12 30 41 16 8 7 1 20 12 16 1 4 11 10 29 -11 38
18 Mickleover Sports 31 10 6 15 36 49 17 7 4 6 23 22 14 3 2 9 13 27 -13 36
19 Nantwich Town 32 9 6 17 35 46 15 3 3 9 14 23 17 6 3 8 21 23 -11 33
20 Hyde United 33 9 6 18 40 55 17 7 1 9 23 26 16 2 5 9 17 29 -15 33
21 Witton Albion 30 8 6 16 35 59 15 4 2 9 18 28 15 4 4 7 17 31 -24 30
22 Grantham Town 32 5 8 19 35 65 16 1 3 12 17 35 16 4 5 7 18 30 -30 23

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.