Stalybridge Celtic vs Whitby Town betting preview: Even match expected

Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Tue 02.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bower Fold (6500 seats)

Stalybridge Celtic hope to sell all 6500 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 42 points and a 16th position in the Non League Premier: Northern table. Visiting Whitby Town holds 11th place with 49.

It's no vacation for neither Stalybridge Celtic nor Whitby Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Stalybridge Celtic form and stats

Stalybridge Celtic have collected 24 points from their home games so far after 6-6-4. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Stalybridge Celtic, their manager S. Burr and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

In their previous game, the manager S. Burr led his Stalybridge Celtic to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Northern match away at Farsley Celtic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bower Fold. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Scarborough Athletic.

This is expected to be a close game, with Stalybridge Celtic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stalybridge Celtic as a small favourite), we find two games. Stalybridge Celtic has won 0 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2. The match schedule is unforgiving for Stalybridge Celtic as they have a new game in only three days, a Non League Premier: Northern match thankfully also at home. Basford United are visiting.

The Stalybridge Celtic fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 16 matches. Stalybridge Celtic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times.

Last season, Stalybridge Celtic's league statistics were 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses, resulting in a 18th position in the Non League Premier: Northern. Over these zero matches they scored 0 goals and conceded 0. Playing at home last season Stalybridge Celtic managed 0-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 0 goals and 0 conceded.

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Whitby Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 6 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats. Whitby Town love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

It's the second away game in a row for Whitby Town, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Mickleover Sports in the Non League Premier: Northern last time out. A loss against Workington was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Whitby Town in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Whitby Town, 3 draws and 12 defeats.

Whitby Town have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, 17 away games. In the opposite end, Whitby Town have conceded 33 goals in their away games.

Let's have a look at how Whitby Town performed last season in the Non League Premier: Northern. They landed a 20th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 0 and conceded 0 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 0/0 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Whitby Town - Stalybridge Celtic 2-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 3 - 0 - 2 (Stalybridge Celtic wins - draws - Whitby Town wins).

Top Goalscorers

Stalybridge Celtic missing players

Whitby Town missing players

Stalybridge Celtic Whitby Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 16 Played 17 35
46 24 Scored 23 50
56 22 Conceded 33 50
94% 94% Over 0.5 94% 97%
77% 75% Over 1.5 82% 69%
60% 56% Over 2.5 65% 54%
34% 44% Over 3.5 41% 31%
17% 19% Over 4.5 29% 20%
69% 69% Both teams to score 59% 51%
14% 19% Clean Sheet 24% 23%
23% 19% Failed To Score 24% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Farsley Celtic 36 25 5 6 79 37 18 12 4 2 38 18 18 13 4 4 41 19 42 80
2 South Shields 36 24 4 8 80 41 18 15 2 1 55 17 18 9 5 7 25 24 39 76
3 Warrington Town 36 23 7 6 69 30 18 11 4 3 32 15 18 12 6 3 37 15 39 76
4 Nantwich Town 37 19 12 6 67 49 18 10 6 2 32 20 19 9 8 4 35 29 18 69
5 Gainsborough Trinity 37 18 7 12 53 40 18 9 3 6 30 26 19 9 6 6 23 14 13 61
6 Buxton 36 16 11 9 49 40 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 6 11 4 22 20 9 59
7 Scarborough Athletic 37 17 7 13 63 50 19 8 4 7 33 27 18 9 6 6 30 23 13 58
8 Basford United 36 17 4 15 75 64 19 13 1 5 49 33 17 4 7 10 26 31 11 55
9 Hyde United 37 15 7 15 59 49 19 9 2 8 33 24 18 6 8 7 26 25 10 52
10 Witton Albion 36 15 7 14 43 39 18 6 6 6 19 21 18 9 4 8 24 18 4 52
11 Whitby Town 35 15 4 16 50 50 18 9 1 8 27 17 17 6 7 8 23 33 0 49
12 Matlock Town 35 13 7 15 55 60 17 8 4 5 30 21 18 5 6 10 25 39 -5 46
13 Hednesford Town 37 13 7 17 50 59 19 7 4 8 23 22 18 6 6 9 27 37 -9 46
14 Lancaster City 37 11 12 14 38 57 18 5 7 6 16 24 19 6 7 8 22 33 -19 45
15 Marine 36 11 9 16 39 45 18 4 5 9 19 26 18 7 7 7 20 19 -6 42
16 Stalybridge Celtic 35 11 9 15 46 56 16 6 6 4 24 22 19 5 5 11 22 34 -10 42
17 Grantham Town 37 12 6 19 41 66 19 8 2 9 20 27 18 4 7 10 21 39 -25 42
18 Stafford Rangers 36 9 13 14 55 66 18 5 8 5 26 26 18 4 8 9 29 40 -11 40
19 Bamber Bridge 36 8 12 16 54 60 18 7 5 6 35 30 18 1 10 10 19 30 -6 36
20 Mickleover Sports 35 8 9 18 33 58 18 6 4 8 19 27 17 2 9 10 14 31 -25 33
21 Workington 34 9 5 20 37 56 16 4 2 10 20 31 18 5 6 10 17 25 -19 32
22 North Ferriby United 33 2 4 27 28 91 17 1 1 15 14 48 16 1 8 12 14 43 -63 10
23 Scarborough 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0

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