Open game expected at Turnbull Ground: Whitby Town vs Matlock Town preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Turnbull Ground (3200 seats)

Statistics, patterns, recent fixtures, form, head-2-head, selected XIs and a lot more: Here's all you need to know on Whitby Town - Matlock Town!

Insights:
  • Whitby Town have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Matlock Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Northern.

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Whitby Town form and stats

6-3-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Northern numbers at home for Whitby Town so far this season.

The spoils were shared in Whitby Town's previous game, also at home. Visiting Radcliffe Borough (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Before that, Whitby played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Warrington Town.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Whitby Town here at Turnbull Ground in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (16 from 17 games). On the other hand, Whitby Town have conceded 23 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Matlock Town form and stats

Playing away, Matlock Town have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 8 defeats in the Non League Premier: Northern this season. Matlock have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Matlock Town's last game was the home draw against South Shields (0-0).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Ashton United.

Lacking goals? 9 of this side's last 11 league matches have contained two goals or less.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Marine in just three days.

Matlock find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Matlock Town have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other before this campaign: Matlock Town - Whitby 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Whitby Town victories, one draw and five Matlock Town wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Whitby Town missing players

Matlock Town missing players

Whitby Town Matlock Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 16 34
12 6 1 Won W 2 7 14
8 3 0 Drew D 0 1 10
14 8 4 Lost L 3 8 10
35 16 2 Scored S 7 17 45
43 23 7 Conceded C 7 24 40
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
65% 65% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 68%
38% 41% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 44%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 26%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
38% 41% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 50% 56%
32% 24% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 32%
35% 41% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 18%
 
1.9 0.2 0.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 4.9 4.3
3.3 1 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.3 4.2
0.8 0.2 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
5.1 1.2 3.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9 9.6
2.1 0.1 0.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 4.3
64% 1100% 200% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 22% 31%
 
6.4 1.9 5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.1 9
2.2 0.9 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.2
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Matlock Town have created more than twice as many corners as Whitby Town.
  • Matlock Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Matlock Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Whitby Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Whitby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Whitby Town have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Whitby Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 33 21 8 4 59 26 17 12 4 1 37 15 16 9 4 3 22 11 33 71
2 Hyde United 34 17 10 7 55 31 17 9 3 5 25 13 17 8 7 2 30 18 24 61
3 Warrington Town 34 15 13 6 50 33 18 9 6 3 26 16 16 6 7 3 24 17 17 58
4 Radcliffe Borough 33 15 11 7 49 39 16 8 4 4 28 21 17 7 7 3 21 18 10 56
5 Bamber Bridge 33 16 7 10 49 51 15 9 5 1 30 16 18 7 2 9 19 35 -2 55
6 Gainsborough Trinity 33 14 12 7 61 34 15 4 8 3 26 17 18 10 4 4 35 17 27 54
7 Marine 32 14 10 8 45 28 16 8 4 4 26 15 16 6 6 4 19 13 17 52
8 Matlock Town 34 14 10 10 45 40 18 7 9 2 28 16 16 7 1 8 17 24 5 52
9 Guiseley 34 14 6 14 46 43 18 8 2 8 24 24 16 6 4 6 22 19 3 48
10 United of Manchester 33 13 9 11 51 38 18 6 8 4 32 26 15 7 1 7 19 12 13 45
11 Lancaster City 33 11 12 10 36 37 18 7 7 4 19 15 15 4 5 6 17 22 -1 45
12 Rylands 34 12 8 14 50 45 17 7 3 7 20 17 17 5 5 7 30 28 5 44
13 Stafford Rangers 34 12 8 14 42 47 18 8 5 5 28 23 16 4 3 9 14 24 -5 44
14 Whitby Town 34 12 8 14 35 43 17 6 3 8 16 23 17 6 5 6 19 20 -8 44
15 Ashton United 34 12 8 14 44 48 16 6 3 7 21 23 18 6 5 7 23 25 -4 41
16 Atherton Collieries 33 9 12 12 30 39 16 4 6 6 15 16 17 5 6 6 15 23 -9 39
17 Stalybridge Celtic 34 10 8 16 36 43 17 5 2 10 18 24 17 5 6 6 18 19 -7 38
18 Morpeth Town 33 11 4 18 44 49 16 8 1 7 25 19 17 3 3 11 19 30 -5 37
19 Nantwich Town 34 8 8 18 31 46 17 3 3 11 13 24 17 5 5 7 18 22 -15 32
20 Marske United 31 10 2 19 41 66 14 4 1 9 18 30 17 6 1 10 23 36 -25 32
21 Liversedge 31 9 3 19 34 67 16 3 1 12 13 36 15 6 2 7 21 31 -33 30
22 Belper Town 34 5 7 22 35 75 16 2 4 10 15 36 18 3 3 12 20 39 -40 22

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.