Can Whitby Town outdo Morpeth Town in Turnbull Ground clash?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Tue 07.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Turnbull Ground (3200 seats)

Victories have not come easily for Whitby Town so far, and the same description fits Morpeth Town. These weathered teams eye some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Whitby Town have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Morpeth Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Whitby Town form and stats

Whitby Town's struggle is real here at Turnbull Ground with only 11 points collected from 12 Non League Premier: Northern games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-7.

Happy days for Whitby Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Gainsborough Trinity (placed 6th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Finally, a league victory after five games without.

Before that, Whitby Town drew at home versus Nantwich Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Whitby have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Whitby Town are traveling soon after this match as the Non League Premier: Northern match at Stalybridge Celtic awaits in four days.

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 (11 from 12 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Whitby Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Morpeth Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Morpeth Town's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the Non League Premier: Northern. Morpeth Town only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Ramsey was the last player to score for the away team. Morpeth haven't scored a league goal in the last 245 minutes.

Two away games in a row for Morpeth Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Ashton United.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Radcliffe Borough.

We have checked recent matches where Morpeth Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Low on goals? 11 of this side's latest 13 league matches have seen two or less goals.

After this away game Morpeth return home for a Non League Premier: Northern game against Atherton Collieries. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Morpeth Town have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Morpeth Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games. When Morpeth Town is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Liversedge, Atherton Collieries, Lancaster City, Nantwich Town, Morpeth, Belper Town and Marske United.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the contenders played each other previously this season; Morpeth Town - Whitby Town 0-1. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Whitby Town victories, zero draws and two Morpeth Town wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 4 red cards from the last six encounters.

Whitby Town missing players

Morpeth Town missing players

Whitby Town Morpeth Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 3 13 26
8 3 1 Won W 1 2 8
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
12 7 2 Lost L 1 8 14
27 11 5 Scored S 5 14 34
36 20 6 Conceded C 5 22 38
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 77%
38% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 42%
19% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 27%
12% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 12%
38% 42% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 46% 42%
31% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 15%
35% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 46% 42%
 
2.8 0.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 4
4 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.2 3.9
1.1 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.8 2.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.2 7.5
2.6 0.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 2.9
55% 600% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 43% 39%
 
7.3 3.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 10.8 9.7
2.6 1.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Morpeth Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morpeth Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 (3) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Whitby Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Whitby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 25 16 5 4 44 22 14 10 3 1 29 12 11 6 2 3 15 10 22 53
2 Hyde United 29 14 9 6 47 27 15 8 3 4 21 10 14 6 6 2 26 17 20 51
3 Bamber Bridge 27 14 5 8 43 45 12 8 3 1 26 14 15 6 2 7 17 31 -2 47
4 Warrington Town 27 11 10 6 41 30 13 6 4 3 19 14 14 5 6 3 22 16 11 43
5 Radcliffe Borough 27 11 10 6 38 33 13 6 4 3 22 17 14 5 6 3 16 16 5 43
6 Gainsborough Trinity 26 11 9 6 47 25 11 3 6 2 17 11 15 8 3 4 30 14 22 42
7 United of Manchester 27 12 7 8 47 31 15 5 7 3 28 22 12 7 0 5 19 9 16 40
8 Marine 27 10 10 7 37 24 14 6 4 4 21 13 13 4 6 3 16 11 13 40
9 Rylands 28 11 6 11 47 39 15 7 2 6 20 16 13 4 4 5 27 23 8 39
10 Matlock Town 25 11 5 9 37 34 12 6 5 1 25 13 13 5 0 8 12 21 3 38
11 Guiseley 26 11 4 11 36 36 14 7 1 6 19 20 12 4 3 5 17 16 0 37
12 Stafford Rangers 28 10 6 12 35 37 15 7 3 5 23 19 13 3 3 7 12 18 -2 36
13 Stalybridge Celtic 27 9 6 12 30 33 13 4 2 7 14 17 14 5 4 5 16 16 -3 33
14 Ashton United 27 10 6 11 34 38 12 4 3 5 14 17 15 6 3 6 20 21 -4 33
15 Lancaster City 25 7 11 7 27 30 14 3 7 4 11 14 11 4 4 3 16 16 -3 32
16 Atherton Collieries 26 6 12 8 23 31 13 2 6 5 11 15 13 4 6 3 12 16 -8 30
17 Morpeth Town 25 8 4 13 34 37 13 6 1 6 20 16 12 2 3 7 14 21 -3 28
18 Nantwich Town 28 7 7 14 24 36 13 2 3 8 10 19 15 5 4 6 14 17 -12 28
19 Whitby Town 25 7 6 12 26 36 12 3 2 7 11 20 13 4 4 5 15 16 -10 27
20 Marske United 21 8 2 11 31 40 9 3 1 5 13 17 12 5 1 6 18 23 -9 26
21 Liversedge 23 6 2 15 19 48 12 2 0 10 7 28 11 4 2 5 12 20 -29 20
22 Belper Town 27 4 6 17 25 60 14 2 4 8 14 33 13 2 2 9 11 27 -35 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.