Non League Premier: Northern preview: Can Witton Albion edge out victory against Ashton United?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Tue 15.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Help For Heroes Stadium (4813 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Witton Albion fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ashton United.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Witton Albion and Ashton United.

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Witton Albion form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Help For Heroes Stadium as Witton Albion have scored 8 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Non League Premier: Northern are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Witton Albion's previous game was a Non League Premier: Northern match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus South Shields (placed 1st). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Stafford Rangers that finished 1-1.

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 Witton Albion have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Witton Albion as they are travelling to their away game against Buxton in the Non League Premier: Northern. That match is four days after this one.

The Witton Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Witton Albion have conceded only 5 goals.

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Ashton United form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Northern.

Ashton United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Lancaster City (placed 2nd). The game before that, in the FA Cup, was lost at home, a 2-6 defeat against Spennymoor Town.

Ashton United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of two matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ashton United are hosting Gainsborough Trinity in the Non League Premier: Northern only four days away.

Ashton United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. For Ashton United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Witton Albion 3 wins, 1 draw and Ashton United 6 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Witton Albion missing players

Ashton United missing players

Witton Albion Ashton United
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 6 10
4 4 1 Won W 1 2 2
4 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
3 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
11 8 1 Scored S 7 10 13
11 5 0 Conceded C 3 12 18
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 80%
27% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 60%
18% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 20%
45% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 40%
36% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 20%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 40%
 
3.4 4.6 0 Corners For (avg) C F 8.5 4.5 5.9
5.8 4.2 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 3.2 2.9
2.2 2.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 1.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Ashton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ashton United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Ashton United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ashton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Witton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Witton Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Witton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Witton Albion
All Fa Trophy Club Friendlies Non League Premier: Northern FA Cup
All Home Away
28-09-19 No Witton Albion 0 - 1 Stalybridge Celtic
01-10-19 No Witton Albion 1 - 3 Lancaster City
05-10-19 No Bamber Bridge 1 - 1 Witton Albion
08-10-19 No Stafford Rangers 1 - 1 Witton Albion
12-10-19 No Witton Albion 3 - 1 South Shields
15-10-19 No Witton Albion 18:45 Ashton United
19-10-19 No Buxton 14:00 Witton Albion
29-10-19 No Witton Albion 19:45 Radcliffe Borough
02-11-19 No Morpeth Town 15:00 Witton Albion
16-11-19 No Witton Albion 15:00 United of Manchester
Ashton United
All Fa Trophy Club Friendlies Vanarama National League North Non League Premier: Northern FA Cup Non League Premier: Isthmian
All Home Away
24-09-19 No Ashton United 0 - 1 Whitby Town
28-09-19 No Hyde United 3 - 3 Ashton United
01-10-19 No Grantham Town 0 - 4 Ashton United
05-10-19 FAC Ashton United 2 - 6 Spennymoor Town
12-10-19 No Lancaster City 3 - 0 Ashton United
15-10-19 No Witton Albion 18:45 Ashton United
19-10-19 No Ashton United 14:00 Gainsborough Trinity
02-11-19 No Buxton 15:00 Ashton United
16-11-19 No Ashton United 15:00 Warrington Town
23-11-19 No Matlock Town 15:00 Ashton United

  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 13 10 1 2 24 8 7 6 0 1 16 3 6 4 1 1 8 5 16 31
2 Lancaster City 13 7 3 3 25 19 7 5 2 0 11 4 6 2 1 3 14 15 6 24
3 Basford United 12 6 3 3 20 13 5 4 0 1 12 5 7 2 3 2 8 8 7 21
4 Matlock Town 13 6 3 4 18 14 7 3 2 2 11 9 6 3 1 2 7 5 4 21
5 Mickleover Sports 13 6 3 4 18 15 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 2 2 3 10 11 3 21
6 Warrington Town 11 5 4 2 17 12 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 3 3 0 10 5 5 19
7 Whitby Town 11 6 1 4 16 12 6 3 1 2 7 6 5 3 0 2 9 6 4 19
8 Nantwich Town 11 6 1 4 20 18 7 5 0 2 15 10 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 19
9 United of Manchester 12 5 3 4 20 13 6 3 0 3 13 7 6 2 3 1 7 6 7 18
10 Hyde United 12 5 2 5 21 20 6 3 1 2 16 10 6 2 1 3 5 10 1 17
11 Grantham Town 13 4 5 4 20 29 8 4 2 2 12 13 5 0 3 2 8 16 -9 17
12 Stalybridge Celtic 12 5 1 6 19 19 6 3 0 3 15 13 6 2 1 3 4 6 0 16
13 Witton Albion 11 4 4 3 11 11 6 4 0 2 8 5 5 0 4 1 3 6 0 16
14 Morpeth Town 8 3 3 2 14 13 4 2 2 0 7 5 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 12
15 Scarborough Athletic 12 2 6 4 10 16 6 0 6 0 4 4 6 2 0 4 6 12 -6 12
16 Radcliffe Borough 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 1 2 1 5 3 4 2 0 2 4 6 0 11
17 Atherton Collieries 10 3 2 5 13 19 3 1 0 2 6 8 7 2 2 3 7 11 -6 11
18 Ashton United 10 2 3 5 13 18 4 0 2 2 3 6 6 2 1 3 10 12 -5 9
19 Bamber Bridge 13 2 3 8 16 26 5 2 2 1 10 8 8 0 1 7 6 18 -10 9
20 Gainsborough Trinity 11 2 2 7 15 20 6 2 2 2 10 9 5 0 0 5 5 11 -5 8
21 Stafford Rangers 10 0 6 4 5 12 5 0 4 1 2 3 5 0 2 3 3 9 -7 6
22 Buxton 11 1 3 7 18 26 6 1 2 3 13 9 5 0 1 4 5 17 -8 6

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