Football match preview: Barwell vs Royston Town

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kirkby Road (2500 seats)

The season has been strenuous for Barwell up to now, while Royston Town have played well. Will the away team take a new scalp at Kirkby Road?

Insights:
  • Barwell have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Royston Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Non League Premier: Southern Central game only four days ago.

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Barwell form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Southern Central for Barwell at their home stadium (Kirkby Road) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

A good away victory last time out for Barwell, who won 2-0 against Kings Langley (placed 19th). Sweet to taste a league win after five games without one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Basford United that ended 2-2.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 25 most recent league matches reveals that 21 of them had goals from both teams.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leiston are coming to town in two days.

A decent goal production from Barwell in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded. When Barwell hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Bedford Town, Stratford Town, AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Kings Langley, Hednesford Town, Alvechurch and Needham Market), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Royston Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Royston Town's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Royston Town only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

184 minutes! That's how long the Royston goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Royston Town won their last game, 1-0 versus Nuneaton Town played at home.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Needham Market.

The visiting Royston Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. Royston are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 19 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Barwell have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Royston Town.

The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Royston Town - Barwell 2-4.

Barwell missing players

Royston Town missing players

Barwell Royston Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
8 4 1 Won W 1 3 11
7 5 0 Drew D 2 3 7
10 5 2 Lost L 1 8 10
40 21 5 Scored S 6 19 47
43 22 5 Conceded C 9 36 56
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
68% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 79% 68%
44% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 50%
20% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 36% 36%
84% 93% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 71%
12% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 18%
8% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 21% 11%
 
4.5 4.9 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3 3
5.4 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 3.2 2.7
1.3 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 11.3 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 6.7 6.3
3.4 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.2 3.1
43% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 47%
 
12.8 13.2 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 22 10.5 7.9
6.1 5.9 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 5.3 3.6
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of Royston Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Barwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barwell have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Royston Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Royston Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tamworth 28 18 6 4 70 29 13 9 3 1 35 13 15 9 3 3 35 16 41 60
2 Leiston 25 16 6 3 61 29 13 11 1 1 34 13 12 5 5 2 27 16 32 54
3 Nuneaton Town 27 15 7 5 44 28 14 9 5 0 25 11 13 6 2 5 19 17 16 52
4 Rushall Olympic 27 15 5 7 44 30 15 8 2 5 26 21 12 7 3 2 18 9 14 50
5 Coalville Town 22 13 5 4 51 28 12 6 3 3 22 18 10 7 2 1 29 10 23 44
6 Hitchin Town 28 11 7 10 36 43 14 6 6 2 19 15 14 5 1 8 17 28 -7 40
7 Royston Town 28 11 7 10 47 56 14 8 4 2 28 20 14 3 3 8 19 36 -9 40
8 Redditch United 26 11 6 9 43 38 14 6 2 6 26 26 12 5 4 3 17 12 5 39
9 Mickleover Sports 27 11 6 10 51 50 15 8 4 3 31 21 12 3 2 7 20 29 1 39
10 Ilkeston Town 27 10 8 9 47 38 15 7 3 5 28 20 12 3 5 4 19 18 9 38
11 St Ives Town 27 10 5 12 45 41 15 6 3 6 26 19 12 4 2 6 19 22 4 35
12 Stourbridge 24 8 10 6 37 27 10 4 4 2 17 8 14 4 6 4 20 19 10 34
13 Basford United 26 9 7 10 35 41 14 8 1 5 20 18 12 1 6 5 15 23 -6 34
14 Bromsgrove Sporting 25 9 5 11 38 47 11 4 2 5 15 18 14 5 3 6 23 29 -9 32
15 Barwell 25 8 7 10 40 43 14 4 5 5 21 22 11 4 2 5 19 21 -3 31
16 Bedford Town 28 8 6 14 43 60 13 5 1 7 26 33 15 3 5 7 17 27 -17 30
17 Needham Market 24 8 5 11 30 28 11 7 1 3 21 11 13 1 4 8 9 17 2 29
18 Alvechurch 21 8 4 9 34 38 7 4 2 1 17 11 14 4 2 8 17 27 -4 28
19 Kings Langley 27 7 5 15 29 48 13 2 4 7 14 23 14 5 1 8 15 25 -19 26
20 Stratford Town 24 5 7 12 33 53 12 4 4 4 18 22 12 1 3 8 15 31 -20 22
21 Hednesford Town 28 3 7 18 32 53 13 2 4 7 20 21 15 1 3 11 12 32 -21 16
22 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 26 4 3 19 23 65 13 3 3 7 13 27 13 1 0 12 10 38 -42 15

Read more about Non League Premier: Southern Central

The Southern Football League consists of four divisions: Central Division and South Division (at the seventh highest division level of English football) and Division One Central / Division One South (eight highest level). Teams come from the South West of England, southern Midlands and South Wales.