Possible nail-biting contest in Hednesford Town - Leiston game

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Keys Park (6500 seats)

Hednesford Town will pray that their home advantage is enough to get at least a point from this gruelling encounter, versus high-powered Leiston.

Insights:
  • Hednesford Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • All of Leiston's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hednesford Town form and stats

Hednesford Town's struggle is real here at Keys Park with only 6 points collected from 8 Non League Premier: Southern Central games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4. Hednesford Town have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Hednesford Town's previous fixture was a Fa Trophy game also played at their own stadium, finishing 4-2 against Stourbridge. The home side are looking to build on that result.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Non League Premier: Southern Central home game that ended 2-2 versus Barwell.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hednesford Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hednesford Town as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Hednesford has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 8.

Hednesford Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Keys Park with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Leiston form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Leiston love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

The fans enjoyed Leiston's previous fixture versus Wroxham, a Fa Trophy win (2-1) played at home.

Before that, Leiston secured a home win against AFC Rushden & Diamonds with the score 5-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Leiston in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Leiston, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Leiston create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 18 goals in 7 travels. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Leiston have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Hednesford wins - draws - Leiston wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Hednesford Town missing players

Leiston missing players

Hednesford Town Leiston
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 7 13
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 0 Drew D 2 3 4
9 4 2 Lost L 0 1 2
18 13 0 Scored S 11 18 34
22 12 2 Conceded C 5 10 17
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
47% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 77%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 46%
27% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 29% 31%
53% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 77%
13% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 15%
40% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 8%
 
4.4 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.5 5.5
5.2 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3.7
1.4 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 14 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.5 12.7
5.6 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 7.5 6
18% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 40% 50%
 
12.2 11 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10 10
5.4 5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 5.5 5.2
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of Leiston's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hednesford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hednesford Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hednesford Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hednesford Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Leiston 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 14 11 2 1 36 14 8 6 1 1 19 9 6 5 1 0 17 5 22 35
2 Nuneaton Town 14 7 5 2 25 14 8 5 3 0 15 7 6 2 2 2 10 7 11 26
3 Leiston 13 7 4 2 34 17 6 4 1 1 16 7 7 3 3 1 18 10 17 25
4 Redditch United 14 7 3 4 26 20 7 2 1 4 14 16 7 5 2 0 12 4 6 24
5 Coalville Town 12 7 2 3 34 18 6 2 2 2 12 12 6 5 0 1 22 6 16 23
6 Mickleover Sports 13 7 2 4 30 24 7 4 1 2 16 12 6 3 1 2 14 12 6 23
7 Rushall Olympic 14 6 3 5 23 19 7 2 1 4 10 14 7 4 2 1 13 5 4 21
8 Needham Market 12 5 3 4 19 12 7 4 1 2 14 6 5 1 2 2 5 6 7 18
9 Basford United 13 5 3 5 15 18 5 4 0 1 7 6 8 1 3 4 8 12 -3 18
10 Bedford Town 15 5 3 7 21 33 8 3 1 4 13 22 7 2 2 3 8 11 -12 18
11 St Ives Town 12 5 2 5 24 20 7 3 1 3 14 9 5 2 1 2 10 11 4 17
12 Stourbridge 13 4 5 4 20 18 5 2 2 1 8 4 8 2 3 3 12 14 2 17
13 Ilkeston Town 14 4 5 5 23 23 7 2 2 3 12 13 7 2 3 2 11 10 0 17
14 Hitchin Town 14 4 5 5 12 19 6 1 4 1 3 5 8 3 1 4 9 14 -7 17
15 Bromsgrove Sporting 15 5 2 8 23 33 7 2 1 4 8 14 8 3 1 4 15 19 -10 17
16 Barwell 14 4 4 6 23 28 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 2 2 3 14 16 -5 16
17 Royston Town 14 4 4 6 24 33 6 2 2 2 11 11 8 2 2 4 13 22 -9 16
18 Stratford Town 14 4 4 6 19 29 8 4 2 2 14 13 6 0 2 4 5 16 -10 16
19 Alvechurch 11 4 3 4 18 18 5 3 1 1 10 6 6 1 2 3 8 12 0 15
20 Kings Langley 13 3 4 6 15 24 7 1 3 3 10 15 6 2 1 3 5 9 -9 13
21 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 15 2 3 10 10 36 7 1 3 3 5 14 8 1 0 7 5 22 -26 9
22 Hednesford Town 15 1 5 9 18 22 8 1 3 4 13 12 7 0 2 5 5 10 -4 8

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.