Non League Premier: Southern Central preview: Can Hitchin Town edge out victory against Leiston?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 10.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Top Field (4000 seats)

The Hitchin Town manager M. Burke attacks this game with the team placed 18th so far. In the visitors dressing room Leiston are in 20th place before this match.

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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Hitchin Town form and stats

The hosts won their first Non League Premier: Southern Central game here at Top Field, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Hitchin Town last season were 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 15 games.

Heartbreak before that as Hitchin Town lost 1-7 at AFC Rushden & Diamonds's place.

As you see from the result above, Hitchin Town suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hitchin handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and two defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Hitchin Town's 1 home game: 5 goals, 1 conceded.

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Leiston form and stats

It's not happening yet for Leiston on their Non League Premier: Southern Central travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Leiston have lost on their last two travels.

Leiston's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus AFC Rushden & Diamonds that finished 2-2.

We have checked recent matches where Leiston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, one draw and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Leiston are hosting AFC Telford United in the FA Cup only three days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Leiston has managed 5 goals and let in 11 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Hitchin Town won one game, one match ended with a draw and Leiston has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero

Hitchin Town missing players

Leiston missing players

Hitchin Town Leiston
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
6 5 0 Scored S 0 5 7
9 1 0 Conceded C 0 11 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 75%
67% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
30 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 21 27
11 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 9 11
9% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 45%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Hitchin Town is in the worst form (0-0-2)
  • Leiston has the most conceded goals (11) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Leiston has the most conceded goals (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Leiston has the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
Hitchin Town Last season Leiston
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 15   Played P   15 32
10 4   Won W   4 6
9 5   Drew D   3 8
13 6   Lost L   8 18
43 17   Scored S   18 39
49 19   Conceded C   40 87
91% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 94%
81% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 88%
56% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 75%
34% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 53%
16% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   40% 34%
56% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 62%
25% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 9%
28% 33%   Failed to Score F T   40% 34%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.3
3 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
152 57   Total Shots T S   115 202
69 27   Shots on Target S O   51 85
43% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Needham Market 4 3 1 0 11 5 3 3 0 0 10 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 10
2 Stratford Town 4 3 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 9
3 Coalville Town 4 2 2 0 9 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 6 8
4 Stourbridge 5 2 2 1 9 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 3 8
5 Tamworth 4 2 2 0 9 6 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 8
6 Rushall Olympic 4 2 2 0 9 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 8
7 Banbury United 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 7
8 Lowestoft Town 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
9 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 4 1 3 0 11 5 2 1 1 0 8 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 6 6
10 Redditch United 4 1 3 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
11 Biggleswade Town 5 1 2 2 10 9 2 1 0 1 7 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 5
12 Bromsgrove Sporting 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
13 Kings Langley 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 5
14 Alvechurch 4 1 1 2 9 10 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 6 5 -1 4
15 St Ives Town 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 6 -1 4
16 Peterborough Sports 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
17 Royston Town 4 0 3 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 3
18 Hitchin Town 3 1 0 2 6 9 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 8 -3 3
19 Nuneaton Town 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
20 Leiston 4 0 1 3 7 14 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 5 11 -7 1
21 Barwell 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 -7 1
22 Hednesford Town 4 0 1 3 1 9 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 -8 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Peterborough Sports 33 19 8 6 90 46 17 10 5 2 53 24 16 9 3 4 37 22 44 65
2 Tamworth 30 21 2 7 63 27 17 12 1 4 39 15 13 9 1 3 24 12 36 65
3 Royston Town 30 19 6 5 62 28 16 12 3 1 37 11 14 7 3 4 25 17 34 63
4 Bromsgrove Sporting 32 17 6 9 80 43 17 7 4 6 35 23 15 10 2 3 45 20 37 57
5 Rushall Olympic 33 15 8 10 58 43 17 10 2 5 36 21 16 5 6 5 22 22 15 53
6 Stourbridge 32 16 5 11 53 52 15 8 3 4 25 22 17 8 2 7 28 30 1 53
7 Banbury United 32 14 10 8 48 31 17 10 3 4 30 17 15 4 7 4 18 14 17 52
8 Coalville Town 30 14 9 7 51 32 16 7 4 5 28 21 14 7 5 2 23 11 19 51
9 Nuneaton Town 33 14 8 11 57 46 16 8 4 4 31 20 17 6 4 7 26 26 11 50
10 Kings Langley 30 15 5 10 51 41 14 7 3 4 23 17 16 8 2 6 28 24 10 50
11 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 30 14 7 9 50 45 14 9 2 3 31 22 16 5 5 6 19 23 5 49
12 Barwell 32 14 6 12 58 53 16 9 2 5 28 20 16 5 4 7 30 33 5 48
13 Needham Market 33 13 9 11 43 40 16 5 6 5 23 24 17 8 3 6 20 16 3 48
14 Hednesford Town 32 14 5 13 50 44 15 7 2 6 26 21 17 7 3 7 24 23 6 47
15 Biggleswade Town 30 13 4 13 45 46 13 8 0 5 21 18 17 5 4 8 24 28 -1 43
16 Lowestoft Town 33 13 2 18 48 63 17 9 2 6 25 17 16 4 0 12 23 46 -15 41
17 Hitchin Town 32 10 9 13 43 49 15 4 5 6 17 19 17 6 4 7 26 30 -6 39
18 Stratford Town 33 8 4 21 42 74 16 6 2 8 29 33 17 2 2 13 13 41 -32 28
19 Leiston 32 6 8 18 39 87 17 2 5 10 21 47 15 4 3 8 18 40 -48 26
20 St Ives Town 33 6 5 22 33 76 16 4 3 9 19 36 17 2 2 13 14 40 -43 23
21 Alvechurch 30 4 5 21 25 58 15 2 4 9 14 24 15 2 1 12 11 34 -33 17
22 Redditch United 33 3 3 27 24 89 17 2 2 13 13 37 16 1 1 14 11 52 -65 12

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.