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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Top Field (4000 seats)

Nuneaton Town go on their trip to Hitchin Town and Top Field brimming with confidence, but the home side is no weakling. More information on the game here!

Insights:
  • Hitchin Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Nuneaton Town have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

The hosts Hitchin saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. That game was an away game at Coalville Town, so at least Hitchin Town are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Hitchin Town form and stats

Hitchin Town have played 15 Non League Premier: Southern Central games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-7-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hitchin Town have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Hitchin lost their last game at Coalville Town (placed 4th) after a 1-5 scoreline. Hitchin Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Stourbridge.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hitchin Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hitchin Town as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Hitchin Town has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Some stats: A review of the 21 latest league matches reveals that 17 of them had goals from both sides.

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

Hitchin has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 16 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nuneaton Town form and stats

Playing away, Nuneaton Town, who have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Non League Premier: Southern Central, have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Non League Premier: Southern Central this season.

Nuneaton Town are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Stratford Town (placed 20th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Alvechurch at their stadium, the result 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Nuneaton Town in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Nuneaton Town, 0 draws and 7 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Non League Premier: Southern Central trip to Tamworth.

Nuneaton has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 14 games. Nuneaton Town have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Hitchin and Nuneaton Town have played each other earlier this season: Nuneaton Town - Hitchin Town 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Hitchin Town one win, two draws and Nuneaton Town one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Hitchin Town missing players

Nuneaton Town missing players

Hitchin Town Nuneaton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 14 29
11 6 1 Won W 3 7 17
8 7 2 Drew D 1 2 7
12 2 1 Lost L 1 5 5
40 20 6 Scored S 9 22 48
52 16 6 Conceded C 5 18 29
90% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 90%
87% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 79%
68% 47% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 71% 59%
26% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 28%
16% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
68% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 66%
19% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 21% 28%
23% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 17%
 
2.6 2 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.1 3.9
4.1 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.4 4.4
1.2 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.4 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
8.2 7.1 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 11 8.9
2.8 2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 4.8 4
55% 79% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 39%
 
10.3 8.3 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 8.7 8.4
4.8 3.4 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Hitchin Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Hitchin Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Nuneaton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nuneaton Town have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Nuneaton Town have won significantly more corners away than 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 Tamworth 31 19 7 5 74 34 15 10 3 2 38 17 16 9 4 3 36 17 40 64
2 Leiston 28 18 7 3 69 35 14 11 2 1 35 14 14 7 5 2 34 21 34 61
3 Nuneaton Town 29 17 7 5 48 29 15 10 5 0 26 11 14 7 2 5 22 18 19 58
4 Coalville Town 25 16 5 4 62 30 14 8 3 3 30 19 11 8 2 1 32 11 32 53
5 Rushall Olympic 29 16 5 8 52 34 16 9 2 5 33 23 13 7 3 3 19 11 18 53
6 Mickleover Sports 30 13 6 11 57 53 16 9 4 3 33 21 14 4 2 8 24 32 4 45
7 Royston Town 30 12 7 11 50 59 15 9 4 2 30 21 15 3 3 9 20 38 -9 43
8 Ilkeston Town 29 11 9 9 51 41 16 8 3 5 31 22 13 3 6 4 20 19 10 42
9 Redditch United 28 12 6 10 47 45 15 7 2 6 28 26 13 5 4 4 19 19 2 42
10 Hitchin Town 31 11 8 12 40 52 15 6 7 2 20 16 16 5 1 10 20 36 -12 41
11 St Ives Town 30 11 6 13 51 48 16 7 3 6 29 21 14 4 3 7 22 27 3 39
12 Stourbridge 27 9 11 7 42 30 11 4 4 3 18 10 16 5 7 4 24 20 12 38
13 Basford United 28 10 8 10 38 43 15 8 2 5 21 19 13 2 6 5 17 24 -5 38
14 Barwell 28 10 7 11 45 47 16 5 5 6 25 26 12 5 2 5 20 21 -2 37
15 Bromsgrove Sporting 28 10 7 11 42 49 12 5 2 5 18 19 16 5 5 6 24 30 -7 37
16 Needham Market 27 9 5 13 33 32 13 8 1 4 24 13 14 1 4 9 9 19 1 32
17 Alvechurch 24 8 6 10 36 42 9 4 3 2 18 14 15 4 3 8 18 28 -6 30
18 Kings Langley 29 8 6 15 32 50 14 2 5 7 15 24 15 6 1 8 17 26 -18 30
19 Bedford Town 30 8 6 16 48 67 14 5 1 8 29 37 16 3 5 8 19 30 -19 30
20 Stratford Town 27 5 9 13 37 58 14 4 6 4 22 26 13 1 3 9 15 32 -21 24
21 Hednesford Town 31 3 7 21 34 62 15 2 4 9 21 27 16 1 3 12 13 35 -28 16
22 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 29 4 3 22 23 71 14 3 3 8 13 28 15 1 0 14 10 43 -48 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.