Hitchin Town vs Redditch United match preview: Even contest expected at Top Field

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Mon 14.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Top Field (4000 seats)

Develop their own game plan or adapt for the opposing team? Both Hitchin Town and Redditch United must try something more fresh than what they have done so far. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Hitchin Town have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Redditch United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Redditch United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Non League Premier: Southern Central game only two sleeps ago.

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Hitchin Town form and stats

With 4 Non League Premier: Southern Central wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Hitchin Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. Hitchin Town has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Burke and the players.

In their previous game, the manager Burke led his Hitchin Town to a defeat away at Coalville Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Top Field.

Ahead of that match, Hitchin lost 1-2 at home to Hednesford Town.

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 14 games. Hitchin Town has won four of these, drawn three and lost seven.

Hitchin has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Redditch United form and stats

There's been little loot from Redditch United's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Redditch United only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws. The last three matches for Redditch United have all ended in a draw.

Redditch's last game was the home draw against Hednesford Town (1-1).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Barwell that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Redditch United playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were zero Redditch United wins, three draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Redditch United as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Redditch have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Redditch United - Hitchin Town 2-1 was the product when this pair of teams previously did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hitchin Town five wins, one draw and Redditch United four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Hitchin Town missing players

Redditch United missing players

Hitchin Town Redditch United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 12 1 Played P 1 14 29
6 4 1 Won W 0 3 7
5 0 0 Drew D 1 5 10
16 8 0 Lost L 0 6 12
33 16 2 Scored S 0 13 28
45 23 1 Conceded C 0 20 40
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 93% 93%
74% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 72%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 41%
37% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 21%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
56% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 55%
19% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 14% 21%
33% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 36% 31%
 
2.2 1.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 2.8
3.2 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.3 4.2
0.6 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 0.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
5.6 4.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2.5 4.2
2.6 2.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.3 2.4
46% 53% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 35%
 
6.4 4.4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4.7 6.3
2.8 1.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest points (12) at home in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Hitchin Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Redditch United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Banbury United 31 24 5 2 68 23 16 12 3 1 37 14 15 12 2 1 31 9 45 77
2 Rushall Olympic 29 17 9 3 64 30 13 9 3 1 35 13 16 8 6 2 29 17 34 60
3 Coalville Town 29 18 6 5 64 31 15 13 2 0 43 9 14 5 4 5 21 22 33 60
4 Peterborough Sports 28 17 3 8 71 36 14 9 1 4 37 14 14 8 2 4 34 22 35 54
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 29 15 4 10 40 34 15 7 2 6 20 16 14 8 2 4 20 18 6 49
6 Alvechurch 31 13 8 10 41 34 16 9 2 5 26 17 15 4 6 5 15 17 7 47
7 Leiston 29 13 3 13 46 53 14 8 3 3 23 18 15 5 0 10 23 35 -7 42
8 Royston Town 31 11 8 12 49 42 16 4 6 6 25 21 15 7 2 6 24 21 7 41
9 Hednesford Town 26 9 10 7 46 41 14 5 6 3 28 21 12 4 4 4 18 20 5 37
10 Needham Market 26 8 11 7 46 39 14 4 7 3 24 19 12 4 4 4 22 20 7 35
11 Stourbridge 28 10 5 13 40 53 14 5 4 5 22 21 14 5 1 8 18 32 -13 35
12 Stratford Town 28 9 7 12 34 45 14 5 4 5 19 20 14 4 3 7 15 25 -11 34
13 Barwell 31 8 9 14 44 54 15 5 4 6 23 22 16 3 5 8 21 32 -10 33
14 St Ives Town 29 9 6 14 41 72 14 6 2 6 21 35 15 3 4 8 20 37 -31 33
15 Redditch United 29 7 10 12 28 40 15 4 5 6 15 20 14 3 5 6 13 20 -12 31
16 Bromsgrove Sporting 28 7 10 11 27 46 14 6 1 7 16 25 14 1 9 4 11 21 -19 31
17 Nuneaton Town 30 7 8 15 41 51 16 3 7 6 18 21 14 4 1 9 23 30 -10 29
18 Tamworth 27 8 5 14 29 43 13 4 3 6 18 19 14 4 2 8 11 24 -14 29
19 Lowestoft Town 28 7 5 16 35 66 14 5 4 5 21 25 14 2 1 11 14 41 -31 26
20 Biggleswade Town 28 5 9 14 36 45 13 5 4 4 26 17 15 0 5 10 10 28 -9 24
21 Hitchin Town 27 6 5 16 33 45 12 4 0 8 16 23 15 2 5 8 17 22 -12 23

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.