Top Field: Hitchin Town vs St Ives Town Non League Premier: Southern Central pre-match guide

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

Non League Premier: Southern Central: Hitchin Town are 9 points after St Ives Town, but intend to go all in. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • St Ives Town have the most conceded goals (66) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Hitchin Town form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Non League Premier: Southern Central this season. Hitchin Town have only managed 3 wins, 0 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Top Field. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Hitchin Town, their manager Burke and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A strong away win for Hitchin against Royston Town the last match.

Before that, Hitchin Town played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Rushall Olympic.

The Hitchin Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Hitchin Town have conceded 21 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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St Ives Town form and stats

St Ives Town have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central, after 3-3-7 (13 played).

Two travels in a row for St Ives Town, whose manager Marheineke could celebrate last time after the Non League Premier: Southern Central win against Nuneaton Town.

Prior to that match, the St Ives Town manager Marheineke faced defeat when travelling to AFC Rushden & Diamonds and losing 0-4.

Ives find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. St Ives Town have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; St Ives Town - Hitchin Town 1-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's five Hitchin Town victories, one draw and two St Ives Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Hitchin Town missing players

St Ives Town missing players

Hitchin Town St Ives Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 10 3 Played P 5 13 26
5 3 1 Won W 2 3 8
5 0 0 Drew D 2 3 5
13 7 2 Lost L 1 7 13
26 11 4 Scored S 12 19 38
38 21 5 Conceded C 11 32 66
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
61% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 77% 81%
35% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 62% 58%
13% 30% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 23% 23%
52% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 77% 77%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
39% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 15%
 
1.9 1.4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 2.6 2.3
2.9 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 2.9 2.4
0.4 0.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.2 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.9 4.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 6.5 5.5
2.1 2.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 2.8 2.3
58% 53% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 54% 68%
 
5.6 4.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 10.5 8.5
2.4 1.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.7 4.4
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Hitchin Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town have the fewest points (9) 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 (9) 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.
  • St Ives Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • St Ives Town have the most conceded goals (66) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • St Ives Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • St Ives Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • St Ives Town have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • St Ives Town have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • St Ives 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 Banbury United 25 21 3 1 58 20 12 10 2 0 29 11 13 11 1 1 29 9 38 66
2 Coalville Town 24 15 5 4 53 27 12 10 2 0 33 8 12 5 3 4 20 19 26 50
3 Peterborough Sports 22 15 1 6 63 28 12 8 0 4 34 13 10 7 1 2 29 15 35 46
4 Rushall Olympic 23 12 8 3 46 27 10 6 3 1 25 12 13 6 5 2 21 15 19 44
5 Alvechurch 25 12 6 7 34 25 13 9 2 2 23 10 12 3 4 5 11 15 9 42
6 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 23 11 4 8 32 28 13 5 2 6 16 16 10 6 2 2 16 12 4 37
7 Royston Town 26 10 6 10 41 36 13 3 5 5 19 18 13 7 1 5 22 18 5 36
8 Leiston 22 11 2 9 41 42 11 7 2 2 21 15 11 4 0 7 20 27 -1 35
9 Tamworth 22 9 4 9 29 27 11 5 2 4 18 12 11 4 2 5 11 15 2 31
10 Hednesford Town 23 7 9 7 40 39 13 4 6 3 25 21 10 3 3 4 15 18 1 30
11 Stourbridge 24 8 5 11 35 47 12 3 4 5 17 21 12 5 1 6 18 26 -12 29
12 St Ives Town 26 8 5 13 38 66 13 5 2 6 19 34 13 3 3 7 19 32 -28 29
13 Stratford Town 22 8 3 11 28 37 11 4 2 5 14 16 11 4 1 6 14 21 -9 27
14 Bromsgrove Sporting 23 6 9 8 21 34 11 5 1 5 11 18 12 1 8 3 10 16 -13 27
15 Barwell 26 6 7 13 37 49 10 3 2 5 16 17 16 3 5 8 21 32 -12 25
16 Needham Market 20 5 9 6 35 32 11 2 6 3 16 16 9 3 3 3 19 16 3 24
17 Biggleswade Town 23 5 7 11 31 32 13 5 4 4 26 17 10 0 3 7 5 15 -1 22
18 Redditch United 24 5 7 12 21 37 12 3 3 6 11 19 12 2 4 6 10 18 -16 22
19 Lowestoft Town 23 6 4 13 31 54 11 4 3 4 18 20 12 2 1 9 13 34 -23 22
20 Hitchin Town 23 5 5 13 26 38 10 3 0 7 11 21 13 2 5 6 15 17 -12 20
21 Nuneaton Town 25 5 5 15 36 51 13 3 4 6 18 21 12 2 1 9 18 30 -15 20

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.