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

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Tue 25.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Victory Road (2500 seats)

Leiston - Biggleswade Town. 7th place against 19th place. Nothing is certain - get a complete preview here!

Insights:
  • Leiston have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Biggleswade Town is in the worst form (0-2-4)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Leiston form and stats

Leiston have performed here at Victory Road this season with 7 wins from 11 Non League Premier: Southern Central matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

Leiston faced defeat in their previous match, away at Barwell (0-2).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Royston Town and winning 2-1.

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

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Leiston, as the Non League Premier: Southern Central home game vs Alvechurch is only four days away.

The Leiston fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. Leiston's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Biggleswade Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Biggleswade Town so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-8 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Biggleswade Town, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Wisbech Town game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Biggleswade Town lost away at Rushall Olympic (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Lowestoft Town.

Biggleswade Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Biggleswade have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Non League Premier: Southern Central fixture vs Barwell. A back-breaking programme for the visitors!

Goals are few and far between in Biggleswade Town's away league games. Only 7 goals from 12 travels. The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Biggleswade Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Leiston and Biggleswade Town have faced each other already this season: Biggleswade Town - Leiston 3-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous six meetings): Leiston won three games, zero matches ended with a tie and Biggleswade Town have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / zero

Leiston missing players

Biggleswade Town missing players

Leiston Biggleswade Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 4 12 25
12 7 2 Won W 0 0 5
2 2 0 Drew D 1 4 8
10 2 1 Lost L 3 8 12
43 21 8 Scored S 1 7 33
45 15 5 Conceded C 6 20 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 88%
96% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 58% 68%
75% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 48%
46% 27% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 28%
29% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 24%
75% 91% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 42% 48%
8% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 16%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 58% 48%
 
3.5 4.1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.2 2.6
3.2 2.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 3.8 3.4
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.2 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 9.3 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 4.6 4.7
4.9 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2.4
36% 44% 89% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 56%
 
9.7 6.6 1.3 Shots against (avg) S A 21 9.8 6.9
4.5 2.7 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 4 2.6
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Biggleswade Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Biggleswade Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Biggleswade Town have the fewest points (4) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Biggleswade Town have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Biggleswade Town have yet to win a game away.
  • Biggleswade Town is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Leiston have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Biggleswade Town have scored away.
  • Leiston have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • 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 Banbury United 27 22 3 2 61 22 14 11 2 1 32 13 13 11 1 1 29 9 39 69
2 Coalville Town 26 17 5 4 61 27 14 12 2 0 41 8 12 5 3 4 20 19 34 56
3 Peterborough Sports 25 16 2 7 67 33 12 8 0 4 34 13 13 8 2 3 33 20 34 50
4 Rushall Olympic 25 13 9 3 50 28 11 7 3 1 29 13 14 6 6 2 21 15 22 48
5 Alvechurch 28 13 6 9 39 30 15 9 2 4 26 15 13 4 4 5 13 15 9 45
6 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 26 13 4 9 36 31 14 6 2 6 18 16 12 7 2 3 18 15 5 43
7 Leiston 24 12 2 10 43 45 11 7 2 2 21 15 13 5 0 8 22 30 -2 38
8 Royston Town 28 10 6 12 42 39 14 3 5 6 20 20 14 7 1 6 22 19 3 36
9 Hednesford Town 24 8 9 7 43 39 14 5 6 3 28 21 10 3 3 4 15 18 4 33
10 Stourbridge 25 9 5 11 36 47 13 4 4 5 18 21 12 5 1 6 18 26 -11 32
11 Tamworth 25 9 4 12 29 34 12 5 2 5 18 14 13 4 2 7 11 20 -5 31
12 Needham Market 23 7 9 7 41 37 12 3 6 3 19 17 11 4 3 4 22 20 4 30
13 Stratford Town 24 9 3 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 15 16 12 4 1 7 14 24 -11 30
14 Barwell 28 7 8 13 41 51 12 4 3 5 20 19 16 3 5 8 21 32 -10 29
15 St Ives Town 27 8 5 14 38 70 13 5 2 6 19 34 14 3 3 8 19 36 -32 29
16 Redditch United 26 7 7 12 26 38 13 4 3 6 14 19 13 3 4 6 12 19 -12 28
17 Bromsgrove Sporting 25 6 9 10 21 40 12 5 1 6 11 20 13 1 8 4 10 20 -19 27
18 Nuneaton Town 27 6 6 15 39 51 14 3 5 6 18 21 13 3 1 9 21 30 -12 24
19 Biggleswade Town 25 5 8 12 33 37 13 5 4 4 26 17 12 0 4 8 7 20 -4 23
20 Hitchin Town 25 6 5 14 31 41 11 4 0 7 15 21 14 2 5 7 16 20 -10 23
21 Lowestoft Town 25 6 5 14 32 58 13 4 4 5 19 24 12 2 1 9 13 34 -26 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.