Home advantage could prove decisive in Leiston - Bromsgrove Sporting battle

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Victory Road (2500 seats)

Leiston are prepared for Bromsgrove Sporting with expectations of securing all three points. Will they? Check our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Leiston haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bromsgrove Sporting have the fewest scored goals (27) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

Leiston and Bromsgrove Sporting should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Leiston form and stats

Leiston have collected 27 points from their Non League Premier: Southern Central home games so far after 8-3-3. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Leiston to get some points in this home game.

The Leiston crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Banbury United here at Victory Road.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at St Ives Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leiston have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leiston as they are travelling to their away game against Stourbridge in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. That match is four days after this one.

Leiston have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Victory Road with 23 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Bromsgrove Sporting form and stats

Bromsgrove Sporting have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central, after 1-9-4 (14 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Bromsgrove have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Needham Market game.

Bromsgrove Sporting failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Rushall Olympic (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-4.

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

We have checked recent matches where Bromsgrove Sporting have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, two draws and two defeats.

After this away game Bromsgrove Sporting return home for a Non League Premier: Southern Central game against Nuneaton Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bromsgrove struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games. Bromsgrove Sporting has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged meeting featuring both these squads is the Bromsgrove Sporting - Leiston 0-4 played previously this season. Leiston-Bromsgrove Sporting H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Leiston one win, Bromsgrove Sporting one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two duels.

Leiston missing players

Bromsgrove Sporting missing players

Leiston Bromsgrove Sporting
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
13 8 2 Won W 0 1 7
3 3 0 Drew D 1 9 10
13 3 1 Lost L 3 4 11
46 23 6 Scored S 2 11 27
53 18 4 Conceded C 12 21 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 89%
93% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 79%
69% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 43% 50%
38% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 32%
24% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
69% 79% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 54%
10% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 25%
21% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 32%
 
3.2 3.7 1.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 3.3
2.9 2.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 2.8 2.9
0.9 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.5 8.4 2.7 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 4 4.7
4.3 3.7 0.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.8 2.2
35% 44% 300% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 31% 41%
 
8.8 5.7 1.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 7.3 6.9
4.3 2.4 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 3.2 2.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Bromsgrove Sporting have the fewest scored goals (27) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Bromsgrove Sporting have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Leiston have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bromsgrove Sporting have scored away.
  • 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 31 24 5 2 68 23 16 12 3 1 37 14 15 12 2 1 31 9 45 77
2 Rushall Olympic 30 18 9 3 68 31 14 10 3 1 39 14 16 8 6 2 29 17 37 63
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 32 13 9 10 42 35 16 9 2 5 26 17 16 4 7 5 16 18 7 48
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 27 8 11 8 47 43 14 4 7 3 24 19 13 4 4 5 23 24 4 35
11 Stourbridge 28 10 5 13 40 53 14 5 4 5 22 21 14 5 1 8 18 32 -13 35
12 Barwell 32 8 10 14 45 55 16 5 5 6 24 23 16 3 5 8 21 32 -10 34
13 Stratford Town 28 9 7 12 34 45 14 5 4 5 19 20 14 4 3 7 15 25 -11 34
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 30 7 11 12 29 41 15 4 5 6 15 20 15 3 6 6 14 21 -12 32
16 Tamworth 28 9 5 14 30 43 14 5 3 6 19 19 14 4 2 8 11 24 -13 32
17 Bromsgrove Sporting 28 7 10 11 27 46 14 6 1 7 16 25 14 1 9 4 11 21 -19 31
18 Nuneaton Town 30 7 8 15 41 51 16 3 7 6 18 21 14 4 1 9 23 30 -10 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 29 5 9 15 36 46 13 5 4 4 26 17 16 0 5 11 10 29 -10 24
21 Hitchin Town 28 6 6 16 34 46 13 4 1 8 17 24 15 2 5 8 17 22 -12 24

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.