The Non League Premier: Southern Central league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Royston Town and Stourbridge are placed 17th and 4th respectively.
It's no vacation for neither Royston nor Stourbridge as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Royston Town form and stats
Royston Town are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Non League Premier: Southern Central games here. Two draws in a row at home now for Royston.
Royston drew their last game, also a home match. Biggleswade Town (placed 11th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. In the match before that, Royston Town hosted Stamford (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) and drew the FA Cup game 2-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Royston Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Royston Town as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Royston Town has won six of these, drawn two and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Royston as they are travelling to their away game against Bishop's Stortford in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Royston Town's 2 home games: 3 goals, 3 conceded.
Stourbridge form and stats
Stourbridge are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Stourbridge are travelling again after losing away to Stratford Town in their previous match (1-2). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Biggleswade Town.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Stourbridge in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Stourbridge, three draws and three defeats.
It's early days yet, but Stourbridge has scored 5 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Royston, zero draws and one win for Stourbridge. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Royston Town missing players
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| Royston Town | Stourbridge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 57% | 27% |
- Royston Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
| Royston Town | Last season | Stourbridge | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 32 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 61 | 36 | Scored | S | 28 | 53 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 30 | 52 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 57% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 69% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 38% | ||
| 23% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 19% | ||
| 53% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 69% | ||
| 40% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 19% | ||
| 10% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 191 | 104 | Total Shots | T S | 77 | 162 | ||
| 83 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 63 | ||
| 47% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Needham Market | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Stratford Town | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Coalville Town | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Stourbridge | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Tamworth | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Rushall Olympic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Banbury United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Lowestoft Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Redditch United | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Biggleswade Town | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Kings Langley | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Alvechurch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | St Ives Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Peterborough Sports | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Royston Town | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Hitchin Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Nuneaton Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | Leiston | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 1 |
| 21 | Barwell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 1 |
| 22 | Hednesford Town | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 1 |