Non League Premier: Southern Central information and data: Rushall Olympic small expected to get the better of Hitchin Town

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dales Lane (1400 seats)

What a fixture, with Rushall Olympic positioned 4th and Hitchin Town in 6th. Read our preview!

Insights:
  • Rushall Olympic have the most clean sheets (8) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town have the most points from losing position (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

Rushall Olympic and Hitchin Town 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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Rushall Olympic form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Southern Central for Rushall Olympic at their home stadium (Dales Lane) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The Rushall Olympic crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Leiston here at Dales Lane. Until that game this club had gone eight consecutive league matches without a loss.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Bromsgrove Sporting and winning 1-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Rushall Olympic's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

The Rushall fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rushall Olympic defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hitchin Town form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. That’s the product of Hitchin Town playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Southern Central this season. The fact that Hitchin Town have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

It's the second away game in a row for Hitchin, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Basford United (placed 11th) last time out.

Before that, Hitchin Town secured a home win against Redditch United with the score 2-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Hitchin Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 11 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Hitchin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Hitchin Town have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams faced each other before this season: Hitchin Town - Rushall Olympic 0-0. Last seven meetings between these sides: Rushall won three, Hitchin Town were winners in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Rushall Olympic missing players

Hitchin Town missing players

Rushall Olympic Hitchin Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 2 11 22
10 4 0 Won W 0 4 9
5 2 1 Drew D 1 1 6
6 5 3 Lost L 1 6 7
33 17 3 Scored S 2 14 29
25 19 10 Conceded C 3 21 32
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
81% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
48% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 82% 68%
43% 55% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 18%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
48% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 68%
43% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 18%
19% 18% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 23%
 
5.5 7.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.3 2.3
4 4.3 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.3 4.2
1.7 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 12 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 8.2
4.7 5.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 2.6
29% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 53% 58%
 
7.8 7.7 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.3 11
4 4.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.5 4.8
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of Hitchin Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Rushall Olympic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hitchin Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hitchin Town have the most points from losing position (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hitchin Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rushall Olympic have created more than twice as many corners as Hitchin Town.
  • Rushall Olympic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rushall Olympic have the most clean sheets (8) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Rushall Olympic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rushall Olympic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Tamworth 22 13 6 3 49 25 10 6 3 1 21 11 12 7 3 2 28 14 24 45
2 Nuneaton Town 22 12 6 4 37 24 11 7 4 0 20 9 11 5 2 4 17 15 13 42
3 Leiston 20 12 5 3 49 24 9 7 1 1 23 9 11 5 4 2 26 15 25 41
4 Rushall Olympic 21 10 5 6 33 25 11 4 2 5 17 19 10 6 3 1 16 6 8 35
5 Mickleover Sports 21 10 4 7 44 40 12 7 3 2 27 18 9 3 1 5 17 22 4 34
6 Hitchin Town 22 9 6 7 29 32 11 5 5 1 15 11 11 4 1 6 14 21 -3 33
7 Coalville Town 18 9 5 4 43 25 10 4 3 3 18 16 8 5 2 1 25 9 18 32
8 Redditch United 21 9 5 7 35 31 11 4 2 5 21 23 10 5 3 2 14 8 4 32
9 Bromsgrove Sporting 21 9 3 9 35 40 10 4 1 5 13 16 11 5 2 4 22 24 -5 30
10 Ilkeston Town 20 8 5 7 35 29 11 5 2 4 20 16 9 3 3 3 15 13 6 29
11 Basford United 20 8 5 7 26 27 11 7 1 3 16 13 9 1 4 4 10 14 -1 29
12 St Ives Town 19 8 3 8 34 29 11 4 2 5 19 14 8 4 1 3 15 15 5 27
13 Needham Market 19 7 5 7 26 21 9 6 1 2 18 8 10 1 4 5 8 13 5 26
14 Barwell 19 7 5 7 31 33 10 4 3 3 16 15 9 3 2 4 15 18 -2 26
15 Stourbridge 19 6 7 6 27 24 8 3 3 2 11 6 11 3 4 4 16 18 3 25
16 Royston Town 21 6 6 9 34 46 9 4 3 2 18 15 12 2 3 7 16 31 -12 24
17 Bedford Town 21 6 4 11 30 47 11 4 1 6 19 29 10 2 3 5 11 18 -17 22
18 Alvechurch 14 6 3 5 25 22 6 4 1 1 14 8 8 2 2 4 11 14 3 21
19 Stratford Town 20 4 7 9 28 43 10 4 4 2 17 16 10 0 3 7 11 27 -15 19
20 Kings Langley 22 5 4 13 21 40 11 2 3 6 13 20 11 3 1 7 8 20 -19 19
21 Hednesford Town 22 2 6 14 24 34 10 2 3 5 16 15 12 0 3 9 8 19 -10 12
22 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 22 3 3 16 19 53 11 2 3 6 11 24 11 1 0 10 8 29 -34 12

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.