Delightful dogfight as daring St Ives Town duel with determined Alvechurch

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Tue 24.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Westwood Road (2000 seats)

St Ives Town have 32 points playing as the host team. Alvechurch have 22 points playing away. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • All of St Ives Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Alvechurch have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

Only a few days to rest for the home side, as they had a Non League Premier: Southern Central match only three days earlier. This match was also played here at Westwood Road. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Alvechurch have had more rest.

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St Ives Town form and stats

St Ives Town have played 14 Non League Premier: Southern Central games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-6 (wins-draws-losses).

The home fans saw a 2-2 draw versus Ilkeston Town last time out and are looking for a victory here.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Hednesford Town the opponent.

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 St Ives Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.

Betting people might want to know that 15 of the latest 20 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

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

St Ives Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Westwood Road with 23 goals in 14 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Alvechurch form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Alvechurch so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Long, the Alvechurch manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Abbey was the last player to score for the away team. Alvechurch haven't scored a league goal in the last 190 minutes.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Alvechurch, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Basford United (placed 10th).

Before that, 2-2 away against Boldmere St Michaels in the Birmingham Senior Cup. Alvechurch are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this club's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Alvechurch have another match that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Non League Premier: Southern Central fixture versus Hednesford Town. A demanding programme for the visitors!

The Alvechurch manager Long has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Ives one win, one draw and Alvechurch three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

St Ives Town missing players

Alvechurch missing players

St Ives Town Alvechurch
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 14 5 Played P 2 11 18
9 5 4 Won W 0 2 6
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
10 6 0 Lost L 2 7 8
41 23 13 Scored S 1 11 28
37 18 2 Conceded C 6 23 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
96% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 57% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 72%
42% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 39%
17% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 22%
71% 57% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 56%
21% 29% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 28%
8% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 17%
 
4.2 3.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1.6
3.3 1.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.6 3.5
1.5 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.2 0.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 8.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2.4 4.6
3.8 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0.8 2.5
39% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 125% 65%
 
7.5 7.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 8.5
2.8 3.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4.5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of Alvechurch's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of St Ives Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Alvechurch have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Alvechurch have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Alvechurch have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Alvechurch have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Alvechurch have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Alvechurch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St Ives Town have created more than twice as many corners as Alvechurch.
  • St Ives Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Alvechurch have scored away.
  • St Ives Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 Tamworth 26 16 6 4 65 27 12 8 3 1 33 12 14 8 3 3 32 15 38 54
2 Nuneaton Town 25 15 6 4 44 27 13 9 4 0 25 11 12 6 2 4 19 16 17 51
3 Rushall Olympic 26 15 5 6 44 28 15 8 2 5 26 21 11 7 3 1 18 7 16 50
4 Leiston 23 14 6 3 58 28 11 9 1 1 31 12 12 5 5 2 27 16 30 48
5 Coalville Town 21 12 5 4 49 27 12 6 3 3 22 18 9 6 2 1 27 9 22 41
6 Hitchin Town 27 11 6 10 36 43 13 6 5 2 19 15 14 5 1 8 17 28 -7 39
7 Ilkeston Town 25 10 8 7 45 34 14 7 3 4 27 18 11 3 5 3 18 16 11 38
8 Redditch United 25 10 6 9 41 38 13 5 2 6 24 26 12 5 4 3 17 12 3 36
9 Mickleover Sports 26 10 6 10 49 50 14 7 4 3 29 21 12 3 2 7 20 29 -1 36
10 Basford United 25 9 7 9 34 38 13 8 1 4 19 15 12 1 6 5 15 23 -4 34
11 Royston Town 26 9 7 10 45 56 12 6 4 2 26 20 14 3 3 8 19 36 -11 34
12 Stourbridge 23 8 9 6 37 27 10 4 4 2 17 8 13 4 5 4 20 19 10 33
13 St Ives Town 24 9 5 10 41 37 14 5 3 6 23 18 10 4 2 4 18 19 4 32
14 Bromsgrove Sporting 24 9 5 10 38 45 11 4 2 5 15 18 13 5 3 5 23 27 -7 32
15 Needham Market 22 8 5 9 30 24 10 7 1 2 21 8 12 1 4 7 9 16 6 29
16 Bedford Town 27 8 5 14 43 60 13 5 1 7 26 33 14 3 4 7 17 27 -17 29
17 Barwell 24 7 7 10 38 43 14 4 5 5 21 22 10 3 2 5 17 21 -5 28
18 Kings Langley 26 7 5 14 29 46 12 2 4 6 14 21 14 5 1 8 15 25 -17 26
19 Alvechurch 18 6 4 8 28 34 7 4 2 1 17 11 11 2 2 7 11 23 -6 22
20 Stratford Town 23 4 7 12 31 53 12 4 4 4 18 22 11 0 3 8 13 31 -22 19
21 Hednesford Town 27 3 7 17 31 51 12 2 4 6 19 19 15 1 3 11 12 32 -20 16
22 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 25 4 3 18 23 63 12 3 3 6 13 25 13 1 0 12 10 38 -40 15

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.