St Ives Town vs Lowestoft Town match preview: Even contest expected at Westwood Road

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Tue 06.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Westwood Road (2000 seats)

After three games we know a little more about the qualities of St Ives Town and Lowestoft Town in this fresh Non League Premier: Southern Central season. Read our match preview!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Non League Premier: Southern Central game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Needham Market. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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St Ives Town form and stats

The hosts won their first Non League Premier: Southern Central game here at Westwood Road, lifting spirits. Home statistics for St Ives Town last season were 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from 16 games.

Ives manager and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Kings Langley (placed 12th) in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Prior to that, an away loss at Tamworth.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ives have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost five.

St Ives Town are traveling soon after this match as the Non League Premier: Southern Central match at Nuneaton Town awaits in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the St Ives Town at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Lowestoft Town form and stats

Things could have gone better for Lowestoft Town in their Non League Premier: Southern Central away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Lowestoft play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Needham Market (placed 1st). Before that, Lowestoft Town secured a home win against Peterborough Sports with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Lowestoft Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Lowestoft, one draw and two defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Lowestoft now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Non League Premier: Southern Central game at Kings Langley is waiting in only four days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Lowestoft Town has managed 3 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

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

St Ives Town missing players

Lowestoft Town missing players

St Ives Town Lowestoft Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 1 0 Scored S 0 3 4
6 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18 11 0 Total Shots T S 0 21 30
11 5 0 Shots on Target S O 0 11 14
27% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 21%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Lowestoft Town has the most clean sheets (2) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
St Ives Town Last season Lowestoft Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   16 33
6 4   Won W   4 13
5 3   Drew D   0 2
22 9   Lost L   12 18
33 19   Scored S   23 48
76 36   Conceded C   45 62
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
79% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 82%
61% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   88% 67%
36% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   56% 39%
24% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   44% 27%
45% 56%   BTTS BTTS   56% 45%
9% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 24%
45% 31%   Failed to Score F T   31% 36%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.2
2 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
120 71   Total Shots T S   111 159
56 31   Shots on Target S O   50 73
38% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 51%

  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 Stourbridge 4 2 2 0 8 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 8
3 Tamworth 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
4 Rushall Olympic 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
5 Lowestoft Town 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
6 Stratford Town 3 2 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 6
7 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 3 1 2 0 9 3 2 1 1 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 5
8 Coalville Town 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
9 Redditch United 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
10 Biggleswade Town 4 1 1 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
11 Banbury United 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
12 Kings Langley 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
13 Bromsgrove Sporting 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 4
14 St Ives Town 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 6 -1 4
15 Hitchin Town 3 1 0 2 6 9 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 8 -3 3
16 Nuneaton Town 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
17 Peterborough Sports 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
18 Royston Town 3 0 2 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 2
19 Barwell 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
20 Hednesford Town 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 -5 1
21 Alvechurch 3 0 1 2 4 10 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 -6 1
22 Leiston 3 0 0 3 5 12 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 11 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Peterborough Sports 33 19 8 6 90 46 17 10 5 2 53 24 16 9 3 4 37 22 44 65
2 Tamworth 30 21 2 7 63 27 17 12 1 4 39 15 13 9 1 3 24 12 36 65
3 Royston Town 30 19 6 5 62 28 16 12 3 1 37 11 14 7 3 4 25 17 34 63
4 Bromsgrove Sporting 32 17 6 9 80 43 17 7 4 6 35 23 15 10 2 3 45 20 37 57
5 Rushall Olympic 33 15 8 10 58 43 17 10 2 5 36 21 16 5 6 5 22 22 15 53
6 Stourbridge 32 16 5 11 53 52 15 8 3 4 25 22 17 8 2 7 28 30 1 53
7 Banbury United 32 14 10 8 48 31 17 10 3 4 30 17 15 4 7 4 18 14 17 52
8 Coalville Town 30 14 9 7 51 32 16 7 4 5 28 21 14 7 5 2 23 11 19 51
9 Nuneaton Town 33 14 8 11 57 46 16 8 4 4 31 20 17 6 4 7 26 26 11 50
10 Kings Langley 30 15 5 10 51 41 14 7 3 4 23 17 16 8 2 6 28 24 10 50
11 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 30 14 7 9 50 45 14 9 2 3 31 22 16 5 5 6 19 23 5 49
12 Barwell 32 14 6 12 58 53 16 9 2 5 28 20 16 5 4 7 30 33 5 48
13 Needham Market 33 13 9 11 43 40 16 5 6 5 23 24 17 8 3 6 20 16 3 48
14 Hednesford Town 32 14 5 13 50 44 15 7 2 6 26 21 17 7 3 7 24 23 6 47
15 Biggleswade Town 30 13 4 13 45 46 13 8 0 5 21 18 17 5 4 8 24 28 -1 43
16 Lowestoft Town 33 13 2 18 48 63 17 9 2 6 25 17 16 4 0 12 23 46 -15 41
17 Hitchin Town 32 10 9 13 43 49 15 4 5 6 17 19 17 6 4 7 26 30 -6 39
18 Stratford Town 33 8 4 21 42 74 16 6 2 8 29 33 17 2 2 13 13 41 -32 28
19 Leiston 32 6 8 18 39 87 17 2 5 10 21 47 15 4 3 8 18 40 -48 26
20 St Ives Town 33 6 5 22 33 76 16 4 3 9 19 36 17 2 2 13 14 40 -43 23
21 Alvechurch 30 4 5 21 25 58 15 2 4 9 14 24 15 2 1 12 11 34 -33 17
22 Redditch United 33 3 3 27 24 89 17 2 2 13 13 37 16 1 1 14 11 52 -65 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.