St Ives Town vs Needham Market: Soccer match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 19.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Westwood Road (2000 seats)

St Ives Town are prepared for a new test after their 1-3 versus Barwell in the previous game. Needham Market are coming to play!

Insights:
  • All of St Ives Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Needham Market have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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St Ives Town form and stats

St Ives Town have collected 10 points from their Non League Premier: Southern Central home games so far after 3-1-4. The Ives manager Marheineke might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

St Ives Town lost their last game at Barwell (placed 14th) after a 1-3 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Bedford Town.

Some stats: A review of the 11 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The Ives fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. St Ives Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Needham Market form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Needham Market so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

Needham Market lost away at Basford United (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Tamworth.

As opposed to that, Needham have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Needham Market have managed a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (4-4-0) when facing St Ives Town.

This was the scoreline when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Needham Market - St Ives Town 4-2.

St Ives Town missing players

Needham Market missing players

St Ives Town Needham Market
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 2 6 14
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 3
7 4 0 Lost L 2 3 5
29 15 2 Scored S 1 6 23
26 11 2 Conceded C 3 8 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 86%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 71%
80% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 43%
53% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 36%
27% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 29%
80% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 43%
13% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
7% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 36%
 
5.6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.3 5.6
4.8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.7 3.7
1.8 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.4 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.7 11.4
4.6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 4.7
39% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 57% 40%
 
8.8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5.7 8.3
2.8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.7 3.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of St Ives Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Needham Market have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • St Ives Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Needham Market 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 17 11 3 3 39 19 9 6 2 1 19 9 8 5 1 2 20 10 20 36
2 Nuneaton Town 16 9 5 2 29 15 9 6 3 0 17 7 7 3 2 2 12 8 14 32
3 Leiston 15 9 4 2 39 19 7 5 1 1 18 8 8 4 3 1 21 11 20 31
4 Redditch United 16 8 4 4 28 21 8 3 1 4 16 17 8 5 3 0 12 4 7 28
5 Mickleover Sports 16 8 3 5 34 27 9 5 2 2 19 13 7 3 1 3 15 14 7 27
6 Rushall Olympic 16 8 3 5 26 19 8 3 1 4 12 14 8 5 2 1 14 5 7 27
7 Coalville Town 14 7 4 3 37 21 7 2 3 2 13 13 7 5 1 1 24 8 16 25
8 Basford United 16 7 4 5 22 22 7 6 0 1 12 8 9 1 4 4 10 14 0 25
9 Needham Market 14 6 3 5 23 16 8 5 1 2 17 8 6 1 2 3 6 8 7 21
10 Hitchin Town 17 5 6 6 17 25 8 2 5 1 7 8 9 3 1 5 10 17 -8 21
11 Bromsgrove Sporting 17 6 3 8 26 35 8 3 1 4 10 15 9 3 2 4 16 20 -9 21
12 St Ives Town 15 6 2 7 29 26 8 3 1 4 15 11 7 3 1 3 14 15 3 20
13 Ilkeston Town 16 5 5 6 26 26 8 3 2 3 15 14 8 2 3 3 11 12 0 20
14 Barwell 16 5 5 6 27 30 9 3 3 3 13 14 7 2 2 3 14 16 -3 20
15 Royston Town 16 5 4 7 27 36 7 3 2 2 13 12 9 2 2 5 14 24 -9 19
16 Stourbridge 15 4 6 5 21 21 5 2 2 1 8 4 10 2 4 4 13 17 0 18
17 Stratford Town 16 4 6 6 22 32 9 4 3 2 16 15 7 0 3 4 6 17 -10 18
18 Bedford Town 18 5 3 10 23 41 9 3 1 5 14 25 9 2 2 5 9 16 -18 18
19 Kings Langley 16 4 4 8 19 30 9 2 3 4 12 17 7 2 1 4 7 13 -11 16
20 Alvechurch 12 4 3 5 19 20 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 1 2 4 9 14 -1 15
21 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 17 3 3 11 15 40 8 2 3 3 9 16 9 1 0 8 6 24 -25 12
22 Hednesford Town 17 1 5 11 20 27 9 1 3 5 14 15 8 0 2 6 6 12 -7 8

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.