Football match preview: St Ives Town vs Stratford Town

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Westwood Road (2000 seats)

After the first set of fixtures it's St Ives Town - Stratford Town 3-1 in points. Who will triumph in this second Non League Premier: Southern Central match of the season?

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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St Ives Town form and stats

The previous season, St Ives Town's league results were 13 wins, 8 draws and 19 losses, producing 14th spot in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Over these 40 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 90. Appearing as the home team in the former season St Ives Town generated 9-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 47 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for St Ives Town, who won 2-1 against Bromsgrove Sporting (placed 18th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting AFC Rushden & Diamonds in a game that was won 1-0.

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 St Ives Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 1 and lost 6.

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

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Stratford Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Stratford Town performed last season in the Non League Premier: Southern Central: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 8 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 70 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 22/42 goals scored/conceded.

Stratford delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Bedford Town (placed 10th) in their previous fixture.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bromsgrove Sporting.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Stratford Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Stratford Town, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Non League Premier: Southern Central trip to Redditch United.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for St Ives Town, three draws and five wins for Stratford Town. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
St Ives Town Last season Stratford Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
13 9   Won W   5 13
8 3   Drew D   4 8
19 8   Lost L   11 19
57 32   Scored S   22 48
90 47   Conceded C   42 70
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
88% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 75%
72% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 57%
50% 55%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 30%
25% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 20%
72% 80%   BTTS BTTS   55% 50%
10% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 28%
18% 5%   Failed to Score F T   30% 30%
 
2.1 1.6   Corners for (avg) C F   2.7 3.1
2.5 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.6
1.1 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
5.3 4.1   Shots (avg) S (   7 6.6
2.1 1.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2.8
72% 133%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 41%
 
8.1 4.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.2
4 1.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alvechurch 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Coalville Town 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Royston Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Leiston 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Hitchin Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 St Ives Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Redditch United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Kings Langley 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Mickleover Sports 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Bedford Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Ilkeston Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Stratford Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Tamworth 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Needham Market 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 Nuneaton Town 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Barwell 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Hednesford Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Basford United 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
21 Rushall Olympic 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
22 Stourbridge 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Banbury United 40 32 6 2 92 32 20 15 4 1 44 18 20 17 2 1 48 14 60 102
2 Peterborough Sports 40 24 7 9 94 46 20 14 2 4 50 17 20 10 5 5 44 29 48 79
3 Coalville Town 40 23 9 8 86 47 20 14 4 2 52 17 20 9 5 6 34 30 39 78
4 Rushall Olympic 40 20 9 11 80 54 20 12 3 5 48 26 20 8 6 6 32 28 26 69
5 Alvechurch 40 18 11 11 57 41 20 12 3 5 34 19 20 6 8 6 23 22 16 65
6 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 40 19 8 13 57 49 20 9 4 7 28 23 20 10 4 6 29 26 8 65
7 Leiston 40 18 6 16 59 65 20 11 5 4 28 23 20 7 1 12 31 42 -6 60
8 Royston Town 40 17 8 15 65 51 20 7 6 7 33 23 20 10 2 8 32 28 14 59
9 Hednesford Town 40 14 12 14 66 64 20 7 6 7 37 34 20 7 6 7 29 30 2 54
10 Tamworth 40 14 12 14 58 58 20 9 5 6 38 26 20 5 7 8 20 32 0 54
11 Stourbridge 40 15 8 17 61 71 20 8 6 6 34 29 20 7 2 11 27 42 -10 53
12 Needham Market 40 12 13 15 66 69 20 6 8 6 35 28 20 6 5 9 31 41 -3 49
13 Stratford Town 40 13 8 19 48 70 20 8 4 8 26 28 20 5 4 11 22 42 -22 47
14 St Ives Town 40 13 8 19 57 90 20 9 3 8 32 47 20 4 5 11 25 43 -33 47
15 Redditch United 40 11 12 17 38 50 20 7 5 8 23 26 20 4 7 9 15 24 -12 45
16 Nuneaton Town 40 11 10 19 51 62 20 4 8 8 21 26 20 7 2 11 30 36 -11 42
17 Hitchin Town 40 11 9 20 47 58 20 8 3 9 27 31 20 3 6 11 20 27 -11 42
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 40 10 12 18 36 59 20 8 2 10 19 29 20 2 10 8 17 30 -23 42
19 Barwell 40 10 11 19 57 78 20 6 5 9 33 37 20 4 6 10 24 41 -21 41
20 Biggleswade Town 40 7 13 20 47 64 20 6 8 6 35 26 20 1 5 14 12 38 -17 34
21 Lowestoft Town 40 9 6 25 49 93 20 6 5 9 27 34 20 3 1 16 22 59 -44 33

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.