Non League Premier: Southern South match preview: North Leigh against Merthyr Town

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern South
Competition: Tue 11.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Eynsham Hall Park (426 seats)

North Leigh want to fill the stadium for this game even though the season has been grim so far with 8 points and a 16th position in the Non League Premier: Southern South table. Visiting Merthyr Town have 12th place with 13 pts.

Insights:
  • North Leigh have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • Merthyr Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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North Leigh form and stats

North Leigh have collected 5 points from their Non League Premier: Southern South home games so far after 1-2-2.

The home followers saw a 3-3 draw versus Tiverton Town in the Fa Trophy last time out and are hoping for a victory here. At last, a league victory after five games without one.

Ahead of that match, North won a home game hosting Hanwell Town (2-0).

Sports bettors who like looking for low-scoring games might like to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Salisbury are coming to town in four days.

A decent goal production from North Leigh in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches.

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Merthyr Town form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Merthyr Town playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Southern South this season.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Fa Trophy home loss versus AFC Totton with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Before that, the FA Cup win away at Gloucester City. Merthyr Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Folkestone Invicta in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Merthyr have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Merthyr Town have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): North Leigh one win, two draws and Merthyr Town three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

North Leigh missing players

Merthyr Town missing players

North Leigh Merthyr Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 9
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
6 2 1 Lost L 0 2 4
11 8 1 Scored S 1 6 15
16 10 3 Conceded C 0 6 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 89%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 78%
30% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 67%
20% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 33%
20% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 22%
40% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 67%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 33%
40% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 3.5
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 8.5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 3
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 1.5
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 67%
 
8.5 8.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 10.5
4.5 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern South this season:
  • All of North Leigh's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Merthyr Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Merthyr Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • North Leigh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • North Leigh have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Non League Premier: Southern South
  • North Leigh have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • North Leigh 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 Truro City 10 7 3 0 20 6 5 3 2 0 10 2 5 4 1 0 10 4 14 24
2 Weston-super-Mare 9 7 2 0 26 7 4 4 0 0 16 3 5 3 2 0 10 4 19 23
3 Chesham United 10 6 3 1 16 7 6 5 1 0 11 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 9 21
4 Hanwell Town 10 5 2 3 13 12 5 3 0 2 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 7 1 17
5 Poole Town 9 5 1 3 19 12 4 1 0 3 9 9 5 4 1 0 10 3 7 16
6 Swindon Supermarine 9 5 1 3 20 15 5 4 1 0 14 7 4 1 0 3 6 8 5 16
7 Dorchester Town 10 5 1 4 17 17 5 4 0 1 13 8 5 1 1 3 4 9 0 16
8 Gosport Borough 10 5 0 5 18 15 5 4 0 1 14 6 5 1 0 4 4 9 3 15
9 Salisbury 9 5 0 4 14 12 5 3 0 2 7 7 4 2 0 2 7 5 2 15
10 Hayes & Yeading United 9 4 3 2 11 9 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 15
11 Tiverton Town 10 4 3 3 15 15 5 2 3 0 9 6 5 2 0 3 6 9 0 15
12 Merthyr Town 9 4 1 4 15 13 4 2 0 2 9 7 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 13
13 Metropolitan Police FC 8 4 1 3 15 14 2 1 0 1 4 4 6 3 1 2 11 10 1 13
14 Bracknell Town 8 3 3 2 14 12 4 1 2 1 7 7 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 12
15 Beaconsfield Town 11 3 3 5 15 19 6 2 1 3 7 9 5 1 2 2 8 10 -4 12
16 North Leigh 10 2 2 6 11 16 5 1 2 2 8 10 5 1 0 4 3 6 -5 8
17 Harrow Borough 10 2 2 6 10 22 5 1 1 3 4 7 5 1 1 3 6 15 -12 8
18 Winchester City 8 1 3 4 10 17 5 0 2 3 3 9 3 1 1 1 7 8 -7 6
19 Hartley Wintney 9 1 2 6 10 17 5 0 2 3 5 10 4 1 0 3 5 7 -7 5
20 Hendon 9 1 2 6 8 17 4 0 1 3 2 6 5 1 1 3 6 11 -9 5
21 Plymouth Parkway 8 1 2 5 13 23 4 1 1 2 6 8 4 0 1 3 7 15 -10 5
22 Yate Town 9 1 2 6 11 24 4 0 1 3 3 9 5 1 1 3 8 15 -13 5