Open game expected at The Grove: Halesowen Town vs Leiston preview

Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Grove

A key match in Non League Premier: Southern as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 21st position and the visitors placed 13th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Halesowen Town and Leiston.

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Halesowen Town form and stats

4 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Halesowen Town has to build on here at The Grove.

Halesowen Town lost their last game at Lowestoft Town (placed 19th) after a 1-5 scoreline. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Rushall Olympic the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Halesowen Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Halesowen Town as a small favourite), we find one game. Halesowen Town has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0. The match schedule is unforgiving for Halesowen Town as they have a new game in only zero days, a Non League Premier: Southern match thankfully also at home. Leiston are visiting.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Halesowen Town here at The Grove, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 17 games). On the other hand, Halesowen Town have conceded 19 goals.

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Leiston form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Leiston failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Stratford Town (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A loss against St Ives Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Leiston in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Leiston, 9 draws and 8 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Leiston's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 away matches. In the opposite end, Leiston have conceded 27 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Halesowen Town and Leiston have met before this season: Leiston - Halesowen Town 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Halesowen Town won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Leiston has 1 win.

Top Goalscorers

Halesowen Town missing players

Leiston missing players

Halesowen Town Leiston
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 17 Played 18 34
91% 94% Over 0.5 100% 100%
74% 71% Over 1.5 89% 91%
31% 18% Over 2.5 56% 59%
17% 12% Over 3.5 28% 35%
9% 0% Over 4.5 17% 15%
43% 41% Both teams to score 50% 59%
23% 29% Clean Sheet 28% 18%
43% 35% Failed To Score 22% 24%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Kettering Town 35 25 4 6 73 37 17 12 1 4 43 24 18 13 3 2 30 13 36 79
2 Stourbridge 35 21 8 6 70 30 18 14 3 1 44 13 17 7 5 5 26 17 40 71
3 King's Lynn Town 35 18 10 7 65 36 18 10 6 2 34 16 17 8 4 5 31 20 29 64
4 Stratford Town 35 18 9 8 45 36 17 11 2 4 25 17 18 7 7 4 20 19 9 63
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 35 15 12 8 57 39 18 9 8 1 32 18 17 6 4 7 25 21 18 57
6 Alvechurch 33 16 8 9 47 40 16 9 4 3 25 17 17 7 4 6 22 23 7 56
7 Biggleswade Town 35 15 10 10 54 44 18 10 4 4 27 15 17 5 6 6 27 29 10 55
8 Coalville Town 32 16 6 10 62 51 17 8 6 3 34 22 15 8 0 7 28 29 11 54
9 Royston Town 34 14 6 14 49 42 17 6 3 8 27 25 17 8 3 6 22 17 7 48
10 Tamworth 35 12 11 12 54 41 18 6 5 7 30 22 17 6 6 5 24 19 13 47
11 Rushall Olympic 35 12 10 13 44 43 18 5 7 6 23 23 17 7 3 7 21 20 1 46
12 St Ives Town 35 12 10 13 32 36 17 4 6 7 13 19 18 8 4 6 19 17 -4 46
13 Leiston 34 12 9 13 52 55 18 7 3 8 27 28 16 5 6 5 25 27 -3 45
14 Needham Market 35 13 6 16 58 62 17 6 4 7 29 31 18 7 2 9 29 31 -4 45
15 Banbury United 35 11 11 13 44 49 17 9 5 3 29 16 18 2 6 10 15 33 -5 44
16 Hitchin Town 34 11 6 17 40 56 16 8 2 6 24 16 18 3 4 11 16 40 -16 39
17 Redditch United 35 11 6 18 52 71 17 7 3 7 30 31 18 4 3 11 22 40 -19 39
18 Barwell 34 9 11 14 44 48 17 3 7 7 23 22 17 6 4 7 21 26 -4 38
19 Lowestoft Town 35 9 9 17 37 51 17 7 3 7 20 18 18 2 6 10 17 33 -14 36
20 St Neots Town 34 8 7 19 26 55 17 5 3 9 14 23 17 3 4 10 12 32 -29 31
21 Halesowen Town 35 5 12 18 23 57 17 4 7 6 14 19 18 1 5 12 9 38 -34 27
22 Lewes 9 7 0 2 18 7 4 3 0 1 10 5 5 4 0 1 8 2 11 21
22 Bedworth United 35 2 9 24 26 75 18 1 3 14 12 40 17 1 6 10 14 35 -49 15
23 Dorking Wanderers 8 5 2 1 14 6 3 3 0 0 9 2 5 2 2 1 5 4 8 17
23 Basingstoke Town 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
24 Worthing 8 5 1 2 16 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 4 0 1 12 6 6 16
24 Hartley Wintney 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
25 Corinthian-Casuals 9 5 1 3 11 15 5 3 1 1 8 8 4 2 0 2 3 7 -4 16
25 Taunton Town 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
26 Bishop's Stortford 7 4 2 1 17 12 4 3 1 0 11 5 3 1 1 1 6 7 5 14
26 Walton Casuals 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
27 Farnborough 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
28 Hendon 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
29 Merstham 8 3 4 1 10 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 13
29 Salisbury 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
30 Tonbridge Angels 9 4 1 4 13 14 5 2 0 3 8 9 4 2 1 1 5 5 -1 13
30 Gosport Borough 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
31 Bognor Regis Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
32 Dorchester Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
33 Enfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 Carshalton Athletic 8 4 0 4 13 12 3 2 0 1 4 2 5 2 0 3 9 10 1 12
34 Haringey Borough 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
34 Margate 8 3 3 2 5 4 5 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 12
35 Kingstonian 7 3 2 2 19 8 3 2 1 0 12 2 4 1 1 2 7 6 11 11
35 Kings Langley 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
36 Leatherhead 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
37 Potters Bar Town 8 3 1 4 11 14 3 2 1 0 7 4 5 1 0 4 4 10 -3 10
37 Merthyr Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
38 Brightlingsea Regent 9 2 3 4 6 10 4 0 0 4 0 6 5 2 3 0 6 4 -4 9
38 Metropolitan Police FC 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
39 Wingate & Finchley 8 3 0 5 6 13 3 1 0 2 1 5 5 2 0 3 5 8 -7 9
39 Tiverton Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
40 AFC Hornchurch 7 2 2 3 9 10 4 1 1 2 6 9 3 1 1 1 3 1 -1 8
40 Weymouth 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
41 Harlow Town 8 2 1 5 6 16 3 0 0 3 0 6 5 2 1 2 6 10 -10 7
41 Beaconsfield Town 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
42 Frome Town 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
43 Whitehawk 8 1 2 5 7 17 3 0 2 1 2 3 5 1 0 4 5 14 -10 5
43 Harrow Borough 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
44 Burgess Hill Town 8 1 2 5 7 22 5 1 1 3 5 9 3 0 1 2 2 13 -15 5
44 Poole Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
45 Staines Town 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
46 Wimborne Town 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
47 Swindon Supermarine 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
48 Chesham United 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
52 Folkestone Invicta 7 1 0 6 10 19 3 0 0 3 4 7 4 1 0 3 6 12 -9 3

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