Football betting preview: Hitchin Town vs Leiston

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Non League Premier: Southern, Hitchin Town holding 17th place and Leiston lying 21st. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Hitchin Town and Leiston should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Hitchin Town form and stats

3-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Southern numbers at home for Hitchin Town so far this season.

Hitchin Town lost their last game at Hednesford Town (placed 4th) after a 2-4 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Lowestoft Town that was lost 1-3.

A goal frenzy last time out for Hitchin Town, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Hednesford Town. Fun stuff to watch!

The Hitchin Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hitchin Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Leiston form and stats

Leiston, who have the most conceded goals (71) in Non League Premier: Southern, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Southern, after 2-1-7 (10 played).

The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Non League Premier: Southern match played at their home ground Victory Road. Leiston suffered a 2-4 loss to Peterborough Sports (placed 5th). Prior to that result Leiston won their away game at Redditch United. The scoreline was 6-0.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Leiston, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Leiston are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Leiston can't defend away. 36 goals have been scored by the opposition in 10 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Hitchin Town and Leiston have met before this season: Leiston - Hitchin Town 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Hitchin Town 1 win, 1 draw and Leiston 1 victory. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Hitchin Town missing players

Leiston missing players

Hitchin Town Leiston
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 3
6 3 0 Drew D 0 1 4
8 4 2 Lost L 2 7 14
25 14 4 Scored S 8 12 26
32 15 5 Conceded C 8 36 71
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
89% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 95%
58% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 86%
37% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 70% 62%
16% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 60% 48%
63% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 62%
26% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 10%
16% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
3 2.6 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 4.1
3.3 3.3 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.9 4.6
1.3 1.3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
69 33 15 Total Shots T S 31 70 150
31 15 9 Shots on Target S O 16 34 68
65% 80% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 32% 31%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • Hitchin Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hitchin Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leiston has the most conceded goals (36) away
  • Leiston has the most conceded goals (71)
  • Leiston has the most conceded goals in the first half (27)
  • Leiston has the most conceded goals in the second half (44)
  • Leiston has the most matches over the total-line (18)
  • Leiston has the the worst goal difference (-24) away
  • Leiston has the the worst goal difference (-45)
  • Leiston have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Leiston have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 18 13 1 4 36 16 10 7 0 3 21 9 8 6 1 1 15 7 20 40
2 Bromsgrove Sporting 20 10 5 5 50 26 9 3 3 3 15 12 11 7 2 2 35 14 24 35
3 Banbury United 21 9 8 4 28 18 10 5 3 2 13 9 11 4 5 2 15 9 10 35
4 Hednesford Town 17 10 2 5 35 21 8 6 1 1 20 6 9 4 1 4 15 15 14 32
5 Peterborough Sports 17 9 4 4 50 26 10 6 3 1 35 13 7 3 1 3 15 13 24 31
6 Coalville Town 17 8 7 2 33 19 7 4 3 0 16 8 10 4 4 2 17 11 14 31
7 Nuneaton Town 20 9 4 7 34 29 10 7 1 2 23 12 10 2 3 5 11 17 5 31
8 Rushall Olympic 19 8 6 5 36 24 9 6 2 1 25 9 10 2 4 4 11 15 12 30
9 Royston Town 18 8 6 4 32 21 9 5 3 1 16 8 9 3 3 3 16 13 11 30
10 Barwell 19 9 2 8 38 32 10 5 1 4 21 15 9 4 1 4 17 17 6 29
11 Biggleswade Town 17 9 2 6 26 24 8 6 0 2 13 11 9 3 2 4 13 13 2 29
12 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 20 8 5 7 30 33 10 6 1 3 20 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -3 29
13 Needham Market 20 7 6 7 26 25 11 2 5 4 15 17 9 5 1 3 11 8 1 27
14 Kings Langley 20 8 3 9 33 35 8 4 1 3 14 12 12 4 2 6 19 23 -2 27
15 Stourbridge 15 7 4 4 30 26 8 4 2 2 15 12 7 3 2 2 15 14 4 25
16 Lowestoft Town 19 7 2 10 26 34 10 5 2 3 12 8 9 2 0 7 14 26 -8 23
17 Hitchin Town 19 5 6 8 25 32 10 3 3 4 14 15 9 2 3 4 11 17 -7 21
18 Stratford Town 20 5 3 12 29 49 12 5 1 6 22 26 8 0 2 6 7 23 -20 18
19 St Ives Town 20 4 3 13 20 37 10 3 2 5 10 19 10 1 1 8 10 18 -17 15
20 Alvechurch 17 3 4 10 18 32 7 2 3 2 12 9 10 1 1 8 6 23 -14 13
21 Leiston 21 3 4 14 26 71 11 1 3 7 14 35 10 2 1 7 12 36 -45 13
22 Redditch United 18 2 3 13 15 46 9 1 2 6 8 19 9 1 1 7 7 27 -31 9

Read more about Non League Premier: Southern

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.