Evenly matched teams: Lowestoft Town vs Hednesford Town match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Meadow (2250 seats)

Lowestoft Town hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 23 points and a 16th position in the Non League Premier: Southern table. Visiting Hednesford Town holds 10th place with 35 pts.

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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Lowestoft Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Non League Premier: Southern, Lowestoft Town have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

In their previous game, the manager A. Gallagher led his Lowestoft Town to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Southern match away at Royston Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Crown Meadow. Preceding that match was the home game against Leiston that was lost 1-3.

Lowestoft Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lowestoft Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lowestoft Town as a small favourite), we find ten games. Lowestoft Town has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 6.

Lowestoft Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. Lowestoft 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.

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Hednesford Town form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Southern. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Hednesford Town are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

D. Glover was the last player to score for the away team. Hednesford Town haven't scored a league goal in the last 200 minutes.

The manager D. Glover was unhappy after their last game, a Non League Premier: Southern match played at their home ground Keys Park. Hednesford Town suffered a 0-3 loss to Tamworth (placed 1st). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rushall Olympic wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hednesford Town playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 2 Hednesford Town wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Hednesford Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hednesford Town have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Hednesford Town - Lowestoft Town 2-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 0 - 2 - 3 (Lowestoft Town wins - draws - Hednesford Town wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Lowestoft Town missing players

Hednesford Town missing players

Lowestoft Town Hednesford Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 2 10 20
7 5 2 Won W 1 4 11
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
12 4 0 Lost L 1 5 7
28 13 5 Scored S 4 15 36
43 11 3 Conceded C 4 16 25
90% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 55% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 75%
71% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
48% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 30%
29% 9% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 20%
57% 36% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 35%
24% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 40%
29% 45% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 25%
 
4.1 3 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.8 4.8
3.3 1.9 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 1 1.8 2.8
1.2 1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.8
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
111 43 25 Total Shots T S 0 73 194
49 20 15 Shots on Target S O 0 31 83
43% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 35%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • Hednesford Town has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Hednesford Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Hednesford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lowestoft Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 20 14 2 4 42 19 11 7 1 3 24 12 9 7 1 1 18 7 23 44
2 Bromsgrove Sporting 23 12 6 5 58 28 11 4 4 3 19 13 12 8 2 2 39 15 30 42
3 Peterborough Sports 20 11 5 4 58 32 12 7 4 1 41 18 8 4 1 3 17 14 26 38
4 Coalville Town 21 10 8 3 40 22 9 5 3 1 21 11 12 5 5 2 19 11 18 38
5 Banbury United 23 10 8 5 34 20 11 6 3 2 18 9 12 4 5 3 16 11 14 38
6 Royston Town 20 10 6 4 38 22 10 6 3 1 21 9 10 4 3 3 17 13 16 36
7 Rushall Olympic 22 10 6 6 39 27 11 7 2 2 26 11 11 3 4 4 13 16 12 36
8 Nuneaton Town 23 10 6 7 41 32 12 8 2 2 27 12 11 2 4 5 14 20 9 36
9 Biggleswade Town 21 11 3 7 32 27 10 7 0 3 16 13 11 4 3 4 16 14 5 36
10 Hednesford Town 20 11 2 7 36 25 10 7 1 2 21 9 10 4 1 5 15 16 11 35
11 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 22 9 6 7 34 36 10 6 1 3 20 18 12 3 5 4 14 18 -2 33
12 Barwell 22 10 2 10 45 42 11 6 1 4 23 16 11 4 1 6 22 26 3 32
13 Stourbridge 18 9 4 5 34 31 9 5 2 2 16 12 9 4 2 3 18 19 3 31
14 Kings Langley 22 9 3 10 34 36 9 4 1 4 14 13 13 5 2 6 20 23 -2 30
15 Needham Market 22 7 7 8 28 28 12 2 6 4 16 18 10 5 1 4 12 10 0 28
16 Lowestoft Town 21 7 2 12 28 42 11 5 2 4 13 11 10 2 0 8 15 31 -14 23
17 Hitchin Town 21 5 6 10 25 35 11 3 3 5 14 16 10 2 3 5 11 19 -10 21
18 Leiston 23 5 4 14 31 73 12 2 3 7 16 36 11 3 1 7 15 37 -42 19
19 Stratford Town 23 5 3 15 30 57 13 5 1 7 23 28 10 0 2 8 7 29 -27 18
20 Alvechurch 19 4 4 11 22 38 8 2 3 3 13 13 11 2 1 8 9 25 -16 16
21 St Ives Town 23 4 4 15 24 46 11 3 2 6 13 23 12 1 2 9 11 23 -22 16
22 Redditch United 21 2 3 16 17 52 11 1 2 8 10 24 10 1 1 8 7 28 -35 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.