Non League Premier: Southern match prediction and preview for Rushall Olympic vs Hitchin Town clash

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dales Lane (1400 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Rushall Olympic fans are optimistic that the difference between 7th and Hitchin Town's 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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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Rushall Olympic form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 13 Non League Premier: Southern games here at Dales Lane for Rushall Olympic. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Happy days for Rushall Olympic in their previous game, a Non League Premier: Southern match away at Redditch United (placed 22nd) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Biggleswade Town in a game that was won 3-2.

Rushall Olympic decided the match against Redditch United in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rushall Olympic as they are travelling to their away game against Coalville Town in the Non League Premier: Southern. That match is three days after this one.

The Rushall Olympic manager N. Kitching has got the team scoring with 29 from 13 home games in the league. Rushall Olympic have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Hitchin Town form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Hitchin Town playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Southern this season.

Hitchin Town delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Needham Market (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Non League Premier: Southern game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Stourbridge with the score of 2-1.

Hitchin Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Hitchin Town have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hitchin Town - Rushall Olympic 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Rushall Olympic, 0 draws and 1 win for Hitchin Town. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Rushall Olympic missing players

Hitchin Town missing players

Rushall Olympic Hitchin Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 6 Played P 2 11 23
12 8 6 Won W 0 3 6
6 2 0 Drew D 2 3 7
7 3 0 Lost L 0 5 10
45 29 23 Scored S 1 13 27
31 15 6 Conceded C 1 20 36
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 91% 91%
88% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 91% 83%
56% 46% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 55% 52%
32% 46% 83% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 30%
20% 38% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 13%
64% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 57%
20% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 26%
20% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 26%
 
5 5.5 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.3 3.3
4.1 5.2 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 3.3 3.4
1.5 1.4 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 1.2 1.3
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
151 79 55 Total Shots T S 12 46 88
68 35 25 Shots on Target S O 6 21 40
35% 40% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 38% 50%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • Hitchin Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hitchin Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Rushall Olympic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hitchin Town have scored away.
  • Rushall Olympic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Bromsgrove Sporting 25 14 6 5 63 30 12 5 4 3 20 13 13 9 2 2 43 17 33 48
2 Tamworth 22 15 2 5 45 20 12 8 1 3 27 12 10 7 1 2 18 8 25 47
3 Peterborough Sports 23 12 6 5 62 36 12 7 4 1 41 18 11 5 2 4 21 18 26 42
4 Coalville Town 23 11 9 3 42 23 10 5 4 1 22 12 13 6 5 2 20 11 19 42
5 Royston Town 22 12 6 4 42 23 11 7 3 1 24 10 11 5 3 3 18 13 19 42
6 Banbury United 25 11 9 5 40 24 12 7 3 2 22 11 13 4 6 3 18 13 16 42
7 Rushall Olympic 25 12 6 7 45 31 13 8 2 3 29 15 12 4 4 4 16 16 14 42
8 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 24 11 6 7 40 39 11 7 1 3 23 19 13 4 5 4 17 20 1 39
9 Hednesford Town 22 12 2 8 38 26 11 7 1 3 21 10 11 5 1 5 17 16 12 38
10 Barwell 25 12 2 11 50 46 13 8 1 4 27 17 12 4 1 7 23 29 4 38
11 Nuneaton Town 25 10 7 8 43 36 13 8 3 2 29 14 12 2 4 6 14 22 7 37
12 Biggleswade Town 23 11 3 9 36 34 11 7 0 4 18 17 12 4 3 5 18 17 2 36
13 Stourbridge 20 10 4 6 37 34 10 5 2 3 17 14 10 5 2 3 20 20 3 34
14 Kings Langley 24 10 4 10 38 38 11 5 2 4 18 15 13 5 2 6 20 23 0 34
15 Needham Market 24 8 8 8 29 28 13 3 6 4 17 18 11 5 2 4 12 10 1 32
16 Lowestoft Town 23 8 2 13 33 47 12 5 2 5 13 13 11 3 0 8 20 34 -14 26
17 Hitchin Town 23 6 7 10 27 36 12 3 4 5 14 16 11 3 3 5 13 20 -9 25
18 Leiston 25 5 5 15 34 77 13 2 3 8 18 39 12 3 2 7 16 38 -43 20
19 Stratford Town 25 5 3 17 31 60 14 5 1 8 24 30 11 0 2 9 7 30 -29 18
20 Alvechurch 21 4 4 13 23 41 9 2 3 4 13 14 12 2 1 9 10 27 -18 16
21 St Ives Town 25 4 4 17 26 54 12 3 2 7 15 28 13 1 2 10 11 26 -28 16
22 Redditch United 24 2 3 19 20 61 12 1 2 9 10 27 12 1 1 10 10 34 -41 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.