Non League Premier: Southern match preview and statistics: St Ives Town fight Leiston

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: ProEdge Westwood Road (2000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Non League Premier: Southern, with both St Ives Town and Leiston experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 20th and the visitors in 19th place.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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St Ives Town form and stats

St Ives Town's struggle is real here at ProEdge Westwood Road with only 11 points collected from 13 Non League Premier: Southern games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-8. With St Ives Town having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager .

A strong away win for St Ives Town against Coalville Town the last match. Sensational by St Ives Town last match, beating Coalville Town away as big underdogs. Preceding that match was a defeat to Biggleswade Town (0-3).

A late climax in the match against Coalville Town as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Jakob Duhme.

The St Ives Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. St Ives Town are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (31 from 13 played).

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Leiston form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Southern matches, Leiston have produced an overall stat of 4-3-7 so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Barwell game have they lost an away game, meaning Leiston has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Non League Premier: Southern match played at their home ground Victory Road. Leiston suffered a 0-1 loss to Stourbridge (placed 9th). Before that, Leiston travelled to Alvechurch and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Leiston have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Leiston are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 18 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Leiston - St Ives Town 4-4. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (St Ives Town wins - draws - Leiston wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

St Ives Town missing players

Leiston missing players

St Ives Town Leiston
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 5 14 29
5 3 1 Won W 2 4 6
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
19 8 2 Lost L 2 7 16
29 15 6 Scored S 10 18 38
61 31 11 Conceded C 7 39 81
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 93%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 90%
61% 77% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 79% 79%
32% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 57% 55%
18% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 43% 38%
46% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 57% 66%
7% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 21% 10%
46% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 31%
 
2.7 2.5 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 3.8
5.4 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5 4.3
1.2 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.3 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
104 56 7 Total Shots T S 41 102 188
53 29 5 Shots on Target S O 20 47 81
32% 28% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 33%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • All of St Ives Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Leiston has the most conceded goals in the second half (47)
  • Leiston has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
  • Leiston has the most matches over the total-line (23)
  • Leiston have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • St Ives Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • St Ives Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St Ives Town 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 Tamworth 27 18 2 7 53 26 15 10 1 4 31 14 12 8 1 3 22 12 27 56
2 Bromsgrove Sporting 29 16 6 7 72 37 14 6 4 4 27 17 15 10 2 3 45 20 35 54
3 Peterborough Sports 27 15 6 6 74 43 14 8 4 2 45 24 13 7 2 4 29 19 31 51
4 Royston Town 26 15 6 5 50 27 12 8 3 1 25 10 14 7 3 4 25 17 23 51
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 28 14 7 7 49 42 14 9 2 3 31 22 14 5 5 4 18 20 7 49
6 Coalville Town 27 13 9 5 49 29 13 6 4 3 26 18 14 7 5 2 23 11 20 48
7 Nuneaton Town 29 13 7 9 51 38 14 8 3 3 29 15 15 5 4 6 22 23 13 46
8 Rushall Olympic 29 13 7 9 52 40 15 9 2 4 34 20 14 4 5 5 18 20 12 46
9 Stourbridge 25 13 5 7 47 43 13 6 3 4 22 22 12 7 2 3 25 21 4 44
10 Banbury United 28 11 9 8 40 28 14 7 3 4 22 14 14 4 6 4 18 14 12 42
11 Hednesford Town 27 13 3 11 44 36 13 7 1 5 22 15 14 6 2 6 22 21 8 42
12 Kings Langley 27 12 5 10 43 40 14 7 3 4 23 17 13 5 2 6 20 23 3 41
13 Barwell 28 12 4 12 52 51 14 8 1 5 27 20 14 4 3 7 25 31 1 40
14 Biggleswade Town 25 12 3 10 39 35 12 7 0 5 18 18 13 5 3 5 21 17 4 39
15 Needham Market 27 10 8 9 37 34 15 4 6 5 22 24 12 6 2 4 15 10 3 38
16 Hitchin Town 28 8 8 12 39 45 13 4 4 5 17 17 15 4 4 7 22 28 -6 32
17 Lowestoft Town 26 10 2 14 42 49 14 6 2 6 19 15 12 4 0 8 23 34 -7 32
18 Stratford Town 30 7 4 19 39 68 15 5 2 8 27 33 15 2 2 11 12 35 -29 25
19 Leiston 28 6 7 15 38 80 14 2 4 8 20 41 14 4 3 7 18 39 -42 25
20 St Ives Town 28 5 4 19 29 61 13 3 2 8 15 31 15 2 2 11 14 30 -32 19
21 Alvechurch 26 4 5 17 24 50 13 2 4 7 13 20 13 2 1 10 11 30 -26 17
22 Redditch United 29 2 3 24 21 82 14 1 2 11 10 32 15 1 1 13 11 50 -61 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.