Runcorn Linnets travel to Stalybridge Celtic on Saturday in the Northern Premier League Division One West.
The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten Clitheroe 5-1 at home.
Stalybridge Celtic, meanwhile, drew their last match, 1-1 against Widnes.
With 44 goals in 26 games so far this season, Runcorn Linnets are the league’s joint-second-highest scorers with 1.7 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 29 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.
Stalybridge Celtic, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.
The visitors are third in the table after 26 games, of which they have won 14 and drawn four, earning 46 points.
The home team are two places behind Runcorn Linnets in fifth, with 10 wins and 10 draws putting them on 40 points.
Stalybridge Celtic are in mixed form in the Northern Premier League Division One West, with one win and four draws from their last six games.
With three wins and a draw over that period, Runcorn Linnets’s form is better – they have taken 10 points from 18, compared to Stalybridge Celtic’s seven.
Over the last two years, Stalybridge Celtic and Runcorn Linnets have played each other twice. Runcorn Linnets won both of them.
Their last meeting was on September 30, when Runcorn Linnets won 1-0 at home.
Stalybridge Celtic v Runcorn Linnets
Northern Premier League Division One – West | Bower Fold
Saturday, 17 February 2024 @ 3.00pm
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