St Ives Town host Stourbridge on Saturday in the Southern League Premier Central.
In their last league match, on April 6, St Ives beat Barwell 4-3 away.
Stourbridge also won, 3-1 at home against Mickleover Sports.
With 81 goals in 39 games so far this season, St Ives are the league’s highest scorers with 2.1 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 65 goals at a rate of 1.7 per game.
Stourbridge, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.
In the last 10 years, St Ives and Stourbridge have played each other on 10 occasions. St Ives won one of them, Stourbridge six, and they drew three times.
On average, St Ives scored 0.9 goals and Stourbridge 2.2 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on December 12, when Stourbridge won 2-0 at home.
Town are in good form in the Southern League Premier Central, with four wins and a draw from their last six games.
With three wins and a draw over that period, the visitors’ form is worse – they have taken 10 points from 18, compared to the home team’s 13.
St Ives are eighth in the table after 39 games, of which they have won 18 and drawn four, earning 58 points.
Stourbridge are six places behind St Ives in 14th, with 13 wins and seven draws putting them on 46 points.
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St Ives Town v Stourbridge
Southern League Premier – Central
Saturday, 13 April 2024 @ 3.00pm
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