St Ives Town host Alvechurch on Saturday in the Southern League Premier Central.
In their last league match, on April 20, St Ives lost to Halesowen Town 4-3 away.
Alvechurch also lost, 2-1 away at Coalville Town on April 13.
With 88 goals in 41 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 70 goals at a rate of 1.7 per game.
Alvechurch, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.3 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 1.7 goals per game.
In the last 10 years, St Ives and Alvechurch have played each other on eight occasions. St Ives won three of them, Alvechurch four, and they drew once.
On average, St Ives scored 1.4 goals and Alvechurch 1.5 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on March 9, when St Ives won 4-1 away.
The away team are 17th in the table after 38 games, of which they have won 12 and drawn nine, earning 45 points.
Town are nine places ahead of Alvechurch in eighth, with 19 wins and four draws putting them on 61 points.
The hosts are in reasonable form in the Southern League Premier Central, with four wins and two losses from their last six games.
With two wins and four losses over that period, Alvechurch’s form is much worse – they have taken six points from 18, compared to St Ives’s 12.
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St Ives Town v Alvechurch
Southern League Premier – Central
Saturday, 27 April 2024 @ 3.00pm
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