Stockton Town host Brighouse Town in Saturday’s match looking to bounce back from defeat last time out in the Northern Premier League Division One East.
Stockton, who sit top of the league after 36 games, fell to a 1-0 away defeat to Winterton Rangers on April 13.
They face a Brighouse side who also lost their last match, a 4-1 defeat to Pontefract Collieries, and who sit 19th in the table.
Stockton are in mixed form in the Northern Premier League Division One East, with two wins and two draws from their last six games.
With no wins and six losses over that period, Brighouse’s form is much worse – they have taken no points from 18, compared to Stockton Town’s eight.
With 70 goals in 36 games so far this season, the hosts are the league’s highest scorers with 1.9 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 28 goals at a rate of 0.8 per game.
Brighouse Town, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.3 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 2.1 goals per game.
In the last five years, Stockton and Brighouse have played each other on five occasions. Stockton won four of them and Brighouse one.
On average, Stockton scored 2.4 goals and Brighouse 1.2 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on November 25, when Stockton won 3-1 away.
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Stockton Town v Brighouse Town
Northern Premier League Division One – East
Saturday, 20 April 2024 @ 3.00pm
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