Clitheroe face a challenge to maintain their high-scoring form at home against a tight Prescot Cables defence on Saturday.
With 52 goals in 32 games, Clitheroe are the joint-third-highest scorers in the Northern Premier League Division One West ahead of the 3pm kick-off at Shawbridge.
They face a Prescot Cables side who have scored 49 in 31 matches, but conceded only 32 goals, putting them top of the league’s tightest defences.
Prescot Cables are second in the table after 31 games, of which they have won 16 and drawn eight, earning 56 points.
Clitheroe are four places behind the away team in sixth, with 13 wins and nine draws putting them on 48 points.
In the last 10 years, Clitheroe and Prescot Cables have played each other on seven occasions. Clitheroe won five of them, Prescot Cables one, and they drew once.
On average, Clitheroe scored 2.0 goals and Prescot Cables 1.1 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on September 12, when Clitheroe won 2-0 away.
The hosts are in mixed form in the Northern Premier League Division One West, with two wins and two draws from their last six games.
With two wins and three draws over that period, Prescot Cables’s form is slightly better – they have taken nine points from 18, compared to Clitheroe’s eight.
Clitheroe’s last match was on March 23, a 1-1 draw against Runcorn Linnets.
Prescot Cables beat Newcastle Town 1-0 last time out, also on March 23.
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Clitheroe v Prescot Cables
Northern Premier League Division One – West | Shawbridge
Saturday, 30 March 2024 @ 3.00pm
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