Leek Town host Bootle in Saturday’s match at Harrison Park looking to bounce back from defeat last time out in the Northern Premier League Division One West.
Leek, who sit top of the league after 35 games, fell to a 2-1 away defeat to Avro on April 6.
They face a Bootle side who picked up a win in their last match, a 5-1 victory against 1874 Northwich, and who sit fourth in the table.
With 81 goals in 35 games so far this season, Leek are the league’s highest scorers with 2.3 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 37 goals at a rate of 1.1 per game.
Bootle are also above average scorers, with 1.6 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.
Town are in good form in the Northern Premier League Division One West, with four wins and a draw from their last six games.
With three wins and two draws over that period, the visitors’ form is slightly worse – they have taken 11 points from 18, compared to the home team’s 13.
In the last five years, Leek and Bootle have played each other on five occasions. Leek won four of them and Bootle one.
On average, Leek scored 2.6 goals and Bootle 1.0 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on November 4, when Bootle won 2-0 at home.
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Leek Town v Bootle
Northern Premier League Division One – West | Harrison Park
Saturday, 13 April 2024 @ 3.00pm
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