Match Preview: Pontefract Collieries v Sheffield FC (Saturday, 3pm)

Sheffield FC visit Pontefract Collieries on Saturday on the back of three consecutive wins in the Northern Premier League Division One East.

Sheffield FC have picked up 10 points from their last six games, and they face a Pontefract Collieries side who lost their last match, and have collected nine points from the last possible 18.

With 42 goals in 25 games so far this season, Pontefract Collieries are scoring more than average in the league with 1.7 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 29 goals at a rate of 1.2 per game.

Sheffield FC are also above average scorers, with 1.7 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have also conceded 1.7 goals per game.

The hosts are sixth in the table after 25 games, of which they have won 12 and drawn seven, earning 43 points.

The away team are eight places behind Pontefract Collieries in 14th, with nine wins and three draws putting them on 30 points.

In the last five years, Pontefract Collieries and Sheffield FC have played each other on five occasions. Pontefract Collieries won one of them, Sheffield FC two, and they drew twice.

On average, Pontefract Collieries scored 1.6 goals and Sheffield FC 2.4 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on October 14, when Pontefract Collieries won 2-1 away.

Pontefract Collieries’s last match was on February 24, a 2-0 loss against Dunston UTS.

Sheffield FC beat Bridlington Town 2-1 last time out, on February 17.

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Pontefract Collieries v Sheffield FC
Northern Premier League Division One – East
Saturday, 2 March 2024 @ 3.00pm

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