Match Preview: Leicester Road v Walsall Wood (Saturday, 3pm)

Walsall Wood travel to Leicester Road on Saturday in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands.

The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten Shepshed Dynamo 3-2 away.

Leicester Road, meanwhile, lost their last match, 2-0 against Harborough Town.

With 46 goals in 28 games so far this season, Leicester Road are scoring more than average in the league with 1.6 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 33 goals at a rate of 1.2 per game.

Walsall Wood are also above average scorers, with 1.6 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 1.5 goals per game.

The hosts are fifth in the table after 28 games, of which they have won 15 and drawn seven, earning 52 points.

The away side are four places behind Leicester Road in ninth, with 12 wins and five draws putting them on 41 points.

Leicester Road are in reasonable form in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, with four wins and two losses from their last six games.

With three wins and two draws over that period, Walsall Wood’s form is slightly worse – they have taken 11 points from 18, compared to the home team’s 12.

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Leicester Road v Walsall Wood
Northern Premier League Division One – Midlands
Saturday, 2 March 2024 @ 3.00pm

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