Match Preview: Cleethorpes Town v Brighouse Town (Saturday, 2pm)

Brighouse Town make the journey to the Bradley Community Stadium to play Cleethorpes Town on Saturday looking to pick up points to end their four-game losing streak.

Brighouse’s struggles have left them with just one point from their last six Northern Premier League Division One – East matches, while their opponents have earned eight from a possible 18.

Brighouse are 17th in the table after 31 games, of which they have won seven and drawn nine, earning 30 points.

Cleethorpes are three places ahead of Brighouse Town in 14th, with 10 wins and 10 draws putting them on 40 points.

With 42 goals in 31 games so far this season, the away side are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.4 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 63 goals at a rate of 2.0 per game.

Cleethorpes Town are also below average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have also conceded 1.4 goals per game.

In the last five years, Cleethorpes and Brighouse have played each other on five occasions. Cleethorpes won three of them, Brighouse one, and they drew once.

On average, Cleethorpes scored 1.8 goals and Brighouse 1.4 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 11, when they played out a 2-2 draw.

Cleethorpes’s last match was on Monday, a 3-0 loss against Grimsby Borough.

Brighouse lost 5-1 against Winterton Rangers last time out, also on Monday.

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Cleethorpes Town v Brighouse Town
Northern Premier League Division One – East | Bradley Community Stadium
Saturday, 6 April 2024 @ 3.00pm

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