Match Preview: Widnes v Prescot Cables (Friday, 7.45pm)

The Northern Premier League Division One West’s two meanest defences go head-to-head on Friday, when Widnes host Prescot Cables.

No teams have conceded fewer goals than Widnes to date: the home side have let in just 34 goals in 33 games.

Prescot Cables have conceded 36 goals in 34 games, giving them the second tightest back line so far this season.

Prescot Cables are third in the table after 34 games, of which they have won 16 and drawn 11, earning 59 points.

Widnes are four places behind the visitors in seventh, with 15 wins and six draws putting them on 51 points.

In the last 10 years, Widnes and Prescot Cables have played each other on six occasions. Widnes won three of them, Prescot Cables two, and they drew once.

On average, the Whites scored 1.0 goal and Prescot Cables 1.3 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 4, when they played out a 1-1 draw.

The Whites are in good form in the Northern Premier League Division One West, with four wins and a draw from their last six games.

With a win and four draws over that period, Prescot Cables’s form is much worse – they have taken seven points from 18, compared to the home team’s 13.

Widnes’s last match was on April 1, a 2-1 win against Vauxhall Motors.

Prescot Cables drew 1-1 with Hednesford Town last time out, on Saturday.

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Widnes v Prescot Cables
Northern Premier League Division One – West
Friday, 12 April 2024 @ 7.45pm

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