Match Preview: Sheffield FC v Grimsby Borough (Saturday, 3pm)

Sheffield FC host Grimsby Borough 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 Grimsby side who also won their last match, and have collected the same number of points from the last possible 18.

With 37 goals in 28 games so far this season, Grimsby are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.3 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 38 goals at a rate of 1.4 per game.

Sheffield FC, meanwhile, are 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 14th in the table after 23 games, of which they have won nine and drawn three, earning 30 points.

Borough are four places ahead of Sheffield FC in 10th, with 11 wins and four draws putting them on 37 points.

In the last three years, Sheffield FC and Grimsby have played each other on three occasions. Sheffield FC won one of them and Grimsby the other.

Their last meeting was on October 7, when Grimsby won 4-0 at home.

Sheffield FC’s last match was on February 17, a 2-1 win against Bridlington Town.

Grimsby beat Liversedge 3-1 last time out, on Tuesday.

Sheffield FC v Grimsby Borough
Northern Premier League Division One – East
Saturday, 24 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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