Match Preview: Anstey Nomads v Walsall Wood (Saturday, 3pm)

Anstey Nomads host Walsall Wood in Saturday’s match looking to bounce back from defeat last time out in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands.

Anstey Nomads, who sit third in the league after 26 games, fell to a 2-1 home defeat to Cambridge City on February 10.

They face a Walsall Wood side who also lost their last match, a 2-1 defeat to Loughborough Dynamo, and who sit ninth in the table.

With 61 goals in 26 games so far this season, Anstey Nomads are the league’s highest scorers with 2.3 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 29 goals at a rate of 1.1 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.

In the last three years, Anstey Nomads and Walsall Wood have played each other on three occasions. they drew all of them.

Their last meeting was on September 30, when they played out a 2-2 draw.

The hosts are in reasonable form in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, with three wins and two draws from their last six games.

And also with three wins and two draws over that period, the away side’s form is identical – they have both taken 11 points from 18.

Anstey Nomads v Walsall Wood
Northern Premier League Division One – Midlands
Saturday, 17 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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