Match Preview: Prescot Cables v Hanley Town (Saturday, 3pm)

Prescot Cables host Hanley Town on Saturday at Valerie Park in the Northern Premier League Division One West.

In their last league match, on Tuesday, Prescot Cables drew with Leek Town 0-0 at home.

Hanley lost, 3-0 away at Nantwich Town on February 6.

Prescot Cables are second in the table after 26 games, of which they have won 14 and drawn six, earning 48 points.

Hanley are 14 places behind the home side in 16th, with eight wins and six draws putting them on 30 points.

With 23 goals in 25 games so far this season, Town are the league’s second-lowest scorers with 0.9 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 32 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.

Prescot Cables, meanwhile, are above average scorers, with 1.7 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.0 goal per game.

Prescot Cables are in reasonable form in the Northern Premier League Division One West, with three wins and two draws from their last six games.

With a win and three draws over that period, the visitors’ form is worse – they have taken six points from 18, compared to the hosts’ 11.

In the last three years, Prescot Cables and Hanley have played each other on three occasions. Prescot Cables won all of them.

Their last meeting was on September 30, when Prescot Cables won 3-0 away.

Prescot Cables v Hanley Town
Northern Premier League Division One – West | Valerie Park
Saturday, 17 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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