Match Preview :- Buxton - Tuesday September 12th, 2017 (19:45:00)

On Tuesday, Celtic host Buxton for the first time since 1991. Buxton are currently ninth in the league on twelve points, thirteen places and six points ahead of Celtic. There will be a match centre and Twitter Feed for this match.

Buxton finished last season in seventh place, just three points off the play-off spots, after twenty-two wins and twelve draws. Their top scorer was Bradley Johnson, whose twenty goals put him seventh overall in the league's Golden Boot league. This season, their away form has been far better than their home form. At home, they've played four, won one, whilst away they have player four and lost one (Witton Albion, 1-0). They have scored three goals at home, and ten on the road. Liam Hardy is looking set to be their danger man, with eight of their thirteen goals. They are scoring at a rate of 1.75 goals per game (2.75 per game away from home), whilst conceding 1.4 goals per game (one per game away from home). They have not kept a clean sheet this season, and failed to score only once away from home (Witton, their first away game).

In their last match, the 2-0 home defeat to Mickleover Sports (notable for both sides having former Celtic keepers, Jan Budtz and Lewis King), they lined up as:
1. Jan Budtz
2. Josh Meade
3. Andy McWilliams
4. Luke Hinsley
5. Joe Maguire
6. Greg Young
7. Niall Doran
8. Brad Abbott
9. Alpha Kaba
10. Liam Hardy
11. Curtis Morison

In Celtic's last match, the 3-1 home win over Stourbridge, Celtic lined up as:
1. Joe Slinn
2. Danny Morton
3. Lee Neville
4. Tom Brown
5. Lee Ashworth
6. Alex Honeyball
7. Aidan Chippendale
8. Oli Roberts
9. Liam Dickinson
10. Sebastian Julien
11. Theo Bailey-Jones

Celtic's last win was a much needed boost, with everything coming together. Another win could see Celtic lifted out of the bottom four, up as high as the giddy heights of nineteenth. Buxton's away record is impressive, Liam Hardy especially so. In every game they have been winning at half time, they have gone on to win, otherwise, they've lost.

Other games this week:
Stourbridge (14pts 6th) v Barwell (11pts 12th) – Monday
Ashton United (11pts 15th) v Lancaster City (13pts 7th)
Coalville Town (12pts 11th) v Hednesford Town (11pts 13th)
Farsley Celtic (14pts 5th) v Grantham Town (15pts 2nd)
Halesowen Town (4pts 23rd) v Witton Albion (15pts 3rd)
Matlock Town (19pts 8th) v Mickleover Sports (16pts 11th)
Nantwich Town (12pts 10th) v Marine (10pts 18th)
Rushall Olympic (4pts 24th) v Sutton Coldfield Town (7pts 21st)
Warrington Town (17pts 1st) v Stafford Rangers (11pts 14th)
Whitby Town (10pts 17th) v Shaw Lane (15pts 4th)
Workington (7pts 20th) v Altrincham (13pts 8th)

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