Match Preview :- Stourbridge - Saturday September 9th, 2017 (15:00:00)

On Saturday, Celtic host Stourbridge in the league. Stourbridge are currently fourth in the league, twenty places and thirteen points ahead of Celtic who are bottom. Last season, they finished third, losing out in the play-offs. There will be a match centre and Twitter feed for the game.

This season, they have started well, having won all three of their away games, most recently beating Rushall Olympic away (2-1), but have also beaten Whitby and Coalville Town. At home, they are less impressive, having drawn their opening two to Matlock and Nantwich and losing to Marine, though they did win their most recent match 2-0 at home to Hednesford.

Last season, in Luke Benbow, they had the league's top scorer, with thirty-two goals. With a total goal haul of eighty-four. Jordan Archer is this year's hitman, with six goals so far to his name, putting him third in the overall goal scorers for the league. Of their ten goals scored this season, nine have been in the first half, and four in the opening ten minutes. Defensively, they have conceded two of their six goals in the opening five minutes, and again all bar one in the first half. They are scoring at a rate of 1.5 goals per game (two per game away) and conceding at a rate of 0.8 goals per game (0.7 away).

In their last match, the 2-0 home win over Hednesford Town, Stourbridge lined up as:
1. Matt Gould
2. Aris Chrisophorou
3. Darryl Westlake
4. Paul McCone
5. Jack Duggan
6. Aaron Forde
7. Matt Dodd
8. Leon Broadhurst
9. Jordan Archer
10. Ryan Rowe
11. Josh Green

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

If Celtic can attack like they did against Farsley we have a chance, but every lapse at the back was punished against Farsley, cutting out the lapses while still producing the kind of attacking play against Farsley is the aim, so Steve Burr will have his work cut out. We are now five points from safety at the bottom, and cannot afford to let the gap continue to increase.

Other matches this weekend:
Buxton (12pts 6th) v Mickleover Sports (8pts 18th) (Friday)
Ashton United (11pts 10th) v Halesowen Town (4pts 23rd)
Barwell (11pts 8th) v Altrincham (10pts 12th)
Grantham Town (12pts 5th) v Workington (7pts 20th)
Hednesford Town (8pts 17th) v Sutton Coldfield Town (7pts 21st)
Lancaster City (10pts 11th) v Shaw Lane (15pts 1st)
Marine (10pts 13th) v Coalville Town (9pts 15th)
Matlock Town (8pts 16th) v Whitby Town (7pts 19th)
Rushall Olympic (4pts 22nd) v Nantwich Town (9pts 14th)
Stafford Rangers (11pts 9th) v Witton Albion (12pts 7th)
Warrington Town (14pts 2nd) v Farsley Celtic (14pts 3rd)

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