Non League has been back for just 7 days but already 302 of the 19,060 scheduled fixtures have been played.
Steps 1, 2 and 3 start on Saturday 6th, but until then Steps 5 and 6 keep hold of the limelight.
Here's you league leaders at this very early stage:
Step 5
League Team Pl Pts
5 CCL (PN)Wallingford & Crowmarsh 1 1
5 CCL (PS) Colliers Wood United 1 3
5 ECFL (P) Woodbridge Town 2 6
5 ESL Athletic Newham 1 3
5 HFL (P) Bradford Town 1 3
5 NWCL (P)Barnoldswick Town 2 6
5 NCEL (P) Eccleshill United 1 3
5 NOR (1) Bishop Auckland 2 6
5 SCFL (P) Broadbridge Heath 2 6
5 SCEL (P) Punjab United 1 3
5 SSML (P)Leighton Town 1 3
5 UCL (N) Heanor Town 2 6
5 UCL (S) March Town United 2 6
5 WXL (P) Bemerton Heath Harlequins 1 3
5 WFL (P) Bridgwater United 2 6
Step 6
League Team Pl Pts
6 ECFL (1S) Stanway Pegasus 2 6
6 NWCL (1N) Pilkington 2 6
6 NWCL (1S) Eccleshall 2 6
6 NCEL (1) Staveley MW 2 6
6 NOR (2) Prudhoe Youth 2 6
6 SWPL (W) Callington Town 1 1
6 UCL (1) Radford 2 6
6 WXL (1) Andover New Street 1 3
6 WFL (1) Bishop Sutton 2 6
79 games have seen 5 goals or more in the first week, attacks definitely on top! Only 9 0-0 draws have been played out so far. Not that 0-0 defines a dull game, it's just that goals tend to liven them up, be it a late winner or equaliser. Generally, goals means more entertainment. It does seem that Non League will not be disappointing in this department again with a first week average of 3.41 goals per game. Step 5 averages 3.29 while Step 6 3.63 goals per game. Out of the leagues that have had a complete round of fixtures, if you want goals, head to the North West Counties Division 1 North, averaging 4.33 goals every game! However, cross the Pennines to the Northern Counties East Premier and it's a miserly 2.5 goals per game here so far!
Staying with the Northern Counties East Premier, this league is also the early season leader in competitiveness, an average of only 1.1 goal difference per fixture with no games have a winner by my than 2 clear goals. Interestingly, the league's Division 1 is the least competitive! The 1st 12 fixtures averaging a 2.167 goal difference. The Eastern Counties Division 1 South is the only league to have a 7 goal winning margin so far:
30 Jul 2022 - 7 : 0 : Stanway Pegasus v Sporting Bengal United
Curiously, this league also has the most drawn games so far, 6. Of course, these early season stats are skewed depending on how the fixtures have come out, last year's top v bottom or 2 mid table sides? Time will only tell.
Talking of goals, here are the early sharpshooters at Step 5 and Step 6 respectively:
Some quick fire stats now:
Most common result currently is:
Step 5 - 1-0
Step 6 - 1-1
7 matches (6 at Step 5 and 1 at Step 6) have witnessed 8 goals or more, with 1 game having 9 goals:
Step 5:
02 Aug 2022 - 5 : 4 : Tow Law Town v Redcar Athletic 9 goals
Step 6:
30 Jul 2022 - 6 : 2 : Staveley MW v Parkgate 8 goals
The highest scoring draw is currently:
02 Aug 2022 - 4 : 4 : Quorn v Leicester Nirvana
Only 1 team has managed to hit the net 7 times away from home, at Step 5:
02 Aug 2022 - 1 : 7 : Blackfield & Langley v Bemerton Heath Harlequins
at Step 6, 1 team has managed 6 goals away from home:
30 Jul 2022 - 0 : 6 : Rainworth Miners Welfare v Aylestone Park
Did your team feature this week? If not, check back for the next summary.
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