3 months into the season and some leagues are much further on than others.
Step 6 - Northern League has completed 36% (151 out of 420 matches) of it's campaign whilst the Eastern Counties Division 1 North is sat at 20.2% completion (85 out of 420).
Step 5 - Again, the Northern League is getting ahead of the weather with 29.2% (111 out of 380) of the matches played yet the Spartan South Midland and Combined Counties North have only seen 17.9% of the season's action so far (both 68 out of 380).
Step 4 is much more even with the leagues sat between 14.2% and 21.3% completed, with the North as expected further through the season.
Steps 1 to 3 are all sat between 20.6% and 25.5% though more Cup action is to be seen for a lot of these clubs as the Trophy and FA Cup now using predominantly teams from these leagues.
Now a more detailed look at Step 6
Which leagues have the great home advantage?
% of points won by Home team
57.2 Northern Football League Div Two
54.8 South West Peninsula Premier West
54.1 Southern Counties East Div One
53.4 Spartan South Midlands Div One
53.0 Hellenic Football League Div One
52.4 Eastern Counties Div One South
52.3 Wessex Division One
51.3 South West Peninsula Premier East
51.3 Midland Football League Div One
51.1 Combined Counties Div One
50.9 United Counties Division One
49.8 Northern Counties East Div One
48.7 North West Counties Div One South
47.6 Western Football League Div One
47.4 Southern Combination Div One
44.4 North West Counties Div One North
2 leagues have seen away teams score more than the home team:
GD -13 North West Counties Div One North
GD -2 South West Peninsula Premier East
Biggest GD favouring the home team - United Counties - +84
Which leagues have the great away advantage?
Not necessarily the reverse of home advantage with the number of draws making a difference but it is the North West Counties leading the way and being the only league at Step 6 where the away team have taken home more than 50% of the points on offer, 51.9%.
The Southern Counties East Div 1 has the away team only collecting 37.8% of the points on offer.
Goals per Game
Where's the entertainment at? Here are the average goals per game for each Step 6 league:
4.6 Combined Counties Div One
4.2 Wessex Division One
4.1 United Counties Division One
4.0 Spartan South Midlands Div One
3.9 North West Counties Div One North
3.9 South West Peninsula Premier West
3.7 Northern Football League Div Two
3.7 Hellenic Football League Div One
3.7 Eastern Counties Div One North
3.6 Eastern Counties Div One South
3.6 Western Football League Div One
3.5 North West Counties Div One South
3.5 South West Peninsula Premier East
3.4 Southern Combination Div One
3.4 Northern Counties East Div One
3.3 Midland Football League Div One
3.2 Southern Counties East Div One
That means an overall Step 6 average of 3.7 goals per game.
how does this compare to the other Steps?
2.9 at Step 1 - home 1.6 and away 1.3
2.6 at Step 2 - home 1.4 and away 1.2
3.0 at Step 3 - home 1.6 and away 1.4
2.8 at Step 4 - home 1.5 and away 1.3
3.4 at Step 5 - home 1.8 and away 1.6
3.7 at Step 6 - home 2.0 and away 1.7
Draws
I mentioned draws earlier and here there is a big difference between the highest draw % and the lowest per league!
The Spartan South Midland Div 1 only has a drawn outcome once every 10 matches at present (8 in 78 games). At the other end of the spectrum is the Eastern Counties Div 1 North with a draw roughly every 4th match (21 from 85 games).
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