Match Preview :- Gainsborough Trinity - Saturday September 4th, 2010 (15:00:00)
Celtic have a home game on Saturday when we face Gainsborough Trinity (kick off 3pm). Gainsborough have won twice this season, both of them away from home, and in their last match put five past Ilkeston. This has left them two places and one point above Celtic in the table, with seven points in thirteenth. There will be a live match centre for this game.

Although Gainsborough have yet to win at home this season, their 5-2 win over Ilkeston was their second away win in three games, having already beaten Worcester City on the opening game of the season. Their only away defeat has been to Alfreton Town, who already look like title contenders. Their top scorer this season, with Luke Beckett having moved onto pastures new is Liam Metham, who has four goals, and is joint sixth in the overall league goal scorers? chart. They have been a first half team so far this season, with six of their ten goals coming in the first half, and the opening twenty minutes being their most dangerous period. They have conceded fourteen, mainly against Telford who stuck five past them without reply at the Northolme. They have conceded in every game so far this season, and scored in all bar the home game against Telford. On average then, they score 1.7 goals per game overall and 2.7 away from home, whilst conceding 2.3 goals per game overall and 1.7 away from home.

Last season, Gainsborough struggled, and finished fourteenth with forty-seven points, having won twelve and drawing eleven. Against Celtic last season, they lost both matches, Celtic winning 3-2 at home and 3-1 at the Northolme. In the last fifteen league visits to Bower Fold, they have managed two wins, the last one being in February 2009, a game they won 2-1 having held Celtic to a 3-3 draw at their place earlier in the season, whilst Celtic have won eleven of the encounters. However, given Trinity?s away form, the automated prediction algorithm is suggesting a goal-fest game with a 4-2 final score in Trinity?s favour.

Gainsborough Trinity is the latest home of former Celtic defender, Mark Hume, but he missed the last match through injury. Trinity have no players suspended for the match. In their last game, the 5-2 away win over Ilkeston, Gainsborough lined up as:
1. Phil Barnes
2. Andrew Milne
3. Paul Mayo
4. Andrew Boyce
5. Luke Waterfall
6. James Clarke
7. Leon Hibbert
8. Lewis McMahon
9. Sam Aiston
10. Leon Metham
11. Jefferson Louis

Craig Hobson will be missing with the second game of his three match suspended, and Jody Banim missed the last game after picking up a hamstring injury away at Nuneaton. In Celtic?s last match, the 1-0 home defeat by Harrogate Town, Celtic lined up as:
1. Jan Budtz
2. Glen Rule
3. Andy McWilliams
4. Tim Ryan
5. Steve Woods
6. Jack Rea
7. Connor Jennings
8. Greg Wilkinson
9. Phil Marsh
10. Lloyd Ellams
11. Lee Elam

Other games this weekend:
AFC Telford (2nd 16pts) v Blyth Spartans (16th 5pts)
Alfreton Town (1st 18pts) v Vauxhall Motors (18th 4pts)
Corby Town (5th 13pts) v Boston United (4th 15pts)
Droylsden (10th 9pts) v Stafford Rangers (11th 8pts)
Gloucester City (14th 6pts) v Hyde (21st 1pts)
Guiseley (9th 9pts) v Redditch United (22nd 1pts)
Harrogate Town (12th 7pts) v Hinckley United (19th 4pts)
Ilkeston Town (17th 5pts) v Eastwood Town (20th 3pts)
Worcester City (8th 10pts) v Nuneaton Town (11th 7pts)
Workington (3rd 16pts) v Solihull Moors (6th 12pts)
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