On Saturday, Celtic return to Bower Fold to face Warrington Rylands for the first time. Rylands are currently eleventh in the table on twenty-seven points eight places and eight points above Celtic having played a game more. Kick-off is 3pm. Tickets are available online or on the gate.

Rylands have not won away since beating Liversedge in September, a game they won 5-2. In total, they’ve won two away games, the other also a five goal game, beating Belper Town 5-0 in August. Their last away game saw them draw 2-2 with FC United of Manchester, scoring a late goal to share the points. With five wins in their opening ten matches, they climbed the league, but following two wins in their last ten, they’ve tumbled away from the top six, picking up some places with two wins and a draw in their last three. Away from home, Rylands are nineteenth in the form table.

With twenty-two away goals, only Gainsborough have scored more on the road, giving Rylands the second best away attack and the second best attack overall in the league. However, away from home, they have conceded twenty goals, with only Bamber Bridge conceding more, giving them the second worst away defence in the league. Fourteen of their goals have been scored by Cal Dolan, making him the league’s second top scorer, with Kane Drummond fourth top league goal scorer on nine. On average they score 2.2 goals per away game from 1.8 overall and failing to score once away from home and twice at home. The concede two goals per game away from home, from 1.5 overall, keeping one clean sheet away from home from seven overall.

This will be the first time Celtic have faced off against Warrington Rylands.

In Ryland’s last match, the 2-0 home win over Morpeth Town, Warrington Rylands lined up as:
1. Joel Torrance
2. Scorr Duxbury
3. Dylan Vassallo
4. Ben Hockenhull
5. Sam Egerton
6. Jak McCourt
7. James Neild
8. Dean Furman
9. Cal Dolan
10. AJ Leitch-Smith
11. Kyle Hayde

In Celtic’s last match, the 1-1 away draw with Atherton Collieries, Celtic lined up as: 1. Greg Hall
2. Tom Miller
3. Louis Danquah
4. Kyle Harrison
5. Dahrius Waldron
6. Domaine Rouse
7. Raheem Hanley
8. Godwin Abadaki
9. Raul Correia
10. Chris Dagnall
11. Nathan Caine