On Saturday, Celtic’s third home fixture in a row sees Prescot Cables the visitors. Cables are currently second in the league, on twenty-five points, seven points and eight places above Celtic.

Prescot are flying at the moment, with only one loss all season, 2-3 away at Mossley. Their other five away games this season have all been wins. Their away form is better than their home form, where they have drawn four and won two, the most recent draw their most recent game, finishing 1-1 at home to Wythenshawe.

Overall, they have the third best defence, having conceded eleven; Bootle and Stafford are the only teams above them. They are joint fifth highest scorers, level with Celtic. Over a quarter of all their goals come right before halftime, with six of their twenty-three goals in this period. On average, they score 2.2 goals on the road (1.9 overall) and concede 1.2 away goals (0.9 overall). John Murphy currently leads the league goal scoring chart on six, with Olly Molloy the closest behind on four.

In Prescot’s last match, the 1-1 draw at home to Wythenshawe, Cables lined up as:
1. Tony Thompson
2. Paul Murphey-Worrell
3. Matthew Warters
4. Adam Thomas
5. Josh Gregory
6. Charley Doyle
7. Jack Loughran
8. James Foley
9. John Murphy
10. Olly Molloy
11. Sharif Deans

In Celtic’s last match, the 3-1 home win over Stafford, Celtic lined up as:
1. Charlie Monks
2. Cam Fogerty
3. Kyle Brownhill
4. Aaron Chalmers
5. Jack Kenny
6. Charlie Doyle
7. Ellis Horan
8. Liam Tongue
9. Lewis Rawsthorn
10. Jack Irlam
11. Andy Scarisbrick