Marine v Witton Albion (Kick off 3pm)

Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Premier Division

Venue Arriva Stadium, College Road, Liverpool L23 3AS

Admission Adults £10, Concessions (NUS/OAP) £5, Accompanied under 11s Free

Odds (Bet Victor) Marine 5/4, Draw 13/5, Witton 13/8

Last season Marine 2 Witton 1

 

Marine (from) Cooper (GK), Mitchison (GK), Bembo-Leta, Hessey, Lea, Nicholas, Wainwright, Clair, Fearnehough, Foley, Owens, Smith, Williams, Codling, Ellams, Langos

Doubtful none

Injured Goulding

Suspended none

Disciplinary record Y47 R2

Leading scorer Lewis Codling (six)

Form (Past six home in league) L D L W D W

Record (home) P10 W3 D4 L3 F12 A12 Pts13

Record (overall) Pos22 P24 W4 D8 L12 F27 A37 Pts20

 

Witton (from) Porter (GK), Robertson (GK), Corbett, Gardner, Gibson, John Shaw, Andrews, Clark, Dawson, Joe Shaw, Henders, Koral, Rainford, Titchiner

Doubtful Porter (GK) (groin)

Injured Powell (knee)

Suspended none

Unavailable Barnes (holiday)

Disciplinary record Y45 R4

Leading scorer Danny Andrews (10)

Form (Past six away in league) D L W L L L

Record (away) P14 W3 D2 L9 F14 A25 Pts11

Record (overall) Pos19 P26 W8 D2 L16 F36 A50 Pts26

 

Match pointers

WITTON Albion’s task is to prevent tomorrow’s hosts Marine from winning back-to-back league matches for the first time this season.

Tony Sullivan’s men, 3-0 victors against Nantwich on Boxing Day, have won four of their past seven Premier Division games.

Their reward has been to climb from the bottom four.

Albion have lost on their past two visits to Crosby, including a 2-1 reverse last season.

The visitors will be forced to reshuffle their defence at the Arriva Stadium, with Ben Harrison out of action while he finalises a move away and Sam Barnes on holiday.

Liam Gibson stands by to start again after impressing on his debut against the Dabbers.

Marine ended a nine-match sequence without a victory in the Premier Division by beating Halesowen on Sunday.

They haven’t won at the Arriva Stadium since a 2-1 success against Rushall on October 14, though they did lead Curzon Ashton 2-0 on the Saturday before Christmas only for a power cut to force the game’s abandonment.

No side has scored fewer than their 12 goals, from 10 matches, on home turf.

Midfielder Jon Goulding continues to recover from an injury, while goalkeeper Matt Cooper and full back Mike Lea are familiar faces to Witton supporters.