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Non League Premier - Northern · England

Lancaster City vs Ilkeston Town prediction and preview

3 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

The PunterPick prediction

BTTS YesOdds 1.63Market probability 56%Final score 2–1

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Lancaster City host Ilkeston Town in the Non League Premier - Northern (England) on 3 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is BTTS Yes — both teams to score. It was published at odds of 1.63, which the bookmaker market rated at about 56% once the bookmaker margin is removed.

Final score: Lancaster City 2–1 Ilkeston Town.

Going into the match, Lancaster City had won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches, scoring 11 and conceding 16. Ilkeston Town had won 0, drawn 1 and lost 9 of their last 10, with 5 scored and 27 conceded.

Both teams scored in 5 of Lancaster City's last 10 and 5 of Ilkeston Town's last 10; 5 and 6 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Lancaster City averaged 1.33 goals scored and 1.33 conceded across 9 matches; away from home Ilkeston Town averaged 0.75 scored and 2.50 conceded across 8.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.85 goals from Lancaster City and 1.00 from Ilkeston Town. From that it rates a home win at 56%, a draw at 25% and an away win at 19%, against 44%, 26% and 30% implied by the 1X2 prices. For the published pick itself the model gives 54%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Lancaster City (green) and Ilkeston Town (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form90% – 10%
Attack71% – 29%
Defence67% – 33%
Head-to-head60% – 40%
Goals43% – 57%
Overall strength65% – 35%

Form before the match

TeamLast 5ScoredConcededBTTSO2.5
Lancaster CityWLLLW1.101.6050%50%
Ilkeston TownLLLLL0.502.7050%60%

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

Other markets we priced

MarketOur probabilityOdds
BTTS 1st Half - No77%1.20
Double Chance 1275%1.22
1st Half Over 0.5 Goals69%1.31
1st Half Under 1.5 Goals63%1.43
BTTS Yes56%1.63
Over 2.5 Goals53%1.80
Under 2.5 Goals47%2.00
Lancaster City Win44%2.05

Probabilities are derived from bookmaker prices with the margin removed. They are estimates, not guarantees.

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