Match Preview | AFC Sudbury (A)
The Yeltz make the third longest trip of the league season in the final game on the road before Christmas
Head to Head
There have been four meetings between the two sides, and as a potential good omen, the Yeltz are yet to lose. The two home fixtures have seen two wins, while the two away games have seen two draws. The most recent meeting came at The Elite Travel Stadium where the two sides ended the afternoon in January goalless. It was the clubs first 0-0 on the road for 18 months at the time, but the Yeltz have had two since, against Kettering Town in February and St Ives Town in March. The Yeltz dominated the first half and went closest through a Ryan Wollacott effort which was cleared off the line. The second half saw similar domination but despite a couple of Conor Tee efforts which went wide, the chances were limited.
Opposition Preview
Lennon Maclorg – Goalkeeper
The 20 year old joined the Suds at the end of last month from Championship side Charlton Athletic and has played the clubs three most recent league games. Maclorg featured once in the National League for Braintree Town last season, and due to the departures of Marcus Garnham to step 4 Heybridge Swifts and Josh Blunkell to step 4, Maclorg will be Sudbury’s first choice for Saturday.
Jack Munson – Goalkeeper
The 19 year old is a product of Sudbury’s well respected academy side and one of many to come out of the system since their promotion to step 3. Munson has started the one league game this season, the home win against St Ives Town at the mid way stage of last month.
Dan Babb – Right Back
The 19 year old signed on loan from Ipswich Town at the end of last month having mainly featured in the Premier League 2 (the academy version of the Premier League), and the Premier League Cup. In 2023 before his move to Ipswich in February 2024, Babb featured 10 times in the top flight for Irish side UCD. Babb has featured in all three Suds games since his arrival.
James Eveleigh – Right Back
The 20 year old born in New Zealand is another player who has come through the Suds academy. The right sided defender who can also play in midfield and on the right wing, has featured six times this season in the league, half of which in the starting XI.
Joe Heron – Centre Back
The 31 year old joined in the summer from step 5 Brantham Athletic, of whom he featured in 36 out of possible 38 league games for last season. The centre half has featured in nine Suds league games this season, starting six, but has not played for the club since the 18th October.
Charlie Lewis – Centre Back
The 28 year old is a fan favourite at the Suffolk club and has been at the club since the summer of 2023. The centre half who has also play at fullback and in the midfield during his career lists Histon and St Neots Town amongst his old clubs. Lewis, who was appointed as vice captain this summer featured in 36 of Sudbury’s 42 league games last season, and has featured and started in all but one of their league games this season.
Skye Salmon – Centre Back
The 21 year old signed from fellow step 3 side Potters Bar Town where he made two appearances earlier this season. The centre half also featured for Margate in the 2023/24 season, making five appearances. Salmon has featured five times for the Suds since his arrival in late October, starting all but one.
Jacob Goredema – Left Back
The 18 year old, has a bright future. At just 18, Goredema, a product of their academy, has featured in 16 of their 19 league games this season, starting 11, and featured in nine league games last season, where he started six.
Ellis Lawson – Left Back
The 20 year old joined the Suds from step 4 Hayes & Yeading United and lists Coggeshall, Maldon & Tiptree, and Dagenham & Redbridge amongst his former clubs. The left sided defender who can also play in the midfield has featured four times for Sudbury in the league since arrival, all but one of them in the starting XI.
Tom Dettmar – Central Midfielder
The 25 year old has been involved in the Suds first team since 2016 having come through the sides academy system. The centre midfielder has featured in 15 league games this season, eight of which starts.
Jenson Mulqueen – Central Midfielder
The 25 year old like Joe Heron joined in the summer from step 4 Brantham Athletic after achieving promotion from step 5 last season. The midfielder made 31 league appearances for the club, and scored five goals. Mulqueen has made 13 appearances for Sudbury this season, eight of which off the bench, but has not played since the 11th November.
Jake Turner – Central Midfielder
The 34 year old has been at the club since the summer of 2021 and is the club’s captain. The midfielder featured 36 times in the league last season, and has featured and started in all but two of their league games this season.
Fin Corrigan – Attacking Midfielder
The 20 year old joined the Suds from Kettering Town at the start of September. The former Ipswich Town and Dundee FC attacking midfielder featured eight times for Lowland League Scottish fifth tier side Broomhill last season on loan from Dundee, before joining Kettering this summer and three times before making the Suffolk move. Corrigan has featured 11 times for Sudbury since arriving from Northamptonshire.
Marcel Lewis – Attacking Midfielder
The 24 year old signed for the club in February from step 4 side Cambridge City, of whom he made 13 league appearances before making the move to Suffolk. The former Chelsea academy player scored three times in 14 league appearances at the end of last season for the Suds, and has already doubled that goal tally this season and missed just two league games.
Callum Page – Right Winger
The 24 year old signed for the Suds in January 2024 from fellow Suffolk side Needham Market. The right sided winger scored eight goals in 38 league games this season. This season Page has failed to score but featured and started in every league game.
Liam Pearce – Right/Left Winger
The 20 year old came through the Suds academy and became an integral part of the team straight away last season, scoring five goals in 35 league appearances. Pearce can play striker, out wide, in the midfield and in defense, the definition of versatile and has featured in every league game, like Page, this season, scoring four goals in the process.
Kyran Clements – Striker
The 28 year old signed for the Suds this summer from Leiston, where he scored eight goals and missed just one league game in the entirety of last season. The striker who can also fill in at centre half has featured and started in 11 league games this season, scoring the once.
Kien Connolly – Striker
The 20 year old joined Sudbury on loan from League Two side Colchester United at the end of last month. The striker spent August last year until March this year at step 4 side Maldon & Tiptree, where he scored five goals in 19 league games. Connolly has started in three league games and scored three goals for the Suds so far.
Mekhi McKenzie – Striker
The 26 year old signed for the Suds at the start of October from step 3 side Brentwood Town and he was a key man to their promotion to the level last season. The striker seven goals in 31 league games at step 4. McKenzie has featured nine times since his arrival at the Suds, starting all but one of those games.
Jackson Chuckwu-Nsofor – Striker
The 17 year old signed on loan from Ipswich Town last month. The teenager was on loan at Needham Market earlier this season where he scored once in six substitute appearances. The striker has featured twice for the Suds so far, one of them in the starting XI.
Kaidon Tower-King – Striker
The 20 year old came up from the academy to the first team at Sudbury last season, but only managed two substitute appearances. This season has been a different story for the versatile forward, as he has not just featured 15 times in the league, but scored three goals.
Iffy Allen – Left Winger
The 31 year old signed for the Suds from fellow step 3 side Whitehawk in the summer where he had only been for two months after initially joining from St Albans City. The left sided winger featured for the latter at the start of last season, featuring seven times in the National League South, before spending the last part of the season on loan at Needham Market, scoring three goals in 12 National League North appearances. Allen has featured and started six games in the league this season, but is yet to find the net.
Statistical Insight
Sudbury
- Only Stamford with 26% (5/19) & Royston Town with 33% (7/21) have a lower scored first percentage in the Southern Premier Central this season than Sudbury’s 36% (7/19).
- No other side in the Southern Premier Central this season have conceded more second half goals than Sudbury’s 25.
- No other side in the Southern Premier Central this season have conceded more goals in the 15 minute plus stoppage time period before half-time than Sudbury’s 11.
- No other side in the Southern Premier Central this season have conceded more goals after the 76th minute than Sudbury’s 11.
Halesowen
- Only Quorn (14) have scored more first half goals away from home this season in the Southern Premier Central than our 11.
- Only Spalding United (33) have scored more second half goals this season in the Southern Premier Central than our 21.
- Only Spalding United (15) have scored more goals in the Southern Premier Central this season after the 76th minute than our 10.
- Only Leiston (14) have dropped more points in the Southern Premier Central this season from winning positions than our 13.