Delightful dogfight as daring Bamber Bridge duel with determined Atherton Collieries

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sir Tom Finney Stadium (2264 seats)

Bamber Bridge - Atherton Collieries. 7th place versus 16th place. Everything can happen - get a comprehensive game guide here!

Insights:
  • Bamber Bridge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atherton Collieries have the fewest scored goals (28) in Non League Premier: Northern

Bamber Bridge and Atherton Collieries should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Bamber Bridge form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sir Tom Finney Stadium as Bamber Bridge have scored 28 goals to get 29 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Non League Premier: Northern are 8-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). Bamber Bridge have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

In their previous game, the manager Crowe led his Bamber Bridge to a defeat away at Radcliffe Borough. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sir Tom Finney Stadium. Until that beating this team had gone nine consecutive league fixtures without a loss.

In the match before that, Bamber hosted Gainsborough Trinity and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bamber Bridge handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Sports betting people who like looking for low-scoring matches might like to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

There will be little rest for Bamber Bridge after this match as they are travelling to Liversedge for a Non League Premier: Northern game in only three days.

On the other hand, Bamber have conceded 16 goals.

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Atherton Collieries form and stats

4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Atherton Collieries, who have the fewest scored goals (28) in Non League Premier: Northern, playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Northern this season. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Atherton Collieries are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Atherton Collieries had fun at their own home (Sir Tom Finney Stadium) last time out, beating Marske United 2-0.

A 0-3 defeat away at Morpeth Town before that.

Collieries are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Atherton Collieries manager Cooke as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Radcliffe Borough.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Collieries have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Atherton Collieries - Bamber Bridge 0-3 was the story when these two squads previously met, also in this season. Bamber Bridge-Atherton Collieries H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Bamber Bridge two wins, Atherton Collieries four wins, two draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Bamber Bridge missing players

Atherton Collieries missing players

Bamber Bridge Atherton Collieries
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 14 5 Played P 4 15 30
14 8 2 Won W 0 4 8
7 5 3 Drew D 3 6 12
9 1 0 Lost L 1 5 10
45 28 11 Scored S 2 13 28
49 16 6 Conceded C 6 21 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 90%
83% 79% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 77%
57% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 33%
33% 43% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 10%
23% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
57% 79% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 47%
20% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 27%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 37%
 
2.7 3.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.3 4
5.2 5.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.7 4.7
1.8 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.9 11.3 17 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.9 6.5
3.5 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3
25% 27% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 35%
 
9.7 8.3 18 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 7.4 8.5
4.5 3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.8 2.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Atherton Collieries have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atherton Collieries have the fewest scored goals (28) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Bamber Bridge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bamber Bridge have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Atherton Collieries have scored away.
  • Bamber Bridge have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Bamber Bridge have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bamber Bridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 South Shields 30 19 7 4 54 26 17 12 4 1 37 15 13 7 3 3 17 11 28 64
2 Hyde United 32 16 9 7 53 30 17 9 3 5 25 13 15 7 6 2 28 17 23 57
3 Radcliffe Borough 30 14 10 6 46 36 15 8 4 3 28 19 15 6 6 3 18 17 10 52
4 Warrington Town 31 13 12 6 45 30 16 8 5 3 23 14 15 5 7 3 22 16 15 51
5 Marine 30 13 10 7 44 27 16 8 4 4 26 15 14 5 6 3 18 12 17 49
6 Matlock Town 31 14 7 10 43 38 15 7 6 2 26 14 16 7 1 8 17 24 5 49
7 Bamber Bridge 30 14 7 9 45 49 14 8 5 1 28 16 16 6 2 8 17 33 -4 49
8 Gainsborough Trinity 31 12 12 7 57 32 15 4 8 3 26 17 16 8 4 4 31 15 25 48
9 Guiseley 32 14 6 12 45 39 16 8 2 6 23 20 16 6 4 6 22 19 6 48
10 United of Manchester 31 13 8 10 49 35 17 6 8 3 30 23 14 7 0 7 19 12 14 44
11 Rylands 32 12 6 14 48 43 16 7 2 7 20 17 16 5 4 7 28 26 5 42
12 Whitby Town 31 12 6 13 33 39 16 6 2 8 16 23 15 6 4 5 17 16 -6 42
13 Stafford Rangers 32 11 7 14 38 45 17 8 4 5 26 21 15 3 3 9 12 24 -7 40
14 Ashton United 31 11 7 13 38 43 14 5 3 6 16 19 17 6 4 7 22 24 -5 37
15 Lancaster City 30 8 12 10 30 36 15 4 7 4 13 14 15 4 5 6 17 22 -6 36
16 Atherton Collieries 30 8 12 10 28 36 15 4 6 5 15 15 15 4 6 5 13 21 -8 36
17 Stalybridge Celtic 32 9 8 15 34 40 15 4 2 9 16 21 17 5 6 6 18 19 -6 35
18 Morpeth Town 30 10 4 16 40 44 15 7 1 7 23 18 15 3 3 9 17 26 -4 34
19 Nantwich Town 32 8 8 16 30 43 16 3 3 10 13 23 16 5 5 6 17 20 -13 32
20 Marske United 27 9 2 16 38 57 11 3 1 7 15 23 16 6 1 9 23 34 -19 29
21 Liversedge 28 7 3 18 29 63 14 2 1 11 11 34 14 5 2 7 18 29 -34 24
22 Belper Town 31 5 7 19 33 69 15 2 4 9 15 35 16 3 3 10 18 34 -36 22

Read more about Non League Premier: Northern

The Northern Premier League holds three divisions; the Premier Division, Division One East and Division One West. The Premier Division is at the seventh highest division level in England, while Division One East/West are at eight level. The league covers Northern England and the northern/central Midlands areas.