Soccer betting preview: Stafford Rangers welcomes Ashton United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Tue 14.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Marston Road (4150 seats)

Which team will claim the points when Ashton United go to play Stafford Rangers? In this preview you'll get all the relevant information and stats required to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Stafford Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ashton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Stafford Rangers form and stats

Stafford Rangers have played 15 Non League Premier: Northern games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Stafford haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 188 minutes ago. Roxburgh (own goal) scored that one.

No payout for Stafford Rangers in their previous match, an away game at Guiseley that ended in defeat 0-4. Stafford Rangers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Heartbreak before that as Stafford Rangers lost 0-2 at Warrington Town's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stafford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 6.

It should be added that a glance at the 13 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Northern game versus Lancaster City in only four days. This game is also played here at Marston Road.

The Stafford Rangers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Ashton United form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Northern matches, Ashton United have produced an overall stat of 6-3-6 so far.

Ashton's previous game was their home loss versus Radcliffe Borough (1-2).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Morpeth Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ashton United playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 5 Ashton United wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

Ashton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 20 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Ashton United have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other previously this campaign: Ashton United - Stafford Rangers 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Stafford victories, two draws and six Ashton United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Stafford Rangers missing players

Ashton United missing players

Stafford Rangers Ashton United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 29
10 7 2 Won W 2 6 11
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
14 5 1 Lost L 1 6 12
35 23 4 Scored S 6 20 36
43 19 5 Conceded C 6 21 40
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
47% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 52%
17% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 21%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
53% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 52%
23% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 21%
27% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 28%
 
4 5.2 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.3 3.4 3.7
4.7 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 6.8 5.5
0.9 0.7 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.3 10.3 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.5 7.1
3.3 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3 3.3
26% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 32%
 
9.3 7.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.8 9.7
3.8 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.7
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Ashton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ashton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stafford Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stafford Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 27 18 5 4 51 24 16 12 3 1 36 14 11 6 2 3 15 10 27 59
2 Hyde United 30 14 9 7 47 28 16 8 3 5 21 11 14 6 6 2 26 17 19 51
3 Warrington Town 29 13 10 6 45 30 15 8 4 3 23 14 14 5 6 3 22 16 15 49
4 Bamber Bridge 28 14 6 8 44 46 13 8 4 1 27 15 15 6 2 7 17 31 -2 48
5 Radcliffe Borough 28 12 10 6 42 35 14 7 4 3 26 19 14 5 6 3 16 16 7 46
6 Gainsborough Trinity 28 12 9 7 53 28 13 4 6 3 23 14 15 8 3 4 30 14 25 45
7 Matlock Town 27 13 5 9 39 34 13 7 5 1 26 13 14 6 0 8 13 21 5 44
8 United of Manchester 29 13 7 9 48 32 16 6 7 3 29 22 13 7 0 6 19 10 16 43
9 Marine 28 11 10 7 38 24 15 7 4 4 22 13 13 4 6 3 16 11 14 43
10 Rylands 30 12 6 12 48 41 15 7 2 6 20 16 15 5 4 6 28 25 7 42
11 Guiseley 28 12 4 12 40 39 14 7 1 6 19 20 14 5 3 6 21 19 1 40
12 Ashton United 28 11 6 11 35 38 13 5 3 5 15 17 15 6 3 6 20 21 -3 36
13 Stafford Rangers 29 10 6 13 35 39 15 7 3 5 23 19 14 3 3 8 12 20 -4 36
14 Stalybridge Celtic 29 9 7 13 31 35 13 4 2 7 14 17 16 5 5 6 17 18 -4 34
15 Atherton Collieries 28 7 12 9 26 33 14 3 6 5 13 15 14 4 6 4 13 18 -7 33
16 Lancaster City 27 7 11 9 27 34 14 3 7 4 11 14 13 4 4 5 16 20 -7 32
17 Morpeth Town 27 9 4 14 35 38 13 6 1 6 20 16 14 3 3 8 15 22 -3 31
18 Nantwich Town 30 8 7 15 26 38 15 3 3 9 12 21 15 5 4 6 14 17 -12 31
19 Whitby Town 27 8 6 13 27 37 13 3 2 8 11 21 14 5 4 5 16 16 -10 30
20 Marske United 23 8 2 13 35 50 10 3 1 6 15 21 13 5 1 7 20 29 -15 26
21 Belper Town 29 5 6 18 30 65 14 2 4 8 14 33 15 3 2 10 16 32 -35 21
22 Liversedge 25 6 2 17 22 56 13 2 0 11 8 31 12 4 2 6 14 25 -34 20

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.