Stafford Rangers greet Stalybridge Celtic as odds-on favourites: Check out our preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Marston Road (4150 seats)

Enjoying a 12 point lead in the league table, Stafford Rangers club members expect to see their adored players get all points from this fixture against Stalybridge Celtic.

Insights:
  • Stafford Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stalybridge Celtic is in the worst form (0-1-5)

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's look for an in-your-face match!

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Stafford Rangers form and stats

4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Northern numbers at home for Stafford Rangers so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Stafford Rangers.

Happy days for Stafford in their previous game, a fixture away at Lancaster City (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Finally, a league victory after four matches without one.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Matlock Town in the Fa Trophy. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stafford Rangers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Sports bettors should know that 10 of the latest 12 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.

A decent goal production from Stafford Rangers in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches.

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Stalybridge Celtic form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stalybridge Celtic so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Stalybridge in their previous game as they lost hosting United of Manchester, 1-2.

A loss, in the Manchester Premier Cup away at United of Manchester, earlier. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Stalybridge Celtic playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

The attacking power of Stalybridge Celtic when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stalybridge struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Stafford Rangers won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Stalybridge Celtic have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Stafford Rangers missing players

Stalybridge Celtic missing players

Stafford Rangers Stalybridge Celtic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
7 4 1 Won W 0 2 4
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 1 Lost L 2 5 10
24 13 4 Scored S 1 5 11
20 8 3 Conceded C 4 13 24
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 59%
47% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 41%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
76% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 35%
24% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 35%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 41%
 
3.8 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 4.4
5.4 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.7 5.7
1.2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.8 8.7
4.2 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.7 3.3
29% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 18%
 
11 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.8 11.7
3.4 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.7 4.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Stafford Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stafford Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Stalybridge Celtic.
  • Stafford Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stafford Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stalybridge Celtic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Stalybridge Celtic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Stalybridge Celtic have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Stalybridge Celtic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stalybridge Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Stalybridge Celtic is in the worst form (0-1-5)

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

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.