Evenly matched teams: Kidlington vs AFC Dunstable match preview

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Competition: England Non League Div One: Southern Central
Competition: Wed 12.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Yarnton Road (1500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Yarnton Road haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Kidlington languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting AFC Dunstable will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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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Kidlington form and stats

Kidlington have played 12 Non League Div One: Southern Central games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Aylesbury United in the Non League Div One: Southern Central last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the away draw at AFC Kempston Rovers that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kidlington perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kidlington as a small favourite), we find one game. Kidlington has won one of these, drawn zero and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Kidlington after this match as they are travelling to Yaxley FC for a Non League Div One: Southern Central game in only three days.

The Kidlington fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. Kidlington have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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AFC Dunstable form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for AFC Dunstable so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give AFC Dunstable much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Kidlington will be a tough nut to crack. AFC Dunstable seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Non League Div One: Southern Central match played at their home ground Creasey Park Community Football Centre. AFC Dunstable suffered a 0-3 loss to Yaxley FC (placed 7th). A 1-2 defeat away at Thame before that.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Non League Div One: Southern Central trip to Aylesbury United.

AFC Dunstable has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. AFC Dunstable have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Kidlington one win, three draws and AFC Dunstable zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Kidlington missing players

AFC Dunstable missing players

Kidlington AFC Dunstable
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 4 12 25
7 6 2 Won W 2 3 10
5 4 1 Drew D 1 2 4
12 2 2 Lost L 1 7 11
25 17 7 Scored S 11 18 48
43 9 5 Conceded C 7 23 42
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
79% 58% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 84%
54% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 64%
29% 17% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 50% 52%
21% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 36%
46% 42% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 56%
21% 42% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 24%
38% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 28%
 
4.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
7 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 10 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
6 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Key stats in Non League Div One: Southern Central this season:
  • AFC Dunstable have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kidlington have created more than twice as many corners as AFC Dunstable.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Berkhamsted 25 18 3 4 65 22 12 10 0 2 35 11 13 8 3 2 30 11 43 57
2 Corby Town 26 17 4 5 56 25 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 8 2 3 30 13 31 55
3 Halesowen Town 21 16 3 2 54 14 11 9 0 2 31 7 10 7 3 0 23 7 40 51
4 Welwyn Garden City 25 14 5 6 53 29 12 8 2 2 31 16 13 6 3 4 22 13 24 47
5 Aylesbury United 26 12 10 4 44 25 13 6 6 1 17 7 13 6 4 3 27 18 19 46
6 Thame 26 12 4 10 50 33 13 8 3 2 36 13 13 4 1 8 14 20 17 40
7 Yaxley FC 24 12 3 9 45 37 13 8 1 4 24 19 11 4 2 5 21 18 8 39
8 Bedworth United 24 12 3 9 41 39 13 7 2 4 26 19 11 5 1 5 15 20 2 39
9 Biggleswade 25 11 5 9 39 31 12 8 1 3 22 13 13 3 4 6 17 18 8 38
10 Barton Rovers 26 10 5 11 55 50 13 7 3 3 31 19 13 3 2 8 24 31 5 35
11 North Leigh 24 11 2 11 45 47 11 6 1 4 18 16 13 5 1 7 27 31 -2 35
12 AFC Dunstable 25 10 4 11 48 42 13 7 2 4 30 19 12 3 2 7 18 23 6 34
13 Daventry Town 24 10 4 10 36 39 11 5 2 4 18 16 13 5 2 6 18 23 -3 34
14 Coleshill Town 25 10 3 12 47 44 13 6 3 4 29 23 12 4 0 8 18 21 3 33
15 Bedford Town 25 8 6 11 41 52 12 5 3 4 25 18 13 3 3 7 16 34 -11 30
16 Kidlington 24 7 5 12 25 43 12 6 4 2 17 9 12 1 1 10 8 34 -18 26
17 Didcot Town 25 7 4 14 19 40 13 5 2 6 11 18 12 2 2 8 8 22 -21 25
18 St Neots Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 13 4 1 8 23 27 13 2 2 9 9 29 -24 21
19 AFC Kempston Rovers 25 5 2 18 27 58 14 3 1 10 17 36 11 2 1 8 10 22 -31 17
20 Wantage Town 25 1 0 24 13 109 11 1 0 10 6 44 14 0 0 14 7 65 -96 3

Read more about Non League Div One: Southern Central

The Southern Football League consists of four divisions: Central Division and South Division (at the seventh highest division level of English football) and Division One Central / Division One South (eight highest level). Teams come from the South West of England, southern Midlands and South Wales.