Soccer betting preview: Atherton Collieries welcomes Ashton United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Skuna Stadium (2500 seats)

The season has been gruelling for Atherton Collieries so far, while Ashton United have enjoyed success. Will the visitors get another win at The Skuna Stadium?

Insights:
  • Atherton Collieries have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Ashton United have scored more than double the goals of Atherton Collieries.

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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Atherton Collieries form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Atherton Collieries have to build on here at The Skuna Stadium in the Non League Premier: Northern.

Stress levels are on the rise for Collieries's attacking players as they have now played 214 minutes without scoring in a league game. Cusani was their last goal scorer.

Atherton Collieries lost their last game at Marine (placed 14th) after a 0-4 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in four league matches. Atherton Collieries were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

0-0 away at South Shields before that.

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 Atherton Collieries have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 9.

Betting heads-up: This club have finished 6 league matches in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.

Collieries aren't scoring a lot here at The Skuna Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games.

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Ashton United form and stats

3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ashton United in their Non League Premier: Northern matches away.

Ashton United's previous game was their home loss versus Matlock Town (0-1).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Marine.

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 16 relevant matches. Results were 2 Ashton United wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Ashton, the Non League Premier: Northern home match versus Whitby Town. Busy days.

Ashton United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the previous five meetings): Atherton Collieries won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Ashton United have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 3 red cards from the last five encounters.

Atherton Collieries missing players

Ashton United missing players

Atherton Collieries Ashton United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 3 Played P 2 5 10
3 1 0 Won W 2 3 5
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
4 3 3 Lost L 0 2 3
7 3 1 Scored S 5 8 15
10 4 4 Conceded C 0 5 10
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 70%
30% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 60%
40% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 30%
50% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
3.2 3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 2.4
5.8 7.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 4.6
1.8 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 5 3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.3 6.6
3.3 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.1
30% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 40%
 
9.2 11.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.7 11.2
3.2 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Ashton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ashton United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Ashton United have scored more than double the goals of Atherton Collieries.
  • Ashton United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Ashton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Atherton Collieries have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Atherton Collieries have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Atherton Collieries 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 Hyde United 10 6 2 2 13 9 6 4 1 1 7 3 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 20
2 Matlock Town 12 6 2 4 15 12 6 4 2 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 4 7 3 20
3 South Shields 9 5 4 0 12 5 5 3 2 0 6 2 4 2 2 0 6 3 7 19
4 Radcliffe Borough 10 5 3 2 13 9 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 2 2 1 4 3 4 18
5 Stafford Rangers 11 5 3 3 16 14 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 2 2 2 7 8 2 18
6 Rylands 11 5 2 4 24 19 6 3 1 2 9 8 5 2 1 2 15 11 5 17
7 Ashton United 10 5 2 3 15 10 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 3 0 2 8 5 5 17
8 Marske United 9 5 2 2 17 13 4 3 1 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 9 9 4 17
9 United of Manchester 10 5 1 4 16 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 4 0 2 12 4 7 16
10 Morpeth Town 9 5 0 4 20 14 5 4 0 1 15 7 4 1 0 3 5 7 6 15
11 Bamber Bridge 10 4 3 3 18 16 6 3 3 0 15 9 4 1 0 3 3 7 2 15
12 Gainsborough Trinity 9 3 5 1 17 6 5 1 3 1 6 4 4 2 2 0 11 2 11 14
13 Guiseley 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 2 0 3 5 9 6 2 2 2 7 6 -3 14
14 Marine 10 3 4 3 13 8 5 2 2 1 7 3 5 1 2 2 6 5 5 13
15 Warrington Town 9 3 3 3 11 10 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 1 2 2 6 7 1 12
16 Atherton Collieries 10 3 3 4 7 10 4 1 0 3 3 4 6 2 3 1 4 6 -3 12
17 Stalybridge Celtic 10 3 2 5 5 12 5 2 1 2 3 3 5 1 1 3 2 9 -7 11
18 Nantwich Town 11 2 3 6 7 13 5 1 1 3 3 6 6 1 2 3 4 7 -6 9
19 Lancaster City 9 1 4 4 6 11 4 0 3 1 1 3 5 1 1 3 5 8 -5 7
20 Liversedge 10 2 1 7 10 23 6 0 0 6 3 16 4 2 1 1 7 7 -13 7
21 Belper Town 11 2 1 8 9 28 6 1 1 4 5 16 5 1 0 4 4 12 -19 7
22 Whitby Town 9 1 2 6 6 16 4 0 0 4 2 12 5 1 2 2 4 4 -10 5

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.