After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Atherton Collieries and Ashton United in this fresh Non League Premier: Northern season. Read our match preview!
Ashton United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Non League Premier: Northern game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Matlock Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Atherton Collieries form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Non League Premier: Northern game of the season here at The Skuna Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from Atherton Collieries's 13 home games.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Warrington Town (0-2).
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.
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 Collieries have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost four.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Stalybridge Celtic are coming to town in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Atherton Collieries's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Ashton United form and stats
Ashton United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Non League Premier: Northern, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Ashton play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Matlock Town (placed 5th). A draw for Ashton before that, at their own venue hosting Bamber Bridge (0-0).
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 eleven relevant matches. Results were five Ashton wins, two draws and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ashton are hosting Mickleover Sports in the Non League Premier: Northern only four days away.
2 goals so far away for Ashton United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Atherton Collieries missing players
Ashton United missing players
| Atherton Collieries | Ashton United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 20 | 44 |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| Atherton Collieries | Last season | Ashton United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 40 | ||
| 49 | 26 | Conceded | C | 23 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 83% | ||
| 73% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 59% | ||
| 38% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 38% | ||
| 15% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 14% | ||
| 69% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 55% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 17% | ||
| 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 31% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 201 | 117 | Total Shots | T S | 108 | 224 | ||
| 85 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 90 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Warrington Town | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Witton Albion | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | South Shields | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Buxton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Matlock Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Nantwich Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Scarborough Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Basford United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Whitby Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Mickleover Sports | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Morpeth Town | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Hyde United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Ashton United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Bamber Bridge | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | United of Manchester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Atherton Collieries | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Radcliffe Borough | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Lancaster City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 20 | Grantham Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 21 | Stafford Rangers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 22 | Stalybridge Celtic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 33 | 72 |
| 2 | United of Manchester | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 73 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | Warrington Town | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 57 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Basford United | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 55 |
| 5 | Lancaster City | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 53 |
| 6 | Nantwich Town | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 52 |
| 7 | Whitby Town | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 50 |
| 8 | Scarborough Athletic | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 35 | -3 | 50 |
| 9 | Morpeth Town | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 48 |
| 10 | Hyde United | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 43 |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 42 |
| 12 | Stalybridge Celtic | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 42 |
| 13 | Bamber Bridge | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 53 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 39 | -11 | 40 |
| 14 | Witton Albion | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 39 |
| 15 | Mickleover Sports | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 31 | -10 | 38 |
| 16 | Radcliffe Borough | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 32 | -16 | 38 |
| 17 | Ashton United | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | -5 | 36 |
| 18 | Buxton | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 35 |
| 19 | Grantham Town | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 71 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 41 | -33 | 30 |
| 20 | Matlock Town | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -10 | 29 |
| 21 | Atherton Collieries | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 28 |
| 22 | Stafford Rangers | 33 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 53 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | -24 | 23 |