Open game expected at The Skuna Stadium: Atherton Collieries vs Stafford Rangers preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Tue 16.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Skuna Stadium (2500 seats)

It's only the second fixture in the Non League Premier: Northern for these teams. And it's all to play for here at The Skuna Stadium as Atherton Collieries receive Stafford Rangers. Get smart with this preview!

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

The season before, Atherton Collieries's league results were 13 wins, 9 draws and 20 losses, ending with 19th place in the Non League Premier: Northern. In these 42 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 45. Performing as the home side in the previous season Atherton Collieries delivered 7-5-9 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 20 conceded.

Atherton Collieries are returning here after visiting United of Manchester and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Olsson, having bagged a goal in three consecutive games.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Radcliffe Borough (0-1).

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 17 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 9.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hyde United are coming to town in four days.

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Stafford Rangers form and stats

Let's have a look at how Stafford Rangers performed last season in the Non League Premier: Northern: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 16 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 8 and lost 4 with 29/21 goals scored/conceded.

Stafford Rangers had fun at their own home (The Skuna Stadium) last time out, beating Bamber Bridge 4-2. Eureka; their first three points in the league after nine matches not winning. As you can tell from the result, the match against Bamber Bridge was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Ashton United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Stafford Rangers in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Stafford Rangers, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stafford Rangers manager Banim as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Gainsborough Trinity.

Head 2 Head

Atherton Collieries-Stafford Rangers H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Collieries one win, Stafford Rangers zero wins, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Atherton Collieries missing players

Stafford Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atherton Collieries Stafford Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Atherton Collieries Last season Stafford Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
13 7   Won W   9 15
9 5   Drew D   8 16
20 9   Lost L   4 11
34 20   Scored S   29 55
45 20   Conceded C   21 39
93% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 88%
62% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 69%
26% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 33%
7% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 24%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 10%
33% 43%   BTTS BTTS   62% 52%
29% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 31%
45% 38%   Failed to Score F T   19% 29%
 
3.2 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 3.3
3.5 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.5
0.8 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 0.8
2 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
6.1 7.2   Shots (avg) S (   5.5 5.9
2.4 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 2.5
29% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   55% 52%
 
7.7 7.4   Shots against (avg) S A   6.1 5.2
3 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.6 2.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gainsborough Trinity 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Marine 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Stafford Rangers 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Marske United 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 South Shields 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Warrington Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Atherton Collieries 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Ashton United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Matlock Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Hyde United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Lancaster City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Nantwich Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Radcliffe Borough 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 United of Manchester 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Liversedge 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Whitby Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Bamber Bridge 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
18 Belper Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Morpeth Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Stalybridge Celtic 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
21 Guiseley 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
22 Rylands 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
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 Buxton 42 23 12 7 80 38 21 14 5 2 48 17 21 9 7 5 32 21 42 81
2 South Shields 42 23 9 10 71 40 21 15 2 4 47 21 21 8 7 6 24 19 31 78
3 Scarborough Athletic 42 21 11 10 61 48 21 10 7 4 35 23 21 11 4 6 26 25 13 74
4 Matlock Town 42 21 10 11 59 36 21 10 6 5 31 15 21 11 4 6 28 21 23 72
5 Warrington Town 42 20 11 11 67 47 21 10 5 6 36 24 21 10 6 5 31 23 20 71
6 Bamber Bridge 42 21 6 15 67 59 21 9 5 7 35 30 21 12 1 8 32 29 8 69
7 Whitby Town 42 19 9 14 57 50 21 9 6 6 27 20 21 10 3 8 30 30 7 66
8 Stafford Rangers 42 15 16 11 55 39 21 6 8 7 26 18 21 9 8 4 29 21 16 61
9 United of Manchester 42 18 7 17 66 57 21 12 2 7 38 24 21 6 5 10 28 33 9 61
10 Morpeth Town 42 17 10 15 67 59 21 12 5 4 35 21 21 5 5 11 32 38 8 61
11 Lancaster City 42 17 5 20 44 51 21 10 3 8 17 16 21 7 2 12 27 35 -7 56
12 Mickleover Sports 42 15 10 17 54 65 21 9 6 6 34 30 21 6 4 11 20 35 -11 55
13 Nantwich Town 42 14 10 18 46 52 21 8 4 9 24 27 21 6 6 9 22 25 -6 52
14 Stalybridge Celtic 42 15 7 20 51 59 21 9 3 9 29 29 21 6 4 11 22 30 -8 52
15 Ashton United 42 13 12 17 50 59 21 9 6 6 26 22 21 4 6 11 24 37 -9 51
16 Radcliffe Borough 42 15 6 21 56 73 21 10 1 10 34 35 21 5 5 11 22 38 -17 51
17 Gainsborough Trinity 42 12 14 16 40 52 21 9 10 2 26 17 21 3 4 14 14 35 -12 50
18 Hyde United 42 14 8 20 52 65 21 9 2 10 29 34 21 5 6 10 23 31 -13 50
19 Atherton Collieries 42 13 9 20 34 45 21 7 5 9 20 20 21 6 4 11 14 25 -11 48
20 Basford United 42 12 9 21 32 49 21 5 7 9 17 19 21 7 2 12 15 30 -17 45
21 Witton Albion 42 12 7 23 48 78 21 7 2 12 27 37 21 5 5 11 21 41 -30 43
22 Grantham Town 42 8 10 24 45 81 21 4 4 13 23 39 21 4 6 11 22 42 -36 34

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

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