Soccer betting preview: Atherton Collieries welcomes Stalybridge Celtic in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 19.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Skuna Stadium (2500 seats)

Let's all look at Atherton Collieries - Stalybridge Celtic! Despite a mixed bag of results so far, this match could be cracking!

Insights:
  • Atherton Collieries 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.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Atherton Collieries form and stats

Atherton Collieries's struggle is real here at The Skuna Stadium with only 9 points collected from 9 Non League Premier: Northern games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4.

Collieries's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Bamber Bridge (placed 9th). Up until that beating this club had gone seven consecutive league rounds without losing.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Marske United and winning 3-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Atherton Collieries perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Atherton Collieries as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Atherton Collieries has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 6.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 16 league matches, 12 have produced zero, one or two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Atherton Collieries, as the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy home game vs Chorley is only three days away.

Collieries have scored {8 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Atherton Collieries have conceded 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stalybridge Celtic form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Northern. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Stalybridge Celtic are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Stalybridge play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Stafford Rangers (placed 10th).

A 1-2 loss hosting United of Manchester before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stalybridge Celtic playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 7 Stalybridge Celtic wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Stalybridge Celtic when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stalybridge have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Atherton Collieries two wins, one draw and Stalybridge Celtic two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Atherton Collieries missing players

Stalybridge Celtic missing players

Atherton Collieries Stalybridge Celtic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
5 2 1 Won W 1 3 5
8 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 4 0 Lost L 1 5 10
17 8 3 Scored S 4 8 14
20 10 1 Conceded C 2 13 24
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
67% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 61%
33% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 44%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
44% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 33%
33% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 39%
39% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 39%
 
4.1 4.6 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.6 4.1
4.7 4.9 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.7 5.4
1.5 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7 6.4 7 Shots (avg) S ( 2 5.9 8.2
2.9 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.3 3.1
34% 50% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 133% 38% 24%
 
8.2 9.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 4 11 10.9
2.8 2.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 4.6
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Atherton Collieries 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 won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stalybridge Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 17 10 3 4 26 13 9 6 1 2 15 4 8 4 2 2 11 9 13 33
2 Gainsborough Trinity 18 8 8 2 35 13 9 2 5 2 12 9 9 6 3 0 23 4 22 32
3 United of Manchester 18 9 4 5 31 19 9 3 4 2 14 12 9 6 0 3 17 7 12 31
4 Marine 18 8 6 4 27 13 9 5 2 2 16 6 9 3 4 2 11 7 14 30
5 Radcliffe Borough 17 8 6 3 25 17 8 5 2 1 16 10 9 3 4 2 9 7 8 30
6 Matlock Town 18 9 3 6 25 20 9 5 3 1 17 9 9 4 0 5 8 11 5 30
7 South Shields 14 8 4 2 17 9 8 5 2 1 9 4 6 3 2 1 8 5 8 28
8 Warrington Town 18 8 4 6 27 20 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 2 3 15 10 7 28
9 Bamber Bridge 18 8 4 6 27 31 9 5 3 1 18 12 9 3 1 5 9 19 -4 28
10 Stafford Rangers 18 7 6 5 24 23 9 4 3 2 13 11 9 3 3 3 11 12 1 27
11 Ashton United 19 8 4 7 23 21 9 3 3 3 10 9 10 5 1 4 13 12 2 25
12 Rylands 19 6 6 7 34 30 9 4 2 3 12 10 10 2 4 4 22 20 4 24
13 Morpeth Town 18 7 3 8 30 28 9 5 1 3 18 12 9 2 2 5 12 16 2 24
14 Atherton Collieries 18 5 8 5 17 20 9 2 3 4 8 10 9 3 5 1 9 10 -3 23
15 Marske United 17 7 2 8 26 31 8 3 1 4 12 15 9 4 1 4 14 16 -5 23
16 Guiseley 18 6 4 8 23 28 9 3 1 5 10 16 9 3 3 3 13 12 -5 22
17 Lancaster City 17 4 7 6 16 20 9 1 5 3 5 8 8 3 2 3 11 12 -4 19
18 Stalybridge Celtic 18 5 3 10 14 24 9 2 2 5 6 11 9 3 1 5 8 13 -10 18
19 Nantwich Town 19 4 5 10 15 21 10 2 2 6 9 12 9 2 3 4 6 9 -6 17
20 Whitby Town 17 5 2 10 14 24 8 2 0 6 8 16 9 3 2 4 6 8 -10 17
21 Liversedge 18 4 2 12 14 39 9 0 0 9 4 24 9 4 2 3 10 15 -25 14
22 Belper Town 18 2 4 12 16 42 9 1 2 6 8 24 9 1 2 6 8 18 -26 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.