Non League Premier: Northern preview: Can Bamber Bridge edge out victory against Nantwich Town?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sir Tom Finney Stadium (2264 seats)

Non League Premier: Northern: What this fixture might lack in glitz it should make up for in effort and enthusiasm. Let's go: Bamber Bridge - Nantwich Town!

Insights:
  • Bamber Bridge have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bamber Bridge have scored more than double the goals of Nantwich Town.

Nantwich Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Non League Premier: Northern game only four sleeps ago.

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Bamber Bridge form and stats

Bamber Bridge have performed here at Sir Tom Finney Stadium this season with 3 wins from 6 Non League Premier: Northern matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sir Tom Finney Stadium.

The followers are hoping that Bamber Bridge will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-6 away loss in the Fa Trophy fixture against Macclesfield.

Before that, Bamber Bridge played out a Non League Premier: Northern draw 1-1 when visiting Morpeth Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bamber have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

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

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 6 games), Bamber Bridge's attacking play is working. Bamber Bridge have conceded 9 from these games.

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Nantwich Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nantwich Town so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Nantwich Town's previous game was their home loss versus Marine (1-2).

The game earlier was the Fa Trophy-battle against Rylands, a home loss (0-2). Nantwich are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

The attacking power of Nantwich Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Nantwich have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the prior seven meetings): Bamber Bridge won one game, three matches ended with a tie and Nantwich Town managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three.

Bamber Bridge missing players

Nantwich Town missing players

Bamber Bridge Nantwich Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 7 13
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 2
4 3 1 Drew D 0 3 4
3 0 0 Lost L 1 3 7
19 15 7 Scored S 1 5 9
17 9 3 Conceded C 2 8 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 92%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 62%
55% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 31%
45% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
27% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 46%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 15%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 46%
 
2.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 4.4
4.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.8 4.4
1.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.2 8.1
3.8 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3
27% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 21% 24%
 
12.5 9.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 8.3 7.9
6 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.8 3
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • All of Bamber Bridge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bamber Bridge have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Bamber Bridge have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Bamber Bridge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bamber Bridge have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Bamber Bridge have scored more than double the goals of Nantwich Town.
  • Bamber Bridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 United of Manchester 13 7 2 4 23 13 7 3 2 2 11 9 6 4 0 2 12 4 10 23
2 Stafford Rangers 12 6 3 3 18 14 6 4 1 1 11 6 6 2 2 2 7 8 4 21
3 Radcliffe Borough 12 6 3 3 15 11 6 4 1 1 11 7 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 21
4 Matlock Town 14 6 3 5 17 15 8 4 3 1 13 8 6 2 0 4 4 7 2 21
5 Marske United 10 6 2 2 20 15 4 3 1 0 8 4 6 3 1 2 12 11 5 20
6 Hyde United 10 6 2 2 13 9 6 4 1 1 7 3 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 20
7 Morpeth Town 12 6 1 5 26 19 6 4 1 1 16 8 6 2 0 4 10 11 7 19
8 South Shields 10 5 4 1 13 7 5 3 2 0 6 2 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 19
9 Rylands 14 5 4 5 29 25 6 3 1 2 9 8 8 2 3 3 20 17 4 19
10 Gainsborough Trinity 10 4 5 1 19 6 5 1 3 1 6 4 5 3 2 0 13 2 13 17
11 Marine 12 4 5 3 16 10 5 2 2 1 7 3 7 2 3 2 9 7 6 17
12 Ashton United 12 5 2 5 15 13 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 3 0 3 8 7 2 17
13 Bamber Bridge 11 4 4 3 19 17 6 3 3 0 15 9 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 16
14 Warrington Town 12 4 4 4 15 15 7 3 2 2 9 8 5 1 2 2 6 7 0 16
15 Atherton Collieries 12 4 4 4 10 11 6 2 1 3 6 5 6 2 3 1 4 6 -1 16
16 Guiseley 12 4 3 5 13 16 6 2 1 3 6 10 6 2 2 2 7 6 -3 15
17 Lancaster City 11 2 5 4 9 13 6 1 4 1 4 5 5 1 1 3 5 8 -4 11
18 Stalybridge Celtic 13 3 2 8 8 20 7 2 1 4 5 9 6 1 1 4 3 11 -12 11
19 Nantwich Town 13 2 4 7 9 16 6 1 1 4 4 8 7 1 3 3 5 8 -7 10
20 Liversedge 12 3 1 8 12 26 6 0 0 6 3 16 6 3 1 2 9 10 -14 10
21 Belper Town 13 2 3 8 11 30 6 1 1 4 5 16 7 1 2 4 6 14 -19 9
22 Whitby Town 10 2 2 6 7 16 4 0 0 4 2 12 6 2 2 2 5 4 -9 8

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.