Bamber Bridge manager Crowe looking for three points in Stafford Rangers showdown

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sir Tom Finney Stadium (2264 seats)

Bamber Bridge have delivered really well this season, proven by 5th position in the table. Stafford Rangers have a view both direction in the table from their 13th spot.

Insights:
  • Bamber Bridge have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stafford Rangers have the fewest scored goals (14) away in Non League Premier: Northern

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bamber Bridge form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sir Tom Finney Stadium as Bamber Bridge have scored 30 goals to get 32 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Non League Premier: Northern are 9-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Bamber in their previous match, an away game at Warrington Town that ended in defeat 0-1.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Liversedge with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 Bridge 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.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bamber, as the Non League Premier: Northern home game vs Morpeth Town is only three days away.

Bamber Bridge's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stafford Rangers form and stats

There's been little loot from Stafford Rangers's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the Non League Premier: Northern. Stafford Rangers only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.

Stafford Rangers played 2-2 against Rylands in their previous match. It looked so good for Stafford vs Rylands, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

The fixture before that was the Staffordshire Senior Cup-duel against Leek Town, a home loss (0-3). Stafford Rangers 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, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stafford Rangers as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Stafford have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H encounter ended Stafford Rangers - Bamber Bridge 4-2, earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Bamber Bridge victories, zero draws and three Stafford Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Bamber Bridge missing players

Stafford Rangers missing players

Bamber Bridge Stafford Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 15 4 Played P 5 16 34
16 9 4 Won W 0 4 12
7 5 0 Drew D 1 3 8
10 1 0 Lost L 4 9 14
49 30 10 Scored S 0 14 42
51 16 3 Conceded C 6 24 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
82% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 75% 82%
55% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 47%
30% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 18%
21% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
55% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
21% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 24%
24% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 24%
 
2.8 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 3.7
4.7 5.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.3 4.2
1.7 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1 0.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 10 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.5 7.8
3.4 4.6 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 2.9
28% 31% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 36%
 
8.7 7.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.6 8.6
3.9 2.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.4 3.4
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Bamber Bridge have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stafford Rangers have scored away.
  • Bamber Bridge have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Bamber Bridge have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bamber Bridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stafford Rangers have the fewest scored goals (14) away in Non League Premier: Northern

  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 33 21 8 4 59 26 17 12 4 1 37 15 16 9 4 3 22 11 33 71
2 Hyde United 34 17 10 7 55 31 17 9 3 5 25 13 17 8 7 2 30 18 24 61
3 Warrington Town 34 15 13 6 50 33 18 9 6 3 26 16 16 6 7 3 24 17 17 58
4 Radcliffe Borough 33 15 11 7 49 39 16 8 4 4 28 21 17 7 7 3 21 18 10 56
5 Bamber Bridge 33 16 7 10 49 51 15 9 5 1 30 16 18 7 2 9 19 35 -2 55
6 Gainsborough Trinity 33 14 12 7 61 34 15 4 8 3 26 17 18 10 4 4 35 17 27 54
7 Marine 32 14 10 8 45 28 16 8 4 4 26 15 16 6 6 4 19 13 17 52
8 Matlock Town 34 14 10 10 45 40 18 7 9 2 28 16 16 7 1 8 17 24 5 52
9 Guiseley 34 14 6 14 46 43 18 8 2 8 24 24 16 6 4 6 22 19 3 48
10 United of Manchester 33 13 9 11 51 38 18 6 8 4 32 26 15 7 1 7 19 12 13 45
11 Lancaster City 33 11 12 10 36 37 18 7 7 4 19 15 15 4 5 6 17 22 -1 45
12 Rylands 34 12 8 14 50 45 17 7 3 7 20 17 17 5 5 7 30 28 5 44
13 Stafford Rangers 34 12 8 14 42 47 18 8 5 5 28 23 16 4 3 9 14 24 -5 44
14 Whitby Town 34 12 8 14 35 43 17 6 3 8 16 23 17 6 5 6 19 20 -8 44
15 Ashton United 34 12 8 14 44 48 16 6 3 7 21 23 18 6 5 7 23 25 -4 41
16 Atherton Collieries 33 9 12 12 30 39 16 4 6 6 15 16 17 5 6 6 15 23 -9 39
17 Stalybridge Celtic 34 10 8 16 36 43 17 5 2 10 18 24 17 5 6 6 18 19 -7 38
18 Morpeth Town 33 11 4 18 44 49 16 8 1 7 25 19 17 3 3 11 19 30 -5 37
19 Nantwich Town 34 8 8 18 31 46 17 3 3 11 13 24 17 5 5 7 18 22 -15 32
20 Marske United 31 10 2 19 41 66 14 4 1 9 18 30 17 6 1 10 23 36 -25 32
21 Liversedge 31 9 3 19 34 67 16 3 1 12 13 36 15 6 2 7 21 31 -33 30
22 Belper Town 34 5 7 22 35 75 16 2 4 10 15 36 18 3 3 12 20 39 -40 22

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.