Non League Premier: Northern preview: Can Basford United edge out victory against United of Manchester?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Greenwich Avenue (1000 seats)

A key match in Non League Premier: Northern as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Basford United in 3rd position and United of Manchester placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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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Basford United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Greenwich Avenue as Basford United have scored 27 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Non League Premier: Northern are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Basford United are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The fans are hoping that Basford United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Non League Premier: Northern game against Gainsborough Trinity (placed 16th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Witton Albion in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Basford United handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are Wfour-Done-Ltwo.

Basford United are traveling soon after this match as the Non League Premier: Northern match at Mickleover Sports awaits in three days.

Basford United can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 27 times. On the other hand, Basford United have conceded 15 goals.

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United of Manchester form and stats

Playing away, United of Manchester, who have the most scored goals (58) in Non League Premier: Northern, have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Non League Premier: Northern this season. In general it has been a productive period now for United of Manchester as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. United of Manchester are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.

United of Manchester delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Mickleover Sports (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Non League Premier: Northern game. Before that, United of Manchester travelled to Buxton and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Mickleover Sports was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

We have checked recent matches where United of Manchester have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were Wzero-Dzero-Ltwo.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, United of Manchester are regular goalscorers on their travels. United of Manchester have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; United of Manchester - Basford United 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Basford United one win, zero draws and United of Manchester one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

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Basford United United of Manchester
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 3 12 25
15 9 2 Won W 1 6 13
6 2 0 Drew D 2 5 7
6 2 0 Lost L 0 1 5
46 27 5 Scored S 4 24 58
32 15 1 Conceded C 3 16 37
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 92%
67% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 80%
52% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 67% 72%
41% 46% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 60%
26% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 42% 44%
52% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 75% 68%
30% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 24%
26% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 16%
 
4.8 4.2 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.1 6.2
5.3 4.4 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.1 4
1.5 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
171 72 0 Total Shots T S 31 99 300
75 34 0 Shots on Target S O 10 35 113
49% 62% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 63% 50%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Basford United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
  • Basford United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Basford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • United of Manchester has the most scored goals (58)
  • United of Manchester has the the best goal difference (+8) away
  • United of Manchester have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 28 17 5 6 52 28 15 10 2 3 34 13 13 7 3 3 18 15 24 56
2 Lancaster City 29 15 6 8 52 36 14 8 4 2 23 13 15 7 2 6 29 23 16 51
3 Basford United 27 15 6 6 46 32 13 9 2 2 27 15 14 6 4 4 19 17 14 51
4 United of Manchester 25 13 7 5 58 37 13 7 2 4 34 21 12 6 5 1 24 16 21 46
5 Nantwich Town 25 13 5 7 47 34 12 9 1 2 28 15 13 4 4 5 19 19 13 44
6 Warrington Town 26 11 10 5 42 34 14 7 4 3 23 16 12 4 6 2 19 18 8 43
7 Witton Albion 28 10 8 10 36 36 15 8 2 5 25 20 13 2 6 5 11 16 0 38
8 Stalybridge Celtic 29 11 5 13 38 44 15 5 2 8 25 29 14 6 3 5 13 15 -6 38
9 Scarborough Athletic 29 10 8 11 34 42 15 6 8 1 19 11 14 4 0 10 15 31 -8 38
10 Mickleover Sports 25 11 4 10 39 41 11 6 1 4 16 14 14 5 3 6 23 27 -2 37
11 Hyde United 29 10 7 12 46 49 14 5 4 5 27 22 15 5 3 7 19 27 -3 37
12 Bamber Bridge 30 11 4 15 50 56 15 8 3 4 32 22 15 3 1 11 18 34 -6 37
13 Radcliffe Borough 27 11 3 13 28 36 13 7 3 3 16 11 14 4 0 10 12 25 -8 36
14 Morpeth Town 22 10 5 7 35 32 10 6 3 1 20 11 12 4 2 6 15 21 3 35
15 Whitby Town 23 10 4 9 38 33 12 5 3 4 18 16 11 5 1 5 20 17 5 34
16 Gainsborough Trinity 26 9 7 10 41 37 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 4 3 6 23 22 4 34
17 Matlock Town 25 8 4 13 34 39 13 4 3 6 19 18 12 4 1 7 15 21 -5 28
18 Buxton 28 6 9 13 45 47 14 3 4 7 27 20 14 3 5 6 18 27 -2 27
19 Atherton Collieries 23 7 4 12 32 42 11 5 1 5 22 21 12 2 3 7 10 21 -10 25
20 Ashton United 24 7 5 12 30 41 11 3 2 6 10 19 13 4 3 6 20 22 -11 25
21 Grantham Town 26 6 7 13 30 60 14 6 2 6 19 27 12 0 5 7 11 33 -30 25
22 Stafford Rangers 26 3 9 14 21 38 13 2 6 5 9 14 13 1 3 9 12 24 -17 18

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.