Gainsborough Trinity vs Stafford Rangers match preview: Even contest expected at The Gainsborough Martin & Co Arena

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Gainsborough Martin & Co Arena

Here's every piece of data you must know, and even more, before the Gainsborough Trinity - Stafford Rangers match!

Insights:
  • Gainsborough Trinity have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Stafford Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Non League Premier: Northern game only four days ago. That game, against Radcliffe Borough, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Stafford Rangers.

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Gainsborough Trinity form and stats

When playing at home in the Non League Premier: Northern, Gainsborough Trinity, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Non League Premier: Northern, have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 13 games.

The supporters are hoping that Gainsborough Trinity will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Radcliffe Borough (placed 14th).

Before that, Gainsborough Trinity had a home game versus Basford United which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 Gainsborough Trinity have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn seven and lost four.

From these home matches, Gainsborough Trinity have conceded only 8 goals.

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Stafford Rangers form and stats

As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Northern matches, Stafford Rangers have produced an overall stat of 7-5-2 so far.

Two travels in a row for Stafford Rangers, whose manager Banim could celebrate last time after the win against Radcliffe Borough.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Atherton Collieries.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Stafford Rangers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Stafford Rangers, five draws and seven defeats.

Stafford Rangers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Stafford as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other already this season, with the final score Stafford Rangers - Gainsborough Trinity 0-0 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Gainsborough Trinity wins - draws - Stafford Rangers wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 14 27
7 6 3 Won W 1 7 10
9 6 1 Drew D 2 5 10
11 1 0 Lost L 2 2 7
22 13 5 Scored S 2 21 33
35 8 2 Conceded C 3 13 25
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 86% 85%
74% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 64% 63%
22% 8% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 43% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 26%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
44% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 57% 48%
30% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 60% 36% 33%
33% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 21% 33%
 
3.5 4.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.8 3.6
3.4 5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4.7 4.1
1.2 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.4 1 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
5.4 6.2 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.6 6.8 5.5
2.4 3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 2.9 2.4
35% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 41% 47%
 
7.8 8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 4 7 5.4
3.5 3.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 3.2 2.4
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Gainsborough Trinity have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Gainsborough Trinity have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Gainsborough Trinity have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stafford Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Matlock Town 26 18 2 6 48 23 13 9 1 3 28 12 13 9 1 3 20 11 25 56
2 South Shields 25 16 5 4 44 21 14 9 2 3 26 12 11 7 3 1 18 9 23 53
3 Bamber Bridge 27 15 3 9 48 36 13 6 3 4 24 15 14 9 0 5 24 21 12 48
4 Scarborough Athletic 28 14 5 9 36 35 14 7 3 4 22 16 14 7 2 5 14 19 1 47
5 Buxton 26 13 7 6 51 29 13 8 3 2 34 14 13 5 4 4 17 15 22 46
6 Whitby Town 27 14 4 9 37 34 14 7 2 5 19 15 13 7 2 4 18 19 3 46
7 Warrington Town 26 12 8 6 44 30 14 7 3 4 24 14 12 5 5 2 20 16 14 44
8 Stafford Rangers 27 10 10 7 33 25 13 3 5 5 12 12 14 7 5 2 21 13 8 40
9 United of Manchester 27 12 4 11 45 38 13 8 1 4 29 17 14 4 3 7 16 21 7 40
10 Morpeth Town 25 10 7 8 40 35 13 7 4 2 23 13 12 3 3 6 17 22 5 37
11 Atherton Collieries 26 11 4 11 23 26 11 6 2 3 15 10 15 5 2 8 8 16 -3 37
12 Basford United 28 10 6 12 26 31 14 5 5 4 15 12 14 5 1 8 11 19 -5 36
13 Lancaster City 26 11 2 13 33 34 12 6 1 5 11 10 14 5 1 8 22 24 -1 35
14 Radcliffe Borough 28 10 5 13 37 43 14 6 1 7 22 21 14 4 4 6 15 22 -6 35
15 Stalybridge Celtic 26 9 4 13 35 36 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 3 2 8 14 20 -1 31
16 Gainsborough Trinity 27 7 9 11 22 35 13 6 6 1 13 8 14 1 3 10 9 27 -13 30
17 Mickleover Sports 28 8 6 14 30 46 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 2 9 13 27 -16 30
18 Hyde United 27 8 4 15 32 45 14 6 1 7 20 22 13 2 3 8 12 23 -13 28
19 Ashton United 23 7 6 10 30 30 12 6 3 3 19 11 11 1 3 7 11 19 0 27
20 Nantwich Town 25 6 5 14 21 33 12 2 2 8 10 18 13 4 3 6 11 15 -12 23
21 Witton Albion 24 6 5 13 29 50 13 4 1 8 16 24 11 2 4 5 13 26 -21 23
22 Grantham Town 26 4 5 17 24 53 13 0 3 10 10 27 13 4 2 7 14 26 -29 17

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.