Betting preview: Grantham Town vs Stafford Rangers should be interesting

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: South Kesteven Stadium (7500 seats)

Grantham Town are welcoming Stafford Rangers for another important game after their 0-0 result against 4th-placed Basford United.

It's no vacation for neither Grantham Town nor Stafford Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Grantham Town form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Grantham Town, who have the most conceded goals (21) at home in Non League Premier: Northern, have to build on here at South Kesteven Stadium in the Non League Premier: Northern. Grantham Town are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at South Kesteven Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

Grantham Town manager and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Basford United (placed 4th) in the Non League Premier: Northern. Preceding that match was a defeat to Gainsborough Trinity (1-5).

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 Grantham Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6 Drawn 1 Lost 7.

The Grantham Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. Grantham Town have conceded 21 from these games.

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Stafford Rangers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stafford Rangers so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Stafford Rangers as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Stalybridge Celtic match. It's a growing despair in Stafford Rangers as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The manager G. Clowes was unhappy after their last game, a Non League Premier: Northern match played at their home ground Marston Road. Stafford Rangers suffered a 0-1 loss to Mickleover Sports (placed 11th). Prior to that match, the Stafford Rangers manager G. Clowes faced defeat when travelling to Nantwich Town and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stafford Rangers playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 1 Stafford Rangers win, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stafford Rangers as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Stafford Rangers have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Stafford Rangers - Grantham Town 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Grantham Town victories, 4 draws and 2 Stafford Rangers wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Grantham Town missing players

Stafford Rangers missing players

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Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 0 10 20
5 5 0 Won W 0 1 2
7 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
9 4 3 Lost L 0 7 12
26 16 1 Scored S 0 9 15
47 21 13 Conceded C 0 18 30
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
86% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 90% 75%
67% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 45%
57% 55% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 15%
24% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 50%
19% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 20%
29% 18% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 40%
 
3.5 2.7 3 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4 3.7
4.9 3.3 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 6 3.8
1.2 0.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 1.3
2 2 2 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
123 49 20 Total Shots T S 0 49 92
42 18 7 Shots on Target S O 0 17 28
33% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 29%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Grantham Town has the most conceded goals (21) at home
  • Grantham Town has the the worst goal difference (-21)
  • Grantham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grantham Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Grantham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Grantham Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Stafford Rangers has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Stafford Rangers has the fewest scored goals (15)
  • Stafford Rangers has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
  • Stafford Rangers has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
  • Stafford Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stafford Rangers 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 South Shields 21 13 3 5 34 18 12 8 2 2 23 7 9 5 1 3 11 11 16 42
2 Lancaster City 24 12 6 6 42 31 11 6 4 1 16 9 13 6 2 5 26 22 11 42
3 United of Manchester 21 11 5 5 46 30 12 7 1 4 31 18 9 4 4 1 15 12 16 38
4 Basford United 21 10 6 5 37 29 10 6 2 2 22 15 11 4 4 3 15 14 8 36
5 Stalybridge Celtic 23 11 3 9 32 31 11 5 1 5 20 20 12 6 2 4 12 11 1 36
6 Warrington Town 21 9 8 4 35 28 11 5 3 3 19 14 10 4 5 1 16 14 7 35
7 Radcliffe Borough 20 11 2 7 25 19 10 7 2 1 15 4 10 4 0 6 10 15 6 35
8 Nantwich Town 20 10 4 6 36 29 10 7 1 2 21 13 10 3 3 4 15 16 7 34
9 Hyde United 24 9 6 9 41 37 11 4 4 3 23 15 13 5 2 6 18 22 4 33
10 Witton Albion 22 8 7 7 29 26 12 7 1 4 21 15 10 1 6 3 8 11 3 31
11 Mickleover Sports 21 9 3 9 28 31 9 4 1 4 10 12 12 5 2 5 18 19 -3 30
12 Scarborough Athletic 24 8 6 10 27 37 11 4 6 1 12 7 13 4 0 9 15 30 -10 30
13 Morpeth Town 16 8 4 4 26 19 7 5 2 0 15 5 9 3 2 4 11 14 7 28
14 Bamber Bridge 25 8 4 13 40 48 13 6 3 4 28 20 12 2 1 9 12 28 -8 28
15 Whitby Town 18 8 3 7 29 26 9 4 2 3 12 11 9 4 1 4 17 15 3 27
16 Matlock Town 20 7 3 10 26 30 10 3 2 5 14 16 10 4 1 5 12 14 -4 24
17 Grantham Town 21 5 7 9 26 47 11 5 2 4 16 21 10 0 5 5 10 26 -21 22
18 Atherton Collieries 18 6 3 9 25 33 9 4 1 4 18 18 9 2 2 5 7 15 -8 21
19 Buxton 22 4 7 11 35 39 12 3 3 6 23 15 10 1 4 5 12 24 -4 19
20 Gainsborough Trinity 20 4 6 10 28 32 11 3 4 4 14 14 9 1 2 6 14 18 -4 18
21 Ashton United 18 4 4 10 21 33 8 1 2 5 7 16 10 3 2 5 14 17 -12 15
22 Stafford Rangers 20 2 6 12 15 30 10 1 4 5 6 12 10 1 2 7 9 18 -15 12

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.