With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Non League Premier: Northern clash of the season. Marine are eager to welcome United of Manchester in front of their stadium regulars.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Marine form and stats
In the previous season, Marine's league results were 17 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses, ending with 9th place in the Non League Premier: Northern. During these 42 matches they scored {56 goals} and gave away 45. Performing as the host team in the previous season Marine delivered 9-4-8 (win-draw-lost) with {31 goals} and 24 conceded.
Marine haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 305 minutes ago. Hardy scored that one.
Marine shared the glory with Gainsborough Trinity in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Before that game, the home loss against Matlock Town with the scoreline 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Marine perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Marine as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Marine has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Northern game versus Whitby Town in only four days. This game is also played here at The Marine Travel Arena.
United of Manchester form and stats
Let's have a look at how United of Manchester performed last season in the Non League Premier: Northern: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 1 and lost 9 with 29/18 goals scored/conceded.
United of Manchester go into this game after a win, the home game against Worksop Town that ended 3-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Gainsborough Trinity at their stadium, the result 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by United of Manchester in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for United of Manchester, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Manchester manager Reynolds as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Stafford Rangers.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two participants are: four wins for Marine, two draws and four wins for United of Manchester. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Marine missing players
United of Manchester missing players
| Marine | United of Manchester | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Marine | Last season | United of Manchester | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 11 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 56 | 31 | Scored | S | 29 | 68 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Conceded | C | 18 | 48 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 74% | ||
| 48% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 26% | ||
| 10% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 14% | ||
| 43% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 52% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 29% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5.5 | 3.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 62% | 122% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| 4.9 | 3.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Workington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Radcliffe Borough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | United of Manchester | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Ilkeston Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Lancaster City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Macclesfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Whitby Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Morpeth Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Basford United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Hyde United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Guiseley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bamber Bridge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Gainsborough Trinity | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Marine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Matlock Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Marske United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Atherton Collieries | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Stafford Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Bradford Park Avenue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Worksop Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 21 | Rylands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 22 | Ashton United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 32 | 85 |
| 2 | Warrington Town | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 70 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 31 | 77 |
| 3 | Bamber Bridge | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 63 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 41 | -1 | 73 |
| 4 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 74 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 33 | 69 |
| 5 | Matlock Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 49 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 68 |
| 6 | Hyde United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 64 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 66 |
| 7 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 55 | 49 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 66 |
| 8 | United of Manchester | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 48 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 18 | 20 | 63 |
| 9 | Marine | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 61 |
| 10 | Rylands | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 64 | 55 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 60 |
| 11 | Lancaster City | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 58 |
| 12 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -1 | 57 |
| 13 | Guiseley | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 54 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 55 |
| 14 | Ashton United | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 58 | 64 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 30 | -6 | 53 |
| 15 | Whitby Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 54 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 24 | -9 | 52 |
| 16 | Marske United | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 39 | -22 | 50 |
| 17 | Morpeth Town | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 55 | 63 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 33 | -8 | 49 |
| 18 | Atherton Collieries | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 57 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 32 | -19 | 47 |
| 19 | Nantwich Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 55 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 27 | -11 | 46 |
| 20 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 50 | 64 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 28 | -14 | 42 |
| 21 | Liversedge | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 48 | 86 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 44 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 42 | -38 | 40 |
| 22 | Belper Town | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 44 | 86 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 44 | -42 | 30 |