Soccer match preview: Home fans with high optimism before Matlock Town - Atherton Collieries

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Proctor Cars Stadium

Matlock Town reset their brains and bodies for this following their 1-1 result against Ashton United, a fixture that produced some answers. Will they show it against Atherton Collieries?

Insights:
  • Matlock Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Atherton Collieries have the fewest scored goals (27) in Non League Premier: Northern

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.

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Matlock Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Non League Premier: Northern, Matlock Town have managed 9 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Matlock Town.

The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Ashton United last time out and are looking for a win here.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Gainsborough Trinity.

A decent goal production from Matlock in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Matlock Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Proctor Cars Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 16 matches.

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Atherton Collieries form and stats

5-2-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atherton Collieries in their Non League Premier: Northern matches away.

The regulars enjoyed Atherton Collieries's previous match versus Bamber Bridge (placed 9th), a 2-0 win played at home.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Hyde United.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Collieries played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.

The attacking power of Atherton Collieries when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Atherton Collieries in these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other before this season: Atherton Collieries - Matlock 2-1. Last two meetings with these contenders: Matlock Town won zero, Atherton Collieries were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be from the last two encounters.

Matlock Town missing players

Atherton Collieries missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Matlock Town Atherton Collieries
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 31
19 9 1 Won W 2 5 12
6 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
8 4 2 Lost L 3 9 14
55 29 5 Scored S 4 9 27
32 14 6 Conceded C 6 18 31
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
70% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 65%
48% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 12% 26%
24% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 3%
15% 19% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 19% 32%
39% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 32%
21% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 56% 42%
 
3.1 2.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.2 2.8 3.2
2.6 1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4 3.5
1.4 0.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1 0.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.5 3.6 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3.8 4.3 5.8
2.7 1.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.8 2.4
67% 150% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 35%
 
5.3 2.7 2 Shots against (avg) S A 5.5 7.8 7.2
2.2 1.2 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 3
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Atherton Collieries have the fewest scored goals (27) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Atherton Collieries have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Atherton Collieries have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Matlock Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Matlock Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Matlock Town have scored more than double the goals of Atherton Collieries.
  • Matlock Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Matlock Town have won significantly less corners at home than 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 Buxton 34 19 9 6 67 34 17 11 4 2 41 17 17 8 5 4 26 17 33 66
2 South Shields 33 19 7 7 56 31 17 12 2 3 35 16 16 7 5 4 21 15 25 64
3 Matlock Town 33 19 6 8 55 32 16 9 3 4 29 14 17 10 3 4 26 18 23 63
4 Scarborough Athletic 34 17 8 9 47 42 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 9 3 5 20 22 5 59
5 Warrington Town 33 15 10 8 55 40 17 9 4 4 32 19 16 6 6 4 23 21 15 55
6 Whitby Town 33 15 7 11 43 40 17 8 4 5 24 18 16 7 3 6 19 22 3 52
7 United of Manchester 34 15 6 13 55 46 17 10 2 5 33 19 17 5 4 8 22 27 9 51
8 Stafford Rangers 33 12 14 7 41 29 17 4 8 5 16 14 16 8 6 2 25 15 12 50
9 Bamber Bridge 33 15 4 14 49 49 16 6 3 7 25 24 17 9 1 7 24 25 0 49
10 Morpeth Town 32 13 8 11 51 46 17 9 5 3 29 17 15 4 3 8 22 29 5 47
11 Ashton United 33 11 10 12 43 40 16 8 4 4 22 13 17 3 6 8 21 27 3 43
12 Lancaster City 32 13 3 16 38 42 15 7 2 6 14 14 17 6 1 10 24 28 -4 42
13 Atherton Collieries 31 12 5 14 27 31 15 7 3 5 18 13 16 5 2 9 9 18 -4 41
14 Radcliffe Borough 33 12 5 16 45 53 17 8 1 8 28 25 16 4 4 8 17 28 -8 41
15 Basford United 33 11 7 15 28 37 16 5 6 5 16 14 17 6 1 10 12 23 -9 40
16 Stalybridge Celtic 32 11 5 16 42 46 15 6 3 6 23 22 17 5 2 10 19 24 -4 38
17 Gainsborough Trinity 33 9 11 13 31 43 17 8 7 2 21 14 16 1 4 11 10 29 -12 38
18 Mickleover Sports 32 10 7 15 37 50 17 7 4 6 23 22 15 3 3 9 14 28 -13 37
19 Nantwich Town 33 10 6 17 36 46 16 4 3 9 15 23 17 6 3 8 21 23 -10 36
20 Hyde United 34 10 6 18 41 55 17 7 1 9 23 26 17 3 5 9 18 29 -14 36
21 Witton Albion 31 8 6 17 36 62 15 4 2 9 18 28 16 4 4 8 18 34 -26 30
22 Grantham Town 33 6 8 19 38 67 17 2 3 12 20 37 16 4 5 7 18 30 -29 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Buxton 34 19 9 6 67 34 17 11 4 2 41 17 17 8 5 4 26 17 33 66
2 South Shields 33 19 7 7 56 31 17 12 2 3 35 16 16 7 5 4 21 15 25 64
3 Matlock Town 33 19 6 8 55 32 16 9 3 4 29 14 17 10 3 4 26 18 23 63
4 Scarborough Athletic 34 17 8 9 47 42 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 9 3 5 20 22 5 59
5 Warrington Town 33 15 10 8 55 40 17 9 4 4 32 19 16 6 6 4 23 21 15 55
6 Whitby Town 33 15 7 11 43 40 17 8 4 5 24 18 16 7 3 6 19 22 3 52
7 United of Manchester 34 15 6 13 55 46 17 10 2 5 33 19 17 5 4 8 22 27 9 51
8 Stafford Rangers 33 12 14 7 41 29 17 4 8 5 16 14 16 8 6 2 25 15 12 50
9 Bamber Bridge 33 15 4 14 49 49 16 6 3 7 25 24 17 9 1 7 24 25 0 49
10 Morpeth Town 32 13 8 11 51 46 17 9 5 3 29 17 15 4 3 8 22 29 5 47
11 Ashton United 33 11 10 12 43 40 16 8 4 4 22 13 17 3 6 8 21 27 3 43
12 Lancaster City 32 13 3 16 38 42 15 7 2 6 14 14 17 6 1 10 24 28 -4 42
13 Atherton Collieries 31 12 5 14 27 31 15 7 3 5 18 13 16 5 2 9 9 18 -4 41
14 Radcliffe Borough 33 12 5 16 45 53 17 8 1 8 28 25 16 4 4 8 17 28 -8 41
15 Basford United 33 11 7 15 28 37 16 5 6 5 16 14 17 6 1 10 12 23 -9 40
16 Stalybridge Celtic 32 11 5 16 42 46 15 6 3 6 23 22 17 5 2 10 19 24 -4 38
17 Gainsborough Trinity 33 9 11 13 31 43 17 8 7 2 21 14 16 1 4 11 10 29 -12 38
18 Mickleover Sports 32 10 7 15 37 50 17 7 4 6 23 22 15 3 3 9 14 28 -13 37
19 Nantwich Town 33 10 6 17 36 46 16 4 3 9 15 23 17 6 3 8 21 23 -10 36
20 Hyde United 34 10 6 18 41 55 17 7 1 9 23 26 17 3 5 9 18 29 -14 36
21 Witton Albion 31 8 6 17 36 62 15 4 2 9 18 28 16 4 4 8 18 34 -26 30
22 Grantham Town 33 6 8 19 38 67 17 2 3 12 20 37 16 4 5 7 18 30 -29 26

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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.