The visiting Basford United side should be favourites in this visit to Matlock Town, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
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.
Matlock Town form and stats
The story so far in the Non League Premier: Northern for Matlock Town at their home stadium is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Matlock Town as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Matlock Town lost their last game at Gainsborough Trinity (placed 20th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Buxton (2-4).
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 Matlock Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 6.
The Matlock Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Matlock Town have conceded 16 from these games.
Basford United form and stats
Playing away, Basford United have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Non League Premier: Northern this season.
Basford United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Grantham Town (placed 17th) in their previous match; a Non League Premier: Northern game. A loss against Hyde United was the result prior to that, in a home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Basford United playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were 4 Basford United wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Basford United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Basford United have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Basford United - Matlock Town 0-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 3 Matlock Town victories, 1 draw and 1 Basford United win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Matlock Town missing players
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| Matlock Town | Basford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 37 |
| 30 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 90% |
| 70% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 82% | 76% |
| 60% | 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 57% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 48% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 29% |
| 65% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 62% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 19% |
| 15% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 29% |
| 4 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1.1 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 113 | 57 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 82 | 138 |
| 44 | 25 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 30 | 58 |
| 43% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 50% |
- Basford United has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Matlock Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Matlock Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 |