The visiting Basford United side should be favourites in this visit to Mickleover Sports, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 31 league games this season.
The hosts Mickleover Sports saw competitive action as recent as two days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Northern. That game was an away game at Ashton United, so at least Mickleover Sports are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Mickleover Sports form and stats
6-1-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Northern numbers at home for Mickleover Sports so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Mickleover Sports, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Mickleover Sports are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Ashton United. Preceding that match was a defeat to United of Manchester (0-4).
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 Mickleover Sports have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost four.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Mickleover Sports, as the Non League Premier: Northern home game vs Hyde United is only two days away.
Mickleover Sports has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mickleover Sports defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Basford United form and stats
6-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Basford United in their Non League Premier: Northern matches away.
The attacking players of Basford United have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 184 minutes.
The manager M. Carruthers was unhappy after their last game, a Non League Premier: Northern match played at their home ground Greenwich Avenue. Basford United suffered a 0-2 loss to Buxton (placed 18th). A loss against Nantwich Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Basford United in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Basford United, four draws and five defeats.
A new game in only two days for Basford United, the Non League Premier: Northern home match versus Scarborough Athletic. Busy days.
The visiting Basford United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Basford United in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Mickleover Sports zero wins, zero draws and Basford United four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Mickleover Sports missing players
Basford United missing players
| Mickleover Sports | Basford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 42 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 49 |
| 52 | 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 94% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 71% | 71% |
| 59% | 54% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 48% |
| 55% | 46% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 36% | 35% |
| 28% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 66% | 54% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 57% | 52% |
| 17% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 14% | 26% |
| 17% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 36% | 29% |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | 82 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 99 | 202 |
| 88 | 36 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 41 | 84 |
| 39% | 39% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 39% | 46% |
- Basford United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14)
- Basford United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Basford United has the fewest matches over the total-line (14)
- Basford United has the most points from losing position (20)
- Mickleover Sports 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 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 31 | 69 |
| 2 | United of Manchester | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 57 |
| 3 | Warrington Town | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 57 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Basford United | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 55 |
| 5 | Nantwich Town | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 52 |
| 6 | Lancaster City | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 52 |
| 7 | Whitby Town | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 49 |
| 8 | Morpeth Town | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 48 |
| 9 | Scarborough Athletic | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 35 | -4 | 47 |
| 10 | Hyde United | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 43 |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 42 |
| 12 | Stalybridge Celtic | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 42 |
| 13 | Bamber Bridge | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 53 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 39 | -11 | 40 |
| 14 | Witton Albion | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -3 | 38 |
| 15 | Mickleover Sports | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 31 | -10 | 38 |
| 16 | Radcliffe Borough | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 32 | -16 | 37 |
| 17 | Ashton United | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | -5 | 36 |
| 18 | Buxton | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 35 |
| 19 | Grantham Town | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 71 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 41 | -33 | 30 |
| 20 | Matlock Town | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -10 | 29 |
| 21 | Atherton Collieries | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 28 |
| 22 | Stafford Rangers | 33 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 53 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | -24 | 23 |