It's early days in the Non League Premier: Northern and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Mickleover Sports form and stats
Perfect Non League Premier: Northern season at home so far for Mickleover Sports, as mentioned below. 2 wins from 2 appearances. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Mickleover Sports, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Mickleover Sports's previous game was a Non League Premier: Northern match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Stafford Rangers. The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a FA Cup home match hosting Coventry Sphinx in a game that was won 3-0.
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 ten matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 3 Lost 3.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Mickleover Sports at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Stafford Rangers form and stats
It's not happening yet for Stafford Rangers on their Non League Premier: Northern travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Stafford Rangers have lost on their last two travels.
Stafford Rangers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Mickleover Sports. A 0-1 loss hosting Matlock Town before that.
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 seven relevant matches. Results were 2 Stafford Rangers wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Stafford Rangers have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Mickleover Sports - Stafford Rangers 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mickleover Sports 4 wins, 2 draws and Stafford Rangers 4 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
Mickleover Sports missing players
Stafford Rangers missing players
| Mickleover Sports | Stafford Rangers | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickleover Sports | Last season | Stafford Rangers | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 2 | Played | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Scored | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Conceded | 3 | 5 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 25% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Failed To Score | 50% | 50% | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24-07-19 | | Mickleover Sports | 2 - 0 | Burton Albion |
| 17-08-19 | | Mickleover Sports | 1 - 0 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 20-08-19 | | Witton Albion | 1 - 0 | Mickleover Sports |
| 23-08-19 | | Mickleover Sports | 3 - 0 | Coventry Sphinx |
| 26-08-19 | | Mickleover Sports | 1 - 0 | Stafford Rangers |
| 31-08-19 | | Warrington Town | 14:00 | Mickleover Sports |
| 03-09-19 | | Mickleover Sports | 18:45 | Buxton |
| 10-09-19 | | Grantham Town | 18:45 | Mickleover Sports |
| 14-09-19 | | Mickleover Sports | 14:00 | Ashton United |
| 24-09-19 | | Mickleover Sports | 18:45 | Nantwich Town |
| 27-04-19 | | Stafford Rangers | 4 - 1 | Matlock Town |
| 17-08-19 | | Lancaster City | 2 - 1 | Stafford Rangers |
| 20-08-19 | | Stafford Rangers | 1 - 1 | Grantham Town |
| 24-08-19 | | Stafford Rangers | 0 - 1 | Matlock Town |
| 26-08-19 | | Mickleover Sports | 1 - 0 | Stafford Rangers |
| 31-08-19 | | Hyde United | 14:00 | Stafford Rangers |
| 03-09-19 | | Stafford Rangers | 18:45 | Basford United |
| 10-09-19 | | Warrington Town | 18:45 | Stafford Rangers |
| 14-09-19 | | Stafford Rangers | 14:00 | United of Manchester |
| 24-09-19 | | Stafford Rangers | 18:45 | Buxton |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Matlock Town | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Nantwich Town | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Hyde United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | South Shields | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Warrington Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Grantham Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Whitby Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Stalybridge Celtic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Basford United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Morpeth Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Mickleover Sports | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Lancaster City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Scarborough Athletic | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Gainsborough Trinity | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Witton Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Bamber Bridge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Radcliffe Borough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Atherton Collieries | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | United of Manchester | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Stafford Rangers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 21 | Buxton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 22 | Ashton United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 92 | 40 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 20 | 52 | 96 |
| 2 | South Shields | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 92 | 46 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 46 | 90 |
| 3 | Warrington Town | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 78 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 18 | 45 | 90 |
| 4 | Nantwich Town | 41 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 60 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 72 |
| 5 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 71 |
| 6 | Basford United | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 88 | 70 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 18 | 67 |
| 7 | Scarborough Athletic | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 76 | 58 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 18 | 67 |
| 8 | Buxton | 41 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 62 | 47 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 67 |
| 9 | Witton Albion | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 64 |
| 10 | Hyde United | 41 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 56 |
| 11 | Whitby Town | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 55 | 60 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 38 | -5 | 55 |
| 12 | Lancaster City | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 62 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 34 | -18 | 53 |
| 13 | Hednesford Town | 41 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 64 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 42 | -11 | 51 |
| 14 | Stafford Rangers | 41 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 71 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 43 | -7 | 50 |
| 15 | Matlock Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 81 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 48 | -17 | 50 |
| 16 | Bamber Bridge | 41 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 65 | 68 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 38 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 30 | -3 | 45 |
| 17 | Stalybridge Celtic | 41 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 48 | 63 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 36 | -15 | 45 |
| 18 | Marine | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 55 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 23 | -13 | 44 |
| 19 | Mickleover Sports | 41 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 63 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 34 | -23 | 44 |
| 20 | Grantham Town | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 76 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 43 | -34 | 43 |
| 21 | Workington | 41 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 40 | 73 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 35 | -33 | 32 |
| 22 | North Ferriby United | 33 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 91 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 43 | -63 | 10 |
| 23 | Scarborough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |