Morpeth Town vs Atherton Collieries pre-match guide

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craik Park (1500 seats)

Important clash in the bottom part of the Non League Premier: Northern, with both Morpeth Town and Atherton Collieries going through more worry than joy. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the home team placed 17th and the away side in 15th spot.

Insights:
  • Morpeth Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Atherton Collieries have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Morpeth and Atherton Collieries.

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Morpeth Town form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Morpeth Town have to build on here at Craik Park in the Non League Premier: Northern.

Morpeth Town are returning here after visiting Whitby Town and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ashton United (0-1).

It should be considered that a peek at the 11 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The Morpeth Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Morpeth have conceded 16 goals. Morpeth Town has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Atherton Collieries form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Northern travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Atherton Collieries won their last game, 2-0 versus Rylands played at home. Yippee; their first victory in the league after six matches not winning.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Nantwich Town's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Collieries as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. Atherton Collieries have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Morpeth Town have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Atherton Collieries.

The contenders have played each other already this season, with the result Atherton Collieries - Morpeth 1-1 entered in the official records.

Morpeth Town missing players

Atherton Collieries missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Morpeth Town Atherton Collieries
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 14 28
9 6 1 Won W 2 4 7
4 1 0 Drew D 1 6 12
14 6 2 Lost L 2 4 9
35 20 6 Scored S 5 13 26
38 16 6 Conceded C 5 18 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 89%
74% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 64% 75%
41% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 32%
26% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 11%
11% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 4%
41% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 50%
19% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 25%
41% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 40% 43% 36%
 
4 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.3 3.9
3.9 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.7 4.7
1.2 1.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.5 8.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 6.9 6.2
2.9 2.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 2.8
39% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 36%
 
9.7 7.4 13 Shots against (avg) S A 9 7.4 8.3
4.3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Atherton Collieries have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morpeth 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 27 18 5 4 51 24 16 12 3 1 36 14 11 6 2 3 15 10 27 59
2 Hyde United 30 14 9 7 47 28 16 8 3 5 21 11 14 6 6 2 26 17 19 51
3 Warrington Town 29 13 10 6 45 30 15 8 4 3 23 14 14 5 6 3 22 16 15 49
4 Bamber Bridge 28 14 6 8 44 46 13 8 4 1 27 15 15 6 2 7 17 31 -2 48
5 Radcliffe Borough 28 12 10 6 42 35 14 7 4 3 26 19 14 5 6 3 16 16 7 46
6 Gainsborough Trinity 28 12 9 7 53 28 13 4 6 3 23 14 15 8 3 4 30 14 25 45
7 Matlock Town 27 13 5 9 39 34 13 7 5 1 26 13 14 6 0 8 13 21 5 44
8 United of Manchester 29 13 7 9 48 32 16 6 7 3 29 22 13 7 0 6 19 10 16 43
9 Marine 28 11 10 7 38 24 15 7 4 4 22 13 13 4 6 3 16 11 14 43
10 Rylands 30 12 6 12 48 41 15 7 2 6 20 16 15 5 4 6 28 25 7 42
11 Guiseley 28 12 4 12 40 39 14 7 1 6 19 20 14 5 3 6 21 19 1 40
12 Ashton United 28 11 6 11 35 38 13 5 3 5 15 17 15 6 3 6 20 21 -3 36
13 Stafford Rangers 29 10 6 13 35 39 15 7 3 5 23 19 14 3 3 8 12 20 -4 36
14 Stalybridge Celtic 29 9 7 13 31 35 13 4 2 7 14 17 16 5 5 6 17 18 -4 34
15 Atherton Collieries 28 7 12 9 26 33 14 3 6 5 13 15 14 4 6 4 13 18 -7 33
16 Lancaster City 27 7 11 9 27 34 14 3 7 4 11 14 13 4 4 5 16 20 -7 32
17 Morpeth Town 27 9 4 14 35 38 13 6 1 6 20 16 14 3 3 8 15 22 -3 31
18 Nantwich Town 30 8 7 15 26 38 15 3 3 9 12 21 15 5 4 6 14 17 -12 31
19 Whitby Town 27 8 6 13 27 37 13 3 2 8 11 21 14 5 4 5 16 16 -10 30
20 Marske United 23 8 2 13 35 50 10 3 1 6 15 21 13 5 1 7 20 29 -15 26
21 Belper Town 29 5 6 18 30 65 14 2 4 8 14 33 15 3 2 10 16 32 -35 21
22 Liversedge 25 6 2 17 22 56 13 2 0 11 8 31 12 4 2 6 14 25 -34 20

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 South Shields 27 18 5 4 51 24 16 12 3 1 36 14 11 6 2 3 15 10 27 59
2 Hyde United 30 14 9 7 47 28 16 8 3 5 21 11 14 6 6 2 26 17 19 51
3 Warrington Town 29 13 10 6 45 30 15 8 4 3 23 14 14 5 6 3 22 16 15 49
4 Bamber Bridge 28 14 6 8 44 46 13 8 4 1 27 15 15 6 2 7 17 31 -2 48
5 Radcliffe Borough 28 12 10 6 42 35 14 7 4 3 26 19 14 5 6 3 16 16 7 46
6 Gainsborough Trinity 28 12 9 7 53 28 13 4 6 3 23 14 15 8 3 4 30 14 25 45
7 Matlock Town 27 13 5 9 39 34 13 7 5 1 26 13 14 6 0 8 13 21 5 44
8 United of Manchester 29 13 7 9 48 32 16 6 7 3 29 22 13 7 0 6 19 10 16 43
9 Marine 28 11 10 7 38 24 15 7 4 4 22 13 13 4 6 3 16 11 14 43
10 Rylands 30 12 6 12 48 41 15 7 2 6 20 16 15 5 4 6 28 25 7 42
11 Guiseley 28 12 4 12 40 39 14 7 1 6 19 20 14 5 3 6 21 19 1 40
12 Ashton United 28 11 6 11 35 38 13 5 3 5 15 17 15 6 3 6 20 21 -3 36
13 Stafford Rangers 29 10 6 13 35 39 15 7 3 5 23 19 14 3 3 8 12 20 -4 36
14 Stalybridge Celtic 29 9 7 13 31 35 13 4 2 7 14 17 16 5 5 6 17 18 -4 34
15 Atherton Collieries 28 7 12 9 26 33 14 3 6 5 13 15 14 4 6 4 13 18 -7 33
16 Lancaster City 27 7 11 9 27 34 14 3 7 4 11 14 13 4 4 5 16 20 -7 32
17 Morpeth Town 27 9 4 14 35 38 13 6 1 6 20 16 14 3 3 8 15 22 -3 31
18 Nantwich Town 30 8 7 15 26 38 15 3 3 9 12 21 15 5 4 6 14 17 -12 31
19 Whitby Town 27 8 6 13 27 37 13 3 2 8 11 21 14 5 4 5 16 16 -10 30
20 Marske United 23 8 2 13 35 50 10 3 1 6 15 21 13 5 1 7 20 29 -15 26
21 Belper Town 29 5 6 18 30 65 14 2 4 8 14 33 15 3 2 10 16 32 -35 21
22 Liversedge 25 6 2 17 22 56 13 2 0 11 8 31 12 4 2 6 14 25 -34 20

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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.