Soccer betting preview: Morpeth Town welcomes Bamber Bridge in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Tue 24.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Craik Park (1500 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another intriguing encounter at Craik Park in the Non League Premier: Northern. Morpeth Town is in 22nd position and host Bamber Bridge in 5th spot. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • Bamber Bridge have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Non League Premier: Northern

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 Bamber Bridge.

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Morpeth Town form and stats

With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Morpeth to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 188 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Reid was the last player to find the net.

Morpeth lost their last game at Stalybridge Celtic (placed 15th) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting United of Manchester (0-3).

This is expected to be a close game, with Morpeth Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Morpeth Town as a small favourite), we find three games. Morpeth Town has won two of these, drawn one and lost zero.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Morpeth, as the Non League Premier: Northern home game vs Atherton Collieries is only four days away.

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Bamber Bridge form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Non League Premier: Northern ended in defeat. Last season Bamber Bridge had these away match statistics: Played 5; won 0, drew 1 and lost 4.

The supporters enjoyed Bamber's previous game versus Gainsborough Trinity (placed 20th), a Non League Premier: Northern 5-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Bamber was the only team on the pitch versus Gainsborough Trinity in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Hyde United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Bamber Bridge in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Bamber, one draw and seven defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bamber Bridge manager N. Crowe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Nantwich Town.

It's early days yet, but Bamber Bridge has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Morpeth Town one win, zero draws and Bamber Bridge one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Morpeth Town missing players

Bamber Bridge missing players

Morpeth Town Bamber Bridge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 0 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 9
8 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 5
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
6.7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8.5
2.7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3.5
12% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 129%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Bamber Bridge have the most matches over the total-line (3) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Bamber Bridge have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Non League Premier: Northern
Morpeth Town Last season Bamber Bridge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
7 2   Played P   5 9
2 1   Won W   0 1
3 1   Drew D   1 1
2 0   Lost L   4 7
9 3   Scored S   3 6
10 2   Conceded C   11 17
86% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 89%
86% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 67%
71% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   80% 67%
29% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 22%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 11%
86% 100%   BTTS BTTS   60% 56%
14% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 22%
14% 0%   Failed to Score F T   40% 33%
 
2.8 1.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.8
4 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.6
1 0.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
7.8 5.5   Shots (avg) S (   13 11.4
3.7 2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.3
36% 75%   Goal Efficiency G E   14% 15%

  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 3 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 9
2 Buxton 3 2 1 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 6 7
3 Whitby Town 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
4 Lancaster City 3 2 0 1 10 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 10 4 5 6
5 Bamber Bridge 3 2 0 1 9 5 2 2 0 0 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 6
6 Stafford Rangers 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
7 Atherton Collieries 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
8 Nantwich Town 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Warrington Town 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 6
10 Matlock Town 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
11 Mickleover Sports 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6
12 Scarborough Athletic 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
13 Ashton United 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
14 United of Manchester 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 4
15 Stalybridge Celtic 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 3
16 Grantham Town 3 1 0 2 4 11 2 0 0 2 2 10 1 1 0 0 2 1 -7 3
17 Witton Albion 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
18 Radcliffe Borough 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 1
19 Basford United 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 1
20 Gainsborough Trinity 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 1
21 Hyde United 3 0 0 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 0
22 Morpeth Town 3 0 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mickleover Sports 10 7 1 2 23 11 6 5 0 1 14 6 4 2 1 1 9 5 12 22
2 Basford United 9 6 1 2 15 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 19
3 Buxton 8 5 2 1 22 11 5 3 2 0 15 8 3 2 0 1 7 3 11 17
4 Warrington Town 9 5 1 3 16 11 5 4 1 0 10 3 4 1 0 3 6 8 5 16
5 Witton Albion 7 5 0 2 13 7 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 8 4 6 15
6 South Shields 9 4 3 2 12 8 5 2 1 2 5 4 4 2 2 0 7 4 4 15
7 Whitby Town 9 4 2 3 15 14 3 3 0 0 6 1 6 1 2 3 9 13 1 14
8 Matlock Town 6 4 1 1 10 4 3 2 1 0 8 3 3 2 0 1 2 1 6 13
9 Atherton Collieries 8 4 1 3 13 8 4 2 1 1 7 3 4 2 0 2 6 5 5 13
10 Gainsborough Trinity 8 4 0 4 13 12 5 3 0 2 11 7 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 12
11 Scarborough Athletic 8 3 2 3 10 11 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 2 1 3 7 9 -1 11
12 Lancaster City 7 2 4 1 12 10 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 3 0 7 5 2 10
13 United of Manchester 7 2 4 1 9 7 5 2 3 0 7 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 10
14 Radcliffe Borough 9 3 1 5 15 23 5 2 1 2 8 12 4 1 0 3 7 11 -8 10
15 Nantwich Town 6 2 3 1 9 9 3 2 0 1 5 5 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 9
16 Morpeth Town 7 2 3 2 9 10 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 1 2 2 6 8 -1 9
17 Hyde United 6 1 3 2 5 6 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 6
18 Stalybridge Celtic 9 1 3 5 7 17 5 1 1 3 4 10 4 0 2 2 3 7 -10 6
19 Ashton United 7 1 2 4 5 13 3 0 2 1 3 6 4 1 0 3 2 7 -8 5
20 Bamber Bridge 9 1 1 7 6 17 4 1 0 3 3 6 5 0 1 4 3 11 -11 4
21 Grantham Town 8 0 3 5 5 14 5 0 2 3 4 8 3 0 1 2 1 6 -9 3
22 Stafford Rangers 8 0 1 7 3 15 3 0 0 3 0 6 5 0 1 4 3 9 -12 1

Read more about Non League Premier: Northern

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.