Nantwich Town vs Ashton United betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Weaver Stadium (3500 seats)

A demanding season for Nantwich Town so far, and the same description fits Ashton United. These hardened teams have the opportunity for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Nantwich Town have the fewest scored goals (21) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Ashton United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

These are busy days for the host team, as they played only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Northern. This match was also played here at The Weaver Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Ashton United have had more rest.

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Nantwich Town form and stats

Nantwich Town's struggle is real here at The Weaver Stadium with only 8 points collected from 12 Non League Premier: Northern games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-8. When Nantwich Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Nantwich Town, Stalybridge Celtic, Mickleover Sports, Witton Albion, Grantham Town, Gainsborough Trinity and Hyde United), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Stress levels are on the rise for Nantwich Town's attacking players as they have now played 200 minutes without scoring in a league game. Cockerline was their last goal scorer.

The Nantwich followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Weaver Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Mickleover Sports (placed 17th).

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

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 Nantwich Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn one and lost eight.

Nantwich Town have scored 10 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Nantwich have conceded 18 from these games.

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Ashton United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ashton United so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-7 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Clegg, the Ashton United manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Ashton United won their last game, 1-0 versus Lancaster City played at home.

A 1-2 loss hosting Morpeth Town before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ashton United playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were five Ashton United wins, three draws and ten defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Non League Premier: Northern trip to Atherton Collieries.

Ashton United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 11 goals from 11 away games. Ashton United have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ashton United - Nantwich 2-1 was the scoreline in these squads' latest h2h match, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nantwich Town three wins, two draws and Ashton United five victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Nantwich Town missing players

Ashton United missing players

Nantwich Town Ashton United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 11 23
6 2 2 Won W 0 1 7
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
14 8 2 Lost L 4 7 10
21 10 5 Scored S 3 11 30
33 18 6 Conceded C 7 19 30
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
60% 58% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 74%
32% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 45% 52%
20% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 22%
12% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 9%
36% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 57%
24% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 26%
48% 58% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 27% 22%
 
3 2.3 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 2.7 3.8
3.5 2.6 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.6 3.3
0.9 0.8 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.4 4.6 5.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 6.4 8.7
2.6 1.7 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.8 3.7
35% 53% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 36% 34%
 
7 5.3 6 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 6.9 7.4
3.3 3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Ashton United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ashton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nantwich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nantwich Town have the fewest scored goals (21) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Nantwich Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Nantwich Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Matlock Town 26 18 2 6 48 23 13 9 1 3 28 12 13 9 1 3 20 11 25 56
2 South Shields 25 16 5 4 44 21 14 9 2 3 26 12 11 7 3 1 18 9 23 53
3 Bamber Bridge 27 15 3 9 48 36 13 6 3 4 24 15 14 9 0 5 24 21 12 48
4 Scarborough Athletic 28 14 5 9 36 35 14 7 3 4 22 16 14 7 2 5 14 19 1 47
5 Buxton 26 13 7 6 51 29 13 8 3 2 34 14 13 5 4 4 17 15 22 46
6 Whitby Town 27 14 4 9 37 34 14 7 2 5 19 15 13 7 2 4 18 19 3 46
7 Warrington Town 26 12 8 6 44 30 14 7 3 4 24 14 12 5 5 2 20 16 14 44
8 Stafford Rangers 27 10 10 7 33 25 13 3 5 5 12 12 14 7 5 2 21 13 8 40
9 United of Manchester 27 12 4 11 45 38 13 8 1 4 29 17 14 4 3 7 16 21 7 40
10 Morpeth Town 25 10 7 8 40 35 13 7 4 2 23 13 12 3 3 6 17 22 5 37
11 Atherton Collieries 26 11 4 11 23 26 11 6 2 3 15 10 15 5 2 8 8 16 -3 37
12 Basford United 28 10 6 12 26 31 14 5 5 4 15 12 14 5 1 8 11 19 -5 36
13 Lancaster City 26 11 2 13 33 34 12 6 1 5 11 10 14 5 1 8 22 24 -1 35
14 Radcliffe Borough 28 10 5 13 37 43 14 6 1 7 22 21 14 4 4 6 15 22 -6 35
15 Stalybridge Celtic 26 9 4 13 35 36 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 3 2 8 14 20 -1 31
16 Gainsborough Trinity 27 7 9 11 22 35 13 6 6 1 13 8 14 1 3 10 9 27 -13 30
17 Mickleover Sports 28 8 6 14 30 46 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 2 9 13 27 -16 30
18 Hyde United 27 8 4 15 32 45 14 6 1 7 20 22 13 2 3 8 12 23 -13 28
19 Ashton United 23 7 6 10 30 30 12 6 3 3 19 11 11 1 3 7 11 19 0 27
20 Nantwich Town 25 6 5 14 21 33 12 2 2 8 10 18 13 4 3 6 11 15 -12 23
21 Witton Albion 24 6 5 13 29 50 13 4 1 8 16 24 11 2 4 5 13 26 -21 23
22 Grantham Town 26 4 5 17 24 53 13 0 3 10 10 27 13 4 2 7 14 26 -29 17

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.