Evenly matched teams: Nantwich Town vs Radcliffe Borough match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Weaver Stadium (3500 seats)

Keep working on their own playing style or adapt for the opponent? Both Nantwich Town and Radcliffe Borough must try something different than what they have done so far. Read more!

Insights:
  • Nantwich Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Radcliffe Borough have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Nantwich Town form and stats

Nantwich Town's struggle is real here at The Weaver Stadium with only 5 points collected from 8 Non League Premier: Northern games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-5. Nantwich Town are slowly digging their own grave here at The Weaver Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Stalybridge Celtic match.

In their previous game, the manager Cooke led his Nantwich to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Northern match away at Hyde United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Weaver Stadium.

In the game before, an away victory in the Fa Trophy match versus Whitby Town with a 1-0 scoreline.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn one and lost five.

Nantwich aren't scoring a lot here at The Weaver Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nantwich Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Radcliffe Borough form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Radcliffe Borough so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Radcliffe had fun at their own home (The Weaver Stadium) last time out, beating Tamworth 5-1. As mentioned above, Radcliffe was the only team on the pitch versus Tamworth in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Stalybridge Celtic.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Radcliffe playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Radcliffe Borough wins, one draw and four defeats.

Radcliffe have another fixture away in just three sleeps, a Non League Premier: Northern game vs Warrington Town. A rough itinerary for the visiting team!

Radcliffe Borough are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Radcliffe have conceded 15 goals in these games. When Radcliffe is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Mickleover Sports, Witton Albion, Grantham Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Radcliffe Borough, Hyde United and Ashton United.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Radcliffe Borough - Nantwich 3-1. Previous three meetings between these participants: Nantwich won zero, Radcliffe Borough triumphed in two and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Nantwich Town missing players

Radcliffe Borough missing players

Nantwich Town Radcliffe Borough
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 8 1 Played P 3 9 19
5 1 0 Won W 1 2 7
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 3
10 5 1 Lost L 1 4 9
15 6 0 Scored S 5 9 24
23 11 2 Conceded C 5 15 29
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
58% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
26% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 58%
16% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 37%
11% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
32% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 58%
32% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 16%
47% 62% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
2.6 2.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.3 4.1
3.9 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.6 5.6
0.9 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.8 4.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 9 11.6
2.8 1.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 4.4 4.5
29% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 26%
 
7.5 5.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 11.8
3.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.6 5.3
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Nantwich Town have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Nantwich Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Radcliffe Borough have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Buxton 19 12 6 1 40 14 9 7 2 0 25 6 10 5 4 1 15 8 26 42
2 Bamber Bridge 20 13 2 5 41 23 10 5 2 3 22 12 10 8 0 2 19 11 18 41
3 Matlock Town 20 13 1 6 38 19 10 7 0 3 24 10 10 6 1 3 14 9 19 40
4 South Shields 19 12 4 3 33 15 10 6 2 2 19 9 9 6 2 1 14 6 18 40
5 Warrington Town 19 10 5 4 30 19 10 6 2 2 18 8 9 4 3 2 12 11 11 35
6 Whitby Town 19 10 3 6 22 19 9 5 1 3 10 6 10 5 2 3 12 13 3 33
7 Stafford Rangers 20 8 6 6 24 16 10 3 3 4 10 8 10 5 3 2 14 8 8 30
8 Basford United 21 7 6 8 22 25 11 3 5 3 12 11 10 4 1 5 10 14 -3 27
9 Scarborough Athletic 19 8 3 8 23 32 10 4 2 4 14 14 9 4 1 4 9 18 -9 27
10 United of Manchester 20 8 2 10 29 26 10 6 1 3 20 9 10 2 1 7 9 17 3 26
11 Stalybridge Celtic 20 8 2 10 31 29 9 5 1 3 19 12 11 3 1 7 12 17 2 26
12 Atherton Collieries 19 8 2 9 18 22 9 5 1 3 13 9 10 3 1 6 5 13 -4 26
13 Morpeth Town 19 7 4 8 29 30 9 5 2 2 15 10 10 2 2 6 14 20 -1 25
14 Lancaster City 20 8 1 11 26 31 10 5 0 5 10 10 10 3 1 6 16 21 -5 25
15 Radcliffe Borough 19 7 3 9 24 29 10 5 0 5 15 14 9 2 3 4 9 15 -5 24
16 Hyde United 20 7 1 12 24 33 11 6 1 4 16 13 9 1 0 8 8 20 -9 22
17 Witton Albion 19 6 4 9 25 39 10 4 0 6 14 18 9 2 4 3 11 21 -14 22
18 Ashton United 18 5 6 7 22 21 9 4 3 2 14 9 9 1 3 5 8 12 1 21
19 Mickleover Sports 22 5 6 11 21 36 12 4 4 4 15 17 10 1 2 7 6 19 -15 21
20 Gainsborough Trinity 19 5 5 9 14 27 9 4 4 1 8 6 10 1 1 8 6 21 -13 20
21 Nantwich Town 19 5 4 10 15 23 8 1 2 5 6 11 11 4 2 5 9 12 -8 19
22 Grantham Town 20 3 4 13 21 44 10 0 2 8 8 23 10 3 2 5 13 21 -23 13

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.