Soccer betting preview: Rylands welcomes United of Manchester in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rylands Recreation Club (1000 seats)

There has been no shortage of highs and lows for these two squads so far this season, sitting in positions near the middle of the Non League Premier: Northern table. Here's the Rylands - United of Manchester latest:

Insights:
  • Rylands have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
  • United of Manchester haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rylands form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Northern for Rylands at their home stadium (Rylands Recreation Club) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. Rylands has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 337 minutes without scoring a league goal. Pratt was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, led his Rylands to a defeat away at Whitby Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rylands Recreation Club.

Ahead of that match, Rylands lost 0-1 at home to South Shields.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rylands perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rylands as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Rylands has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 11 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Rylands has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 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. Rylands have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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United of Manchester form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Northern travels is 7 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Manchester have lost on their last two travels.

There were no winners in United of Manchester's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Stalybridge Celtic (placed 17th).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Lancaster City's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by United of Manchester in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for United of Manchester, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this team's most recent 12 league matches have had two or less goals.

The visiting Manchester have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: United of Manchester - Rylands 2-2.

Rylands missing players

United of Manchester missing players

Rylands United of Manchester
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 3 14 31
12 7 1 Won W 1 7 13
6 2 1 Drew D 0 0 8
14 7 2 Lost L 2 7 10
48 20 3 Scored S 3 19 49
43 17 7 Conceded C 3 12 35
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 77%
53% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 48%
31% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 26%
16% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
44% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 55%
31% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 29%
28% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 19%
 
4.2 4.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.1 4.6
3.2 3.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 4.7
1.3 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.4 8.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 7.3 9.1
3.5 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 4.4
43% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 21% 32%
 
6.3 5.7 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 9.7 11.8
2.6 2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.6 4.5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Rylands have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Non League Premier: Northern
  • United of Manchester haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 South Shields 30 19 7 4 54 26 17 12 4 1 37 15 13 7 3 3 17 11 28 64
2 Hyde United 32 16 9 7 53 30 17 9 3 5 25 13 15 7 6 2 28 17 23 57
3 Radcliffe Borough 30 14 10 6 46 36 15 8 4 3 28 19 15 6 6 3 18 17 10 52
4 Warrington Town 31 13 12 6 45 30 16 8 5 3 23 14 15 5 7 3 22 16 15 51
5 Marine 30 13 10 7 44 27 16 8 4 4 26 15 14 5 6 3 18 12 17 49
6 Matlock Town 31 14 7 10 43 38 15 7 6 2 26 14 16 7 1 8 17 24 5 49
7 Bamber Bridge 30 14 7 9 45 49 14 8 5 1 28 16 16 6 2 8 17 33 -4 49
8 Gainsborough Trinity 31 12 12 7 57 32 15 4 8 3 26 17 16 8 4 4 31 15 25 48
9 Guiseley 32 14 6 12 45 39 16 8 2 6 23 20 16 6 4 6 22 19 6 48
10 United of Manchester 31 13 8 10 49 35 17 6 8 3 30 23 14 7 0 7 19 12 14 44
11 Rylands 32 12 6 14 48 43 16 7 2 7 20 17 16 5 4 7 28 26 5 42
12 Whitby Town 31 12 6 13 33 39 16 6 2 8 16 23 15 6 4 5 17 16 -6 42
13 Stafford Rangers 32 11 7 14 38 45 17 8 4 5 26 21 15 3 3 9 12 24 -7 40
14 Ashton United 31 11 7 13 38 43 14 5 3 6 16 19 17 6 4 7 22 24 -5 37
15 Lancaster City 30 8 12 10 30 36 15 4 7 4 13 14 15 4 5 6 17 22 -6 36
16 Atherton Collieries 30 8 12 10 28 36 15 4 6 5 15 15 15 4 6 5 13 21 -8 36
17 Stalybridge Celtic 32 9 8 15 34 40 15 4 2 9 16 21 17 5 6 6 18 19 -6 35
18 Morpeth Town 30 10 4 16 40 44 15 7 1 7 23 18 15 3 3 9 17 26 -4 34
19 Nantwich Town 32 8 8 16 30 43 16 3 3 10 13 23 16 5 5 6 17 20 -13 32
20 Marske United 27 9 2 16 38 57 11 3 1 7 15 23 16 6 1 9 23 34 -19 29
21 Liversedge 28 7 3 18 29 63 14 2 1 11 11 34 14 5 2 7 18 29 -34 24
22 Belper Town 31 5 7 19 33 69 15 2 4 9 15 35 16 3 3 10 18 34 -36 22

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.