Soccer betting preview: Scarborough Athletic welcomes Ashton United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Flamingo Land Stadium (2070 seats)

With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Scarborough Athletic fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ashton United.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

Overall Non League Premier: Northern stats at home this season for Scarborough Athletic are 5-8-1 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, led his Scarborough Athletic to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Northern match away at Stafford Rangers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Flamingo Land Stadium. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Matlock Town.

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

Scarborough Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. Scarborough Athletic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Flamingo Land Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 14 matches.

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Ashton United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Northern travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Ashton United had fun at their own home (Flamingo Land Stadium) last time out, beating Lancaster City 1-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Radcliffe Borough.

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 eight relevant matches. Results were three Ashton United wins, two draws and three defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ashton United manager J. Banim as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Atherton Collieries.

The travelling fans enjoy Ashton United's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ashton United have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Scarborough Athletic missing players

Ashton United missing players

Scarborough Athletic Ashton United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 12 23
9 5 2 Won W 1 4 7
8 8 2 Drew D 3 3 5
11 1 0 Lost L 1 5 11
31 16 5 Scored S 7 19 29
41 10 3 Conceded C 7 19 38
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 96%
71% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 78%
46% 21% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 67% 61%
25% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 42% 35%
18% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 33% 17%
64% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 48%
18% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 17%
25% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 39%
 
5.6 7.3 5.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 5.3 5.5
4.1 4.2 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.3
2 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.6
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 4
 
204 122 23 Total Shots T S 41 108 189
91 56 11 Shots on Target S O 19 49 76
20% 14% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 39% 36%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Ashton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scarborough Athletic has the most conceded goals in the second half (29)
  • Scarborough Athletic have won significantly more 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 South Shields 26 17 3 6 49 25 15 10 2 3 34 13 11 7 1 3 15 12 24 54
2 Basford United 26 15 6 5 46 31 13 9 2 2 27 15 13 6 4 3 19 16 15 51
3 Lancaster City 28 14 6 8 50 35 13 7 4 2 21 12 15 7 2 6 29 23 15 48
4 United of Manchester 24 13 6 5 55 34 12 7 1 4 31 18 12 6 5 1 24 16 21 45
5 Warrington Town 25 11 10 4 41 32 14 7 4 3 23 16 11 4 6 1 18 16 9 43
6 Nantwich Town 24 12 5 7 44 32 11 8 1 2 25 13 13 4 4 5 19 19 12 41
7 Witton Albion 27 10 7 10 34 34 14 8 1 5 23 18 13 2 6 5 11 16 0 37
8 Bamber Bridge 29 11 4 14 48 53 15 8 3 4 32 22 14 3 1 10 16 31 -5 37
9 Stalybridge Celtic 27 11 4 12 35 40 13 5 1 7 22 25 14 6 3 5 13 15 -5 37
10 Mickleover Sports 24 11 3 10 36 38 11 6 1 4 16 14 13 5 2 6 20 24 -2 36
11 Radcliffe Borough 25 11 3 11 27 29 13 7 3 3 16 11 12 4 0 8 11 18 -2 36
12 Hyde United 28 10 6 12 45 48 14 5 4 5 27 22 14 5 2 7 18 26 -3 36
13 Scarborough Athletic 28 9 8 11 31 41 14 5 8 1 16 10 14 4 0 10 15 31 -10 35
14 Whitby Town 22 9 4 9 35 32 11 4 3 4 15 15 11 5 1 5 20 17 3 31
15 Morpeth Town 20 9 4 7 31 30 8 5 2 1 16 9 12 4 2 6 15 21 1 31
16 Gainsborough Trinity 24 7 7 10 38 36 12 4 4 4 17 15 12 3 3 6 21 21 2 28
17 Atherton Collieries 22 7 4 11 31 39 11 5 1 5 22 21 11 2 3 6 9 18 -8 25
18 Ashton United 23 7 5 11 29 38 11 3 2 6 10 19 12 4 3 5 19 19 -9 25
19 Grantham Town 25 6 7 12 29 57 13 6 2 5 18 24 12 0 5 7 11 33 -28 25
20 Matlock Town 23 7 3 13 29 38 11 3 2 6 14 17 12 4 1 7 15 21 -9 24
21 Buxton 26 5 8 13 42 46 14 3 4 7 27 20 12 2 4 6 15 26 -4 23
22 Stafford Rangers 24 3 7 14 19 36 12 2 5 5 9 14 12 1 2 9 10 22 -17 16

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.