Scarborough Athletic vs Bamber Bridge match preview: Even contest expected at Flamingo Land Stadium

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

Scarborough Athletic have performed better than Bamber Bridge so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Scarborough Athletic and Bamber Bridge should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

Scarborough Athletic have collected 26 points from their Non League Premier: Northern home games so far after 6-8-1. Two home wins in a row for Scarborough Athletic bring valid hopes of a third.

Scarborough Athletic are returning here after visiting Hyde United in a Non League Premier: Northern game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Before that, Scarborough Athletic had a home game versus Ashton United which ended with a victory 3-1.

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 twelve games. Scarborough Athletic has won five of these, drawn six and lost one.

The Scarborough Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. From these home matches, Scarborough Athletic have conceded only 11 goals.

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Bamber Bridge form and stats

Bamber Bridge have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Northern, after 3-1-11 (15 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Bamber Bridge have lost on their last two travels.

Bamber Bridge won their last game, 2-1 versus Grantham Town played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nantwich Town wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

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

Bamber Bridge are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). For Bamber Bridge, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bamber Bridge - Scarborough Athletic 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Scarborough Athletic won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Bamber Bridge has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 6 15 31
11 6 4 Won W 1 3 12
8 8 2 Drew D 0 1 4
11 1 0 Lost L 5 11 15
35 19 9 Scored S 7 18 52
42 11 3 Conceded C 16 34 57
93% 87% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 87%
47% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 67% 77%
27% 13% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 48%
17% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 47% 35%
63% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 68%
20% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 19%
23% 20% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 13%
 
5.7 7.3 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.1 4.3
4.1 4.2 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.1 3.8
1.9 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
214 122 58 Total Shots T S 64 120 257
98 56 24 Shots on Target S O 25 48 94
19% 14% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 29% 37%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Bamber Bridge has the most conceded goals in the first half (32)
  • Bamber Bridge has the most matches over the total-line (23)
  • Bamber Bridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Scarborough Athletic has the most matches under the total-line (16)
  • 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 29 17 5 7 53 32 16 10 2 4 35 17 13 7 3 3 18 15 21 56
2 Lancaster City 30 16 6 8 55 36 14 8 4 2 23 13 16 8 2 6 32 23 19 54
3 Basford United 28 15 7 6 47 33 14 9 3 2 28 16 14 6 4 4 19 17 14 52
4 United of Manchester 26 13 8 5 59 38 13 7 2 4 34 21 13 6 6 1 25 17 21 47
5 Nantwich Town 26 14 5 7 51 35 12 9 1 2 28 15 14 5 4 5 23 20 16 47
6 Warrington Town 26 11 10 5 42 34 14 7 4 3 23 16 12 4 6 2 19 18 8 43
7 Scarborough Athletic 30 11 8 11 35 42 15 6 8 1 19 11 15 5 0 10 16 31 -7 41
8 Bamber Bridge 31 12 4 15 52 57 16 9 3 4 34 23 15 3 1 11 18 34 -5 40
9 Stalybridge Celtic 30 11 6 13 39 45 15 5 2 8 25 29 15 6 4 5 14 16 -6 39
10 Morpeth Town 23 11 5 7 40 33 10 6 3 1 20 11 13 5 2 6 20 22 7 38
11 Witton Albion 29 10 8 11 37 39 15 8 2 5 25 20 14 2 6 6 12 19 -2 38
12 Whitby Town 24 11 4 9 41 34 12 5 3 4 18 16 12 6 1 5 23 18 7 37
13 Hyde United 30 10 7 13 46 50 15 5 4 6 27 23 15 5 3 7 19 27 -4 37
14 Mickleover Sports 26 11 4 11 40 44 12 6 1 5 17 17 14 5 3 6 23 27 -4 37
15 Radcliffe Borough 28 11 3 14 28 39 14 7 3 4 16 14 14 4 0 10 12 25 -11 36
16 Gainsborough Trinity 27 9 8 10 44 40 13 5 4 4 18 15 14 4 4 6 26 25 4 35
17 Buxton 29 6 10 13 48 50 15 3 5 7 30 23 14 3 5 6 18 27 -2 28
18 Matlock Town 25 8 4 13 34 39 13 4 3 6 19 18 12 4 1 7 15 21 -5 28
19 Ashton United 25 8 5 12 33 42 12 4 2 6 13 20 13 4 3 6 20 22 -9 28
20 Atherton Collieries 24 7 4 13 33 47 12 5 1 6 23 26 12 2 3 7 10 21 -14 25
21 Grantham Town 27 6 7 14 31 62 14 6 2 6 19 27 13 0 5 8 12 35 -31 25
22 Stafford Rangers 27 3 10 14 22 39 14 2 7 5 10 15 13 1 3 9 12 24 -17 19

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.