Non League Premier: Northern match prediction: Little separates Scarborough Athletic and Stalybridge Celtic in quality

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

This could be an interesting match as Scarborough Athletic have their presumed home advantage while Stalybridge Celtic are ahead 6 points in the Non League Premier: Northern table.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

When playing at home in the Non League Premier: Northern, Scarborough Athletic have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 11 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Scarborough Athletic, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Scarborough Athletic lost their last game at South Shields (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Scarborough Athletic had a home game versus Morpeth Town which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 Scarborough Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 4 Lost 1.

The Scarborough Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Scarborough Athletic are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.

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Stalybridge Celtic form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Stalybridge Celtic, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in Non League Premier: Northern, playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Northern this season.

Stalybridge Celtic's last game was the home draw against Ashton United (0-0). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hyde United at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Stalybridge Celtic in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Stalybridge Celtic, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Stalybridge Celtic find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Stalybridge Celtic are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Stalybridge Celtic - Scarborough Athletic 5-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 1 - 0 - 2 (Scarborough Athletic wins - draws - Stalybridge Celtic wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.

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Scarborough Athletic Stalybridge Celtic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 12 23
8 4 0 Won W 3 6 11
6 6 3 Drew D 0 2 3
10 1 1 Lost L 1 4 9
27 12 2 Scored S 6 12 32
37 7 3 Conceded C 4 11 31
92% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 87%
71% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 70%
50% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 61%
29% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 30%
21% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 22%
62% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 52%
21% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 42% 30%
25% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 42% 30%
 
5.6 8 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 4.6 5.8
4.2 4.6 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 3.7 4
2.2 2.1 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.5
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 2 3
 
179 97 53 Total Shots T S 48 92 241
81 46 26 Shots on Target S O 22 34 95
19% 11% 4% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 34%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Scarborough Athletic has the most conceded goals in the second half (26)
  • Scarborough Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stalybridge Celtic has the most clean sheets (5) away
  • Stalybridge Celtic 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 South Shields 21 13 3 5 34 18 12 8 2 2 23 7 9 5 1 3 11 11 16 42
2 Lancaster City 24 12 6 6 42 31 11 6 4 1 16 9 13 6 2 5 26 22 11 42
3 United of Manchester 21 11 5 5 46 30 12 7 1 4 31 18 9 4 4 1 15 12 16 38
4 Basford United 21 10 6 5 37 29 10 6 2 2 22 15 11 4 4 3 15 14 8 36
5 Stalybridge Celtic 23 11 3 9 32 31 11 5 1 5 20 20 12 6 2 4 12 11 1 36
6 Warrington Town 21 9 8 4 35 28 11 5 3 3 19 14 10 4 5 1 16 14 7 35
7 Radcliffe Borough 20 11 2 7 25 19 10 7 2 1 15 4 10 4 0 6 10 15 6 35
8 Nantwich Town 20 10 4 6 36 29 10 7 1 2 21 13 10 3 3 4 15 16 7 34
9 Hyde United 24 9 6 9 41 37 11 4 4 3 23 15 13 5 2 6 18 22 4 33
10 Witton Albion 22 8 7 7 29 26 12 7 1 4 21 15 10 1 6 3 8 11 3 31
11 Mickleover Sports 21 9 3 9 28 31 9 4 1 4 10 12 12 5 2 5 18 19 -3 30
12 Scarborough Athletic 24 8 6 10 27 37 11 4 6 1 12 7 13 4 0 9 15 30 -10 30
13 Morpeth Town 16 8 4 4 26 19 7 5 2 0 15 5 9 3 2 4 11 14 7 28
14 Bamber Bridge 25 8 4 13 40 48 13 6 3 4 28 20 12 2 1 9 12 28 -8 28
15 Whitby Town 18 8 3 7 29 26 9 4 2 3 12 11 9 4 1 4 17 15 3 27
16 Matlock Town 20 7 3 10 26 30 10 3 2 5 14 16 10 4 1 5 12 14 -4 24
17 Grantham Town 21 5 7 9 26 47 11 5 2 4 16 21 10 0 5 5 10 26 -21 22
18 Atherton Collieries 18 6 3 9 25 33 9 4 1 4 18 18 9 2 2 5 7 15 -8 21
19 Buxton 22 4 7 11 35 39 12 3 3 6 23 15 10 1 4 5 12 24 -4 19
20 Gainsborough Trinity 20 4 6 10 28 32 11 3 4 4 14 14 9 1 2 6 14 18 -4 18
21 Ashton United 18 4 4 10 21 33 8 1 2 5 7 16 10 3 2 5 14 17 -12 15
22 Stafford Rangers 20 2 6 12 15 30 10 1 4 5 6 12 10 1 2 7 9 18 -15 12

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.