Football match betting preview: Stalybridge Celtic vs Matlock Town

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bower Fold (6500 seats)

This could be an engaging match as Stalybridge Celtic have their supposed home advantage, while Matlock Town lead them by 14 points in the Non League Premier: Northern standings.

Insights:
  • Stalybridge Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Matlock Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.

This looks to be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Stalybridge Celtic form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Northern for Stalybridge Celtic at their home stadium (Bower Fold) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Stalybridge drew their last game, 1-1 away at Basford United (placed 8th).

A Fa Trophy defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Farsley Celtic.

Goals decide football matches and Stalybridge are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Stalybridge have conceded 12 goals.

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Matlock Town form and stats

The visitors are W6-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Northern.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Non League Premier: Northern home defeat versus Stafford Rangers with 2-3 on the scoreboard.

Before that, Matlock secured a home win against Marske United with the score 3-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Matlock have scored 14 goals in 10 league games away. It's not easy to score on Matlock as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides played each other previously this season; Matlock Town - Stalybridge Celtic 2-1. Stats for the former seven meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Stalybridge, zero draws and four wins for Matlock Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Stalybridge Celtic missing players

Matlock Town missing players

Stalybridge Celtic Matlock Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 3 10 20
8 5 1 Won W 1 6 13
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
10 3 2 Lost L 1 3 6
31 19 4 Scored S 3 14 38
29 12 6 Conceded C 2 9 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 95%
85% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 70%
60% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 50%
30% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
15% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 20%
50% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 40%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 45%
25% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 20%
 
3.3 3.6 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.4 2.8
2.9 3 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.6 2.2
1.1 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.6 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.1 8 5.3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 6.2
2.7 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 2.4
59% 61% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 48% 88%
 
7.1 7.2 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.3 4.9
3.2 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.3 1.6
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Matlock Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Stalybridge Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stalybridge Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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.