Non League Premier: Northern match prediction: Little separates United of Manchester and Lancaster City in quality

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Date: Sat 30.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Broadhurst Park (4400 seats)

United of Manchester will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Lancaster City.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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United of Manchester form and stats

3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Northern numbers at home for United of Manchester so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for United of Manchester, who won 3-0 against Runcorn Linnets. Preceding that game was the away draw at Witton Albion that finished 3-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with United of Manchester perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with United of Manchester as a small favourite), we find eight games. United of Manchester has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), United of Manchester's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Lancaster City form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (33) in Non League Premier: Northern, are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Non League Premier: Northern. Things are running smoothly for Lancaster City who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Nantwich Town. Lancaster City have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Lancaster City failed to get anything from their last game, a Fa Trophy home match vs Stourbridge that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Scarborough Athletic.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Lancaster City in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Lancaster City, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The Lancaster City manager M. Fell has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 9 league matches. In the opposite end, Lancaster City have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Lancaster City - United of Manchester 0-0. Last eight meetings between the teams: United of Manchester won 2, Lancaster City won 3 and 3 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

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United of Manchester Lancaster City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 9 18
6 3 0 Won W 2 5 11
5 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
5 4 2 Lost L 0 3 3
29 16 1 Scored S 6 19 33
23 12 5 Conceded C 2 16 22
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 61%
56% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 61%
50% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 78% 50%
38% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 44% 28%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 56%
31% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 44%
25% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
5.6 6.9 6 Corners For (avg) C F 1 2.8 2.5
4 4 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4 3.6
1.8 1.9 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
 
172 103 24 Total Shots T S 10 71 82
56 35 4 Shots on Target S O 4 32 35
48% 46% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 150% 56% 63%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Lancaster City has the most scored goals (19) away
  • Lancaster City has the most scored goals (33)
  • Lancaster City has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
  • Lancaster City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lancaster City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Lancaster City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lancaster City is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • United of Manchester have created more than twice as many corners as Lancaster City.
  • United of Manchester have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • United of Manchester have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • United of Manchester haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Lancaster City 18 11 4 3 33 22 9 6 3 0 14 6 9 5 1 3 19 16 11 37
2 South Shields 17 11 2 4 27 14 9 6 1 2 17 5 8 5 1 2 10 9 13 35
3 Basford United 17 9 4 4 32 22 7 5 1 1 18 9 10 4 3 3 14 13 10 31
4 Warrington Town 15 8 4 3 26 17 8 4 1 3 14 11 7 4 3 0 12 6 9 28
5 Stalybridge Celtic 18 9 1 8 27 26 8 4 0 4 17 16 10 5 1 4 10 10 1 28
6 Nantwich Town 14 8 2 4 29 21 8 6 0 2 17 10 6 2 2 2 12 11 8 26
7 Radcliffe Borough 14 8 2 4 18 11 8 5 2 1 13 4 6 3 0 3 5 7 7 26
8 Witton Albion 16 7 5 4 22 18 9 6 1 2 15 9 7 1 4 2 7 9 4 26
9 Hyde United 18 7 4 7 32 30 8 4 2 2 21 12 10 3 2 5 11 18 2 25
10 United of Manchester 16 6 5 5 29 23 8 3 1 4 16 12 8 3 4 1 13 11 6 23
11 Whitby Town 13 6 3 4 22 18 7 3 2 2 10 9 6 3 1 2 12 9 4 21
12 Matlock Town 16 6 3 7 19 18 9 3 2 4 12 12 7 3 1 3 7 6 1 21
13 Mickleover Sports 16 6 3 7 20 23 9 4 1 4 10 12 7 2 2 3 10 11 -3 21
14 Grantham Town 16 5 6 5 23 33 9 5 2 2 14 14 7 0 4 3 9 19 -10 21
15 Morpeth Town 12 5 4 3 19 17 5 3 2 0 10 5 7 2 2 3 9 12 2 19
16 Bamber Bridge 19 5 3 11 28 35 10 5 2 3 21 13 9 0 1 8 7 22 -7 18
17 Scarborough Athletic 18 4 6 8 16 26 8 1 6 1 5 5 10 3 0 7 11 21 -10 18
18 Ashton United 14 4 3 7 18 25 6 1 2 3 6 11 8 3 1 4 12 14 -7 14
19 Atherton Collieries 14 3 3 8 17 29 6 1 1 4 10 15 8 2 2 4 7 14 -12 12
20 Buxton 16 2 5 9 22 31 8 2 2 4 16 11 8 0 3 5 6 20 -9 11
21 Gainsborough Trinity 15 2 4 9 18 26 8 2 3 3 10 10 7 0 1 6 8 16 -8 10
22 Stafford Rangers 16 1 6 9 12 24 7 0 4 3 4 8 9 1 2 6 8 16 -12 9

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.