United of Manchester vs Matlock Town match preview: Even contest expected at Broadhurst Park

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Tue 13.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Broadhurst Park (4400 seats)

Greeting visitors in their own stadium is comfortable and nice for United of Manchester, but Matlock Town are fully determined and able to go home as winners. Who wins?

Insights:
  • United of Manchester have yet to win a game at home.
  • Matlock Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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United of Manchester form and stats

Three Non League Premier: Northern home games done for United of Manchester, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

Manchester are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Hyde United.

Before that game, a fine away win at Witton Albion. A FA Cup match. 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 United of Manchester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for United of Manchester, as the FA Cup home game vs Curzon Ashton is only four days away.

United of Manchester have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Matlock Town form and stats

Things could have gone better for Matlock Town in their Non League Premier: Northern away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

The club members enjoyed Matlock's previous game versus Stafford Rangers (placed 3rd), a 3-1 win played at home.

The game before that was the FA Cup-duel against Ilkeston Town, a home defeat (0-2). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Matlock Town in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Matlock Town, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Matlock Town's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Manchester three wins, five draws and Matlock Town two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

United of Manchester missing players

Matlock Town missing players

United of Manchester Matlock Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
4 2 1 Lost L 0 2 2
9 2 1 Scored S 0 1 7
8 4 2 Conceded C 0 3 6
86% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 57%
57% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 43%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 29%
 
5.2 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6
2.5 2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.3
2.5 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.5 6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 14
2.2 2.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.3
22% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 31%
 
11.2 11 17 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 11
5.5 5.7 10 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.7
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Matlock Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • United of Manchester have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • United of Manchester have yet to win a 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 South Shields 7 4 3 0 10 5 4 3 1 0 6 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 15
2 Ashton United 6 4 1 1 9 5 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 13
3 Stafford Rangers 7 4 1 2 11 9 3 2 0 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 13
4 Marske United 6 3 2 1 11 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 11
5 Warrington Town 6 3 2 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 11
6 Radcliffe Borough 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 11
7 Matlock Town 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 1 11
8 Hyde United 7 3 2 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 0 11
9 Rylands 6 3 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 5 3 10
10 Guiseley 7 3 1 3 7 8 3 1 0 2 2 5 4 2 1 1 5 3 -1 10
11 Morpeth Town 6 3 0 3 10 7 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 9
12 Marine 7 2 3 2 8 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 9
13 Bamber Bridge 7 2 3 2 10 12 4 1 3 0 7 6 3 1 0 2 3 6 -2 9
14 Atherton Collieries 7 2 2 3 5 6 3 0 0 3 1 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 -1 8
15 Stalybridge Celtic 6 2 2 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 8
16 United of Manchester 7 2 1 4 9 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 2 0 2 7 4 1 7
17 Gainsborough Trinity 6 1 4 1 6 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 5 2 1 7
18 Lancaster City 6 1 4 1 3 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 7
19 Nantwich Town 7 1 3 3 5 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 -2 6
20 Liversedge 7 1 1 5 6 13 4 0 0 4 1 7 3 1 1 1 5 6 -7 4
21 Belper Town 7 1 1 5 5 17 3 0 1 2 2 10 4 1 0 3 3 7 -12 4
22 Whitby Town 6 0 1 5 3 9 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 1 3 -6 1

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.