Broadhurst Park: United of Manchester vs Matlock Town Non League Premier: Northern preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Northern
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Broadhurst Park (4400 seats)

United of Manchester and Matlock Town are both successful in the Non League Premier: Northern with their 6th and 3rd places respectively. This could be a wonderful match!

Insights:
  • United of Manchester have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Matlock Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Non League Premier: Northern

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Non League Premier: Northern game only four days ago. That game, against South Shields, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Matlock Town.

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United of Manchester form and stats

United of Manchester have played 16 Non League Premier: Northern games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).

United of Manchester drew their last game, 2-2 away at Scarborough Athletic (placed 4th).

Ahead of that match, United of Manchester lost 0-1 at home to Warrington Town.

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 Manchester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won five, drawn zero and lost three.

On the other hand, United of Manchester have conceded 18 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Matlock Town form and stats

9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Matlock Town playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Northern this season.

Matlock Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to South Shields (placed 1st).

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Whitby Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Matlock Town playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Matlock Town wins, zero draws and six defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Matlock's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Matlock Town have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Matlock Town - United of Manchester 1-0. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Manchester won four, Matlock Town triumphed in two and we saw four draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

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Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 3 15 30
15 10 2 Won W 2 9 18
5 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
13 5 1 Lost L 1 4 8
54 32 8 Scored S 7 23 51
45 18 2 Conceded C 5 16 29
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
73% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 67%
52% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 50%
30% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 27%
24% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 13% 17%
48% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 43%
30% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 47% 43%
24% 19% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 23%
 
6.3 7.7 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.2 3.1
3.5 4.2 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 0.3 3.7 2.2
1.5 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 13.9 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 8.9 6
5.3 6.9 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.7 2.4
32% 29% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 88% 49% 81%
 
8.2 9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 3.3 6.7 4.7
3.8 4.4 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 2.4 1.7
Key stats in Non League Premier: Northern this season:
  • Matlock Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • Matlock Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • United of Manchester have created more than twice as many corners as Matlock Town.
  • United of Manchester have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Non League Premier: Northern
  • 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 South Shields 30 18 6 6 51 27 16 11 2 3 31 14 14 7 4 3 20 13 24 60
2 Buxton 31 17 8 6 60 33 16 10 4 2 38 16 15 7 4 4 22 17 27 59
3 Matlock Town 30 18 4 8 51 29 15 9 2 4 28 13 15 9 2 4 23 16 22 58
4 Scarborough Athletic 33 16 8 9 45 41 17 8 5 4 27 20 16 8 3 5 18 21 4 56
5 Warrington Town 31 14 10 7 52 37 16 8 4 4 29 18 15 6 6 3 23 19 15 52
6 United of Manchester 33 15 5 13 54 45 16 10 1 5 32 18 17 5 4 8 22 27 9 50
7 Bamber Bridge 30 15 4 11 49 41 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 9 1 5 24 21 8 49
8 Whitby Town 31 14 7 10 41 39 16 7 4 5 22 18 15 7 3 5 19 21 2 49
9 Stafford Rangers 30 11 12 7 37 27 14 3 6 5 12 12 16 8 6 2 25 15 10 45
10 Morpeth Town 29 12 8 9 46 40 16 8 5 3 27 17 13 4 3 6 19 23 6 44
11 Lancaster City 31 13 3 15 37 39 15 7 2 6 14 14 16 6 1 9 23 25 -2 42
12 Stalybridge Celtic 30 11 5 14 41 42 15 6 3 6 23 22 15 5 2 8 18 20 -1 38
13 Radcliffe Borough 31 11 5 15 42 51 15 7 1 7 25 23 16 4 4 8 17 28 -9 38
14 Atherton Collieries 28 11 4 13 25 30 12 6 2 4 16 12 16 5 2 9 9 18 -5 37
15 Basford United 31 10 7 14 27 34 16 5 6 5 16 14 15 5 1 9 11 20 -7 37
16 Mickleover Sports 30 10 6 14 35 47 16 7 4 5 22 20 14 3 2 9 13 27 -12 36
17 Gainsborough Trinity 31 8 11 12 27 40 15 7 7 1 17 11 16 1 4 11 10 29 -13 35
18 Ashton United 29 8 9 12 37 38 14 6 4 4 19 12 15 2 5 8 18 26 -1 33
19 Hyde United 32 9 6 17 40 54 16 7 1 8 23 25 16 2 5 9 17 29 -14 33
20 Nantwich Town 30 8 6 16 32 42 14 2 3 9 13 23 16 6 3 7 19 19 -10 30
21 Witton Albion 28 7 6 15 32 56 15 4 2 9 18 28 13 3 4 6 14 28 -24 27
22 Grantham Town 31 5 8 18 33 62 15 1 3 11 15 32 16 4 5 7 18 30 -29 23

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.