Non League Premier: Southern Central: AFC Rushden & Diamonds - Hednesford Town preview and stats

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hayden Road (2000 seats)

AFC Rushden & Diamonds are flying at 5th, while Hednesford Town are lagging 12 points behind in the league table. Can they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Hednesford Town have the most points from losing position (18) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

The visiting Hednesford Town played their last game only four days ago, a Non League Premier: Southern Central match. That game, against Stratford Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Hednesford Town.

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AFC Rushden & Diamonds form and stats

AFC Rushden & Diamonds have played 15 Non League Premier: Southern Central games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Hayden Road after three straight home wins.

Diamonds are returning here after visiting Barwell and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rushall Olympic (0-2).

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 AFC Rushden & Diamonds have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost six.

The manager Peaks will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Biggleswade Town in only three days.

The AFC Rushden & Diamonds fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. On the other hand, AFC Rushden & Diamonds have conceded 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hednesford Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Southern Central travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Two away games in a row for Hednesford, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Stratford Town.

A 1-1 draw at Redditch United's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Hednesford Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hednesford Town, five draws and eight defeats.

Hednesford Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 18 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Hednesford Town have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H match ended Hednesford Town - Diamonds 2-3, played this season. Last four meetings featuring these sides: AFC Rushden & Diamonds won two, Hednesford Town were winners in zero and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

AFC Rushden & Diamonds missing players

Hednesford Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Rushden & Diamonds Hednesford Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 6 Played P 4 13 27
15 7 3 Won W 1 4 9
4 2 0 Drew D 1 4 10
10 6 3 Lost L 2 5 8
40 20 10 Scored S 4 18 46
34 16 7 Conceded C 7 21 42
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 73% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 93%
55% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 63%
21% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 41%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 22%
59% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 77% 74%
24% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 15%
21% 27% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 11%
 
1.4 1.2 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3 2.1
2.4 1.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.4 2.8
0.6 0.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
5.7 4.5 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.7 5.4
2.4 1.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.3
60% 83% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 65%
 
6.8 5.1 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 7.7 5.9
2.9 2.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 3.3 2.9
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Hednesford Town have the most points from losing position (18) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hednesford Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Hednesford Town 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 Banbury United 31 24 5 2 68 23 16 12 3 1 37 14 15 12 2 1 31 9 45 77
2 Rushall Olympic 30 18 9 3 68 31 14 10 3 1 39 14 16 8 6 2 29 17 37 63
3 Coalville Town 29 18 6 5 64 31 15 13 2 0 43 9 14 5 4 5 21 22 33 60
4 Peterborough Sports 28 17 3 8 71 36 14 9 1 4 37 14 14 8 2 4 34 22 35 54
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 29 15 4 10 40 34 15 7 2 6 20 16 14 8 2 4 20 18 6 49
6 Alvechurch 32 13 9 10 42 35 16 9 2 5 26 17 16 4 7 5 16 18 7 48
7 Leiston 29 13 3 13 46 53 14 8 3 3 23 18 15 5 0 10 23 35 -7 42
8 Royston Town 31 11 8 12 49 42 16 4 6 6 25 21 15 7 2 6 24 21 7 41
9 Hednesford Town 27 9 10 8 46 42 14 5 6 3 28 21 13 4 4 5 18 21 4 37
10 Stratford Town 29 10 7 12 35 45 15 6 4 5 20 20 14 4 3 7 15 25 -10 37
11 Needham Market 28 8 12 8 48 44 14 4 7 3 24 19 14 4 5 5 24 25 4 36
12 Stourbridge 28 10 5 13 40 53 14 5 4 5 22 21 14 5 1 8 18 32 -13 35
13 Barwell 32 8 10 14 45 55 16 5 5 6 24 23 16 3 5 8 21 32 -10 34
14 St Ives Town 30 9 7 14 42 73 15 6 3 6 22 36 15 3 4 8 20 37 -31 34
15 Redditch United 30 7 11 12 29 41 15 4 5 6 15 20 15 3 6 6 14 21 -12 32
16 Tamworth 28 9 5 14 30 43 14 5 3 6 19 19 14 4 2 8 11 24 -13 32
17 Bromsgrove Sporting 28 7 10 11 27 46 14 6 1 7 16 25 14 1 9 4 11 21 -19 31
18 Nuneaton Town 30 7 8 15 41 51 16 3 7 6 18 21 14 4 1 9 23 30 -10 29
19 Lowestoft Town 28 7 5 16 35 66 14 5 4 5 21 25 14 2 1 11 14 41 -31 26
20 Biggleswade Town 29 5 9 15 36 46 13 5 4 4 26 17 16 0 5 11 10 29 -10 24
21 Hitchin Town 28 6 6 16 34 46 13 4 1 8 17 24 15 2 5 8 17 22 -12 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Banbury United 31 24 5 2 68 23 16 12 3 1 37 14 15 12 2 1 31 9 45 77
2 Rushall Olympic 30 18 9 3 68 31 14 10 3 1 39 14 16 8 6 2 29 17 37 63
3 Coalville Town 29 18 6 5 64 31 15 13 2 0 43 9 14 5 4 5 21 22 33 60
4 Peterborough Sports 28 17 3 8 71 36 14 9 1 4 37 14 14 8 2 4 34 22 35 54
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 29 15 4 10 40 34 15 7 2 6 20 16 14 8 2 4 20 18 6 49
6 Alvechurch 32 13 9 10 42 35 16 9 2 5 26 17 16 4 7 5 16 18 7 48
7 Leiston 29 13 3 13 46 53 14 8 3 3 23 18 15 5 0 10 23 35 -7 42
8 Royston Town 31 11 8 12 49 42 16 4 6 6 25 21 15 7 2 6 24 21 7 41
9 Hednesford Town 27 9 10 8 46 42 14 5 6 3 28 21 13 4 4 5 18 21 4 37
10 Stratford Town 29 10 7 12 35 45 15 6 4 5 20 20 14 4 3 7 15 25 -10 37
11 Needham Market 28 8 12 8 48 44 14 4 7 3 24 19 14 4 5 5 24 25 4 36
12 Stourbridge 28 10 5 13 40 53 14 5 4 5 22 21 14 5 1 8 18 32 -13 35
13 Barwell 32 8 10 14 45 55 16 5 5 6 24 23 16 3 5 8 21 32 -10 34
14 St Ives Town 30 9 7 14 42 73 15 6 3 6 22 36 15 3 4 8 20 37 -31 34
15 Redditch United 30 7 11 12 29 41 15 4 5 6 15 20 15 3 6 6 14 21 -12 32
16 Tamworth 28 9 5 14 30 43 14 5 3 6 19 19 14 4 2 8 11 24 -13 32
17 Bromsgrove Sporting 28 7 10 11 27 46 14 6 1 7 16 25 14 1 9 4 11 21 -19 31
18 Nuneaton Town 30 7 8 15 41 51 16 3 7 6 18 21 14 4 1 9 23 30 -10 29
19 Lowestoft Town 28 7 5 16 35 66 14 5 4 5 21 25 14 2 1 11 14 41 -31 26
20 Biggleswade Town 29 5 9 15 36 46 13 5 4 4 26 17 16 0 5 11 10 29 -10 24
21 Hitchin Town 28 6 6 16 34 46 13 4 1 8 17 24 15 2 5 8 17 22 -12 24

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The Southern Football League consists of four divisions: Central Division and South Division (at the seventh highest division level of English football) and Division One Central / Division One South (eight highest level). Teams come from the South West of England, southern Midlands and South Wales.