After two games we know a little more about the qualities of AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Hitchin Town in this fresh Non League Premier: Southern Central season. Read our match preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AFC Rushden & Diamonds form and stats
The first Non League Premier: Southern Central game here at Hayden Road resulted in a draw. Last season AFC Rushden & Diamonds's home game statistics were 9 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 14 games.
The spoils were shared in Diamonds's previous game, also at home. Visiting Barwell (placed 18th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
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 Diamonds have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost three.
At Hayden Road, AFC Rushden & Diamonds has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Hitchin Town form and stats
Hitchin Town have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Non League Premier: Southern Central were 6 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 17 fixtures.
Hitchin lost away at Stourbridge (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that, Hitchin Town secured a home win against Needham Market with the score 3-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hitchin Town playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Hitchin wins, two draws and zero defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to St Albans City.
Hitchin Town have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for AFC Rushden & Diamonds, one draw and zero wins for Hitchin Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.AFC Rushden & Diamonds missing players
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| AFC Rushden & Diamonds | Hitchin Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| AFC Rushden & Diamonds | Last season | Hitchin Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 14 | Played | P | 17 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 50 | 31 | Scored | S | 26 | 43 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Conceded | C | 30 | 49 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 83% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 81% | ||
| 57% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 56% | ||
| 30% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 34% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 16% | ||
| 63% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 56% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 25% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 167 | 103 | Total Shots | T S | 95 | 152 | ||
| 76 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 69 | ||
| 43% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stourbridge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Coalville Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Needham Market | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Tamworth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lowestoft Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Redditch United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Rushall Olympic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Hitchin Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Kings Langley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Stratford Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | St Ives Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Royston Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Peterborough Sports | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Nuneaton Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Banbury United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Barwell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Hednesford Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Alvechurch | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 21 | Biggleswade Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 22 | Leiston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough Sports | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 90 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 44 | 65 |
| 2 | Tamworth | 30 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 63 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 65 |
| 3 | Royston Town | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 34 | 63 |
| 4 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 80 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 37 | 57 |
| 5 | Rushall Olympic | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 58 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 53 |
| 6 | Stourbridge | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 53 |
| 7 | Banbury United | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 52 |
| 8 | Coalville Town | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 51 |
| 9 | Nuneaton Town | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 50 |
| 10 | Kings Langley | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 50 |
| 11 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 49 |
| 12 | Barwell | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 5 | 48 |
| 13 | Needham Market | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| 14 | Hednesford Town | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 47 |
| 15 | Biggleswade Town | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | -1 | 43 |
| 16 | Lowestoft Town | 33 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 48 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 46 | -15 | 41 |
| 17 | Hitchin Town | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 30 | -6 | 39 |
| 18 | Stratford Town | 33 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 42 | 74 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 41 | -32 | 28 |
| 19 | Leiston | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 87 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 40 | -48 | 26 |
| 20 | St Ives Town | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 33 | 76 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 40 | -43 | 23 |
| 21 | Alvechurch | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 34 | -33 | 17 |
| 22 | Redditch United | 33 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 89 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 52 | -65 | 12 |