AFC Rushden & Diamonds look to Hayden Road supporters for inspiration before Needham Market match

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hayden Road (2000 seats)

The brand new season is about to begin and the followers are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as AFC Rushden & Diamonds greet Needham Market for the opening match at Hayden Road. Read more!

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AFC Rushden & Diamonds form and stats

The previous season, AFC Rushden & Diamonds's league results were 19 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, resulting in 6th place in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. During these 40 matches they scored 57 goals and gave away 49. Playing as the home team in the former season AFC Rushden & Diamonds produced 9-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 23 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how AFC Rushden & Diamonds have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Diamonds friendly games in pre-season: AFC Rushden & Diamonds played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that AFC Rushden & Diamonds scored 0 goals and conceded 4 in these one game.

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Needham Market form and stats

Let's have a look at how Needham Market performed last season in the Non League Premier: Southern Central: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 13 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 66 and conceded 69 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 31/41 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Needham Market have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Needham Market have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last five meetings between these two sides are: three wins for AFC Rushden & Diamonds, one draw and one win for Needham Market. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

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Needham Market missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Rushden & Diamonds Needham Market
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
AFC Rushden & Diamonds Last season Needham Market
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
19 9   Won W   6 12
8 4   Drew D   5 13
13 7   Lost L   9 15
57 28   Scored S   31 66
49 23   Conceded C   41 69
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 98%
75% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 82%
57% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 62%
28% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 45%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   45% 30%
60% 50%   BTTS BTTS   65% 68%
22% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 15%
22% 25%   Failed to Score F T   30% 20%
 
1.8 1.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.4
2.7 1.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.9
0.7 0.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
5.9 4.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.8
2.4 1.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.8
60% 83%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 39%
 
7 5.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.6
3.2 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 5.1

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 Banbury United 40 32 6 2 92 32 20 15 4 1 44 18 20 17 2 1 48 14 60 102
2 Peterborough Sports 40 24 7 9 94 46 20 14 2 4 50 17 20 10 5 5 44 29 48 79
3 Coalville Town 40 23 9 8 86 47 20 14 4 2 52 17 20 9 5 6 34 30 39 78
4 Rushall Olympic 40 20 9 11 80 54 20 12 3 5 48 26 20 8 6 6 32 28 26 69
5 Alvechurch 40 18 11 11 57 41 20 12 3 5 34 19 20 6 8 6 23 22 16 65
6 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 40 19 8 13 57 49 20 9 4 7 28 23 20 10 4 6 29 26 8 65
7 Leiston 40 18 6 16 59 65 20 11 5 4 28 23 20 7 1 12 31 42 -6 60
8 Royston Town 40 17 8 15 65 51 20 7 6 7 33 23 20 10 2 8 32 28 14 59
9 Hednesford Town 40 14 12 14 66 64 20 7 6 7 37 34 20 7 6 7 29 30 2 54
10 Tamworth 40 14 12 14 58 58 20 9 5 6 38 26 20 5 7 8 20 32 0 54
11 Stourbridge 40 15 8 17 61 71 20 8 6 6 34 29 20 7 2 11 27 42 -10 53
12 Needham Market 40 12 13 15 66 69 20 6 8 6 35 28 20 6 5 9 31 41 -3 49
13 Stratford Town 40 13 8 19 48 70 20 8 4 8 26 28 20 5 4 11 22 42 -22 47
14 St Ives Town 40 13 8 19 57 90 20 9 3 8 32 47 20 4 5 11 25 43 -33 47
15 Redditch United 40 11 12 17 38 50 20 7 5 8 23 26 20 4 7 9 15 24 -12 45
16 Nuneaton Town 40 11 10 19 51 62 20 4 8 8 21 26 20 7 2 11 30 36 -11 42
17 Hitchin Town 40 11 9 20 47 58 20 8 3 9 27 31 20 3 6 11 20 27 -11 42
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 40 10 12 18 36 59 20 8 2 10 19 29 20 2 10 8 17 30 -23 42
19 Barwell 40 10 11 19 57 78 20 6 5 9 33 37 20 4 6 10 24 41 -21 41
20 Biggleswade Town 40 7 13 20 47 64 20 6 8 6 35 26 20 1 5 14 12 38 -17 34
21 Lowestoft Town 40 9 6 25 49 93 20 6 5 9 27 34 20 3 1 16 22 59 -44 33

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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.