Non League Premier: Southern Central preview: Can Banbury United edge out victory against Hednesford Town?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Tue 29.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)

Only a few games have been played in the Non League Premier: Southern Central so far, with Banbury United placed 17th and Hednesford Town sitting in the 19th position.

It's no vacation for neither Banbury nor Hednesford Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Banbury United form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Non League Premier: Southern Central game of the season here. Last season these fans witnessed 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from Banbury United's 17 home games.

Banbury's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Redditch United (placed 7th).

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 Banbury United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost three.

Banbury are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup match at Leamington awaits in four days.

Banbury United has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Hednesford Town form and stats

One match played away so far in the Non League Premier: Southern Central for Hednesford Town and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from 17 games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Lowestoft Town (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The Non League Premier: Southern Central match ended in a draw 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Hednesford have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, two draws and one defeat.

After this away game Hednesford return home for a FA Cup game against Halesowen Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Hednesford Town has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - one - three (Banbury wins - draws - Hednesford Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Banbury United missing players

Hednesford Town missing players

Banbury United Hednesford Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 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
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 12 0 Total Shots T S 0 11 20
4 4 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
Banbury United Last season Hednesford Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 17   Played P   17 32
14 10   Won W   7 14
10 3   Drew D   3 5
8 4   Lost L   7 13
48 30   Scored S   24 50
31 17   Conceded C   23 44
88% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
72% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 72%
41% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 53%
22% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 28%
16% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 19%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   35% 41%
31% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 34%
28% 24%   Failed to Score F T   24% 25%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.2 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   0 3
 
161 67   Total Shots T S   130 304
72 30   Shots on Target S O   60 133
54% 77%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 29%

  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

Read more about Non League Premier: Southern Central

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.