Open game expected at Kirkby Road: Barwell vs Hednesford Town preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kirkby Road (2500 seats)

Barwell are aiming to ignore the league table ahead of this match against Hednesford Town. Here's all you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Barwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Relegation threatens Barwell who should definitely be looking for some points here. For Hednesford most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

This has all the signs of an engaging fixture with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Barwell form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Southern Central for Barwell at their home stadium (Kirkby Road) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats. Barwell are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Kirkby Road, having lost their two previous games here.

A strong away win for Barwell against Nuneaton Town the last match.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Banbury United (2-6).

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 Barwell have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost eight.

Barwell have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kirkby Road with 30 goals in 19 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Barwell defense is not exactly impregnable. 33 goals conceded from 19 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hednesford Town form and stats

6 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Hednesford Town playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Southern Central this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Hednesford Town in their previous game as they lost hosting Tamworth, 2-3.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Biggleswade Town at their stadium, the result 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Hednesford Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hednesford Town, five draws and nine defeats.

Hednesford have scored 25 goals on their travels this season, from 19 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Hednesford Town have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Hednesford Town - Barwell 1-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - four - one (Barwell wins - draws - Hednesford Town wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

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Hednesford Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barwell Hednesford Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
10 6 2 Won W 3 6 13
11 5 0 Drew D 2 6 12
18 8 4 Lost L 1 7 14
54 30 12 Scored S 8 25 62
74 33 10 Conceded C 5 27 61
97% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
85% 74% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 74% 87%
56% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 62%
41% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 38%
23% 26% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 23%
62% 63% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 63% 69%
21% 26% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 18%
21% 16% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 15%
 
4.4 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.3 2.8 2.6
4.8 5.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 4 3.3
1.5 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.2 10.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.9 6.2
4.4 5.5 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 3
34% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 44% 49%
 
11.5 13 12 Shots against (avg) S A 3.3 7.8 6
5.4 6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.5 3
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Barwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 39 31 6 2 88 31 20 15 4 1 44 18 19 16 2 1 44 13 57 99
2 Peterborough Sports 39 24 6 9 94 46 20 14 2 4 50 17 19 10 4 5 44 29 48 78
3 Coalville Town 39 23 9 7 83 43 20 14 4 2 52 17 19 9 5 5 31 26 40 78
4 Rushall Olympic 39 19 9 11 77 53 19 11 3 5 45 25 20 8 6 6 32 28 24 66
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 39 19 8 12 57 48 19 9 4 6 28 22 20 10 4 6 29 26 9 65
6 Alvechurch 39 17 11 11 54 40 19 11 3 5 31 18 20 6 8 6 23 22 14 62
7 Royston Town 39 17 8 14 64 48 20 7 6 7 33 23 19 10 2 7 31 25 16 59
8 Leiston 39 18 5 16 59 65 19 11 4 4 28 23 20 7 1 12 31 42 -6 59
9 Hednesford Town 39 13 12 14 62 61 20 7 6 7 37 34 19 6 6 7 25 27 1 51
10 Tamworth 38 13 11 14 54 56 18 8 4 6 34 24 20 5 7 8 20 32 -2 50
11 Stourbridge 39 14 8 17 57 68 19 7 6 6 30 26 20 7 2 11 27 42 -11 50
12 Needham Market 39 12 13 14 65 65 19 6 8 5 34 24 20 6 5 9 31 41 0 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 39 13 7 19 56 89 20 9 3 8 32 47 19 4 4 11 24 42 -33 46
15 Redditch United 39 11 11 17 38 50 20 7 5 8 23 26 19 4 6 9 15 24 -12 44
16 Bromsgrove Sporting 39 10 12 17 36 58 20 8 2 10 19 29 19 2 10 7 17 29 -22 42
17 Barwell 39 10 11 18 54 74 19 6 5 8 30 33 20 4 6 10 24 41 -20 41
18 Nuneaton Town 39 10 10 19 50 62 20 4 8 8 21 26 19 6 2 11 29 36 -12 39
19 Hitchin Town 39 10 9 20 46 58 19 7 3 9 26 31 20 3 6 11 20 27 -12 39
20 Biggleswade Town 38 7 12 19 46 61 19 6 7 6 35 26 19 1 5 13 11 35 -15 33
21 Lowestoft Town 39 9 6 24 48 90 20 6 5 9 27 34 19 3 1 15 21 56 -42 33

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 39 31 6 2 88 31 20 15 4 1 44 18 19 16 2 1 44 13 57 99
2 Peterborough Sports 39 24 6 9 94 46 20 14 2 4 50 17 19 10 4 5 44 29 48 78
3 Coalville Town 39 23 9 7 83 43 20 14 4 2 52 17 19 9 5 5 31 26 40 78
4 Rushall Olympic 39 19 9 11 77 53 19 11 3 5 45 25 20 8 6 6 32 28 24 66
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 39 19 8 12 57 48 19 9 4 6 28 22 20 10 4 6 29 26 9 65
6 Alvechurch 39 17 11 11 54 40 19 11 3 5 31 18 20 6 8 6 23 22 14 62
7 Royston Town 39 17 8 14 64 48 20 7 6 7 33 23 19 10 2 7 31 25 16 59
8 Leiston 39 18 5 16 59 65 19 11 4 4 28 23 20 7 1 12 31 42 -6 59
9 Hednesford Town 39 13 12 14 62 61 20 7 6 7 37 34 19 6 6 7 25 27 1 51
10 Tamworth 38 13 11 14 54 56 18 8 4 6 34 24 20 5 7 8 20 32 -2 50
11 Stourbridge 39 14 8 17 57 68 19 7 6 6 30 26 20 7 2 11 27 42 -11 50
12 Needham Market 39 12 13 14 65 65 19 6 8 5 34 24 20 6 5 9 31 41 0 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 39 13 7 19 56 89 20 9 3 8 32 47 19 4 4 11 24 42 -33 46
15 Redditch United 39 11 11 17 38 50 20 7 5 8 23 26 19 4 6 9 15 24 -12 44
16 Bromsgrove Sporting 39 10 12 17 36 58 20 8 2 10 19 29 19 2 10 7 17 29 -22 42
17 Barwell 39 10 11 18 54 74 19 6 5 8 30 33 20 4 6 10 24 41 -20 41
18 Nuneaton Town 39 10 10 19 50 62 20 4 8 8 21 26 19 6 2 11 29 36 -12 39
19 Hitchin Town 39 10 9 20 46 58 19 7 3 9 26 31 20 3 6 11 20 27 -12 39
20 Biggleswade Town 38 7 12 19 46 61 19 6 7 6 35 26 19 1 5 13 11 35 -15 33
21 Lowestoft Town 39 9 6 24 48 90 20 6 5 9 27 34 19 3 1 15 21 56 -42 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.