Soccer betting preview: Basford United welcomes Needham Market in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Greenwich Avenue (2200 seats)

7th place in the Non League Premier: Southern Central table for Basford United at present, a tip-top performance. The home team fans pray for more excitement as 8th-placed Needham Market visit Greenwich Avenue.

Insights:
  • Basford United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Needham Market have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

It's no vacation for neither Basford nor Needham Market 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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Basford United form and stats

Basford United have been very solid at home in the Non League Premier: Southern Central so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 7th position in the table. After failing to beat Nuneaton Town here at Greenwich Avenue, Basford United has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The Basford United club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Bedford Town and win 3-1. Finally, a league victory after four fixtures without.

Before that, Basford played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Stratford Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Basford United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Basford United as a small favourite), we find 20 games. Basford United has won 6 of these, drawn 5 and lost 9.

An interesting fact: 8 of the most recent 10 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

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

Basford United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Greenwich Avenue with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Basford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Needham Market form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Needham Market, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central, playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Southern Central this season.

The fans enjoyed Needham Market's previous game versus Tamworth (placed 1st), a 3-2 win played at home. That victory felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without winning.

A defeat, in the FA Cup away at Burton Albion, earlier. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Needham Market in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Needham, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

6 goals have been conceded by Needham Market in these games.

Head 2 Head

Basford United missing players

Needham Market missing players

Basford United Needham Market
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 6 2 Played P 1 5 13
6 5 2 Won W 0 1 6
4 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
20 10 5 Scored S 1 5 22
21 7 2 Conceded C 1 6 14
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 85%
80% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 69%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 38%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 31%
67% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 38%
27% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 38%
13% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 38%
 
5.8 7.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 6.5 6.2
6.7 6.2 10 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.5 4.1
1.7 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.8 10 6 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.5 12.9
3.9 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 5.2
34% 29% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 38%
 
12.1 12 6 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.5 9.4
6.2 6.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 4.4
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Basford United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Basford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Needham Market have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tamworth 16 11 3 2 38 17 9 6 2 1 19 9 7 5 1 1 19 8 21 36
2 Nuneaton Town 15 8 5 2 27 15 8 5 3 0 15 7 7 3 2 2 12 8 12 29
3 Leiston 14 8 4 2 37 18 6 4 1 1 16 7 8 4 3 1 21 11 19 28
4 Mickleover Sports 15 8 3 4 33 25 9 5 2 2 19 13 6 3 1 2 14 12 8 27
5 Redditch United 15 7 4 4 26 20 7 2 1 4 14 16 8 5 3 0 12 4 6 25
6 Coalville Town 12 7 2 3 34 18 6 2 2 2 12 12 6 5 0 1 22 6 16 23
7 Basford United 15 6 4 5 20 21 6 5 0 1 10 7 9 1 4 4 10 14 -1 22
8 Needham Market 13 6 3 4 22 14 8 5 1 2 17 8 5 1 2 2 5 6 8 21
9 Rushall Olympic 14 6 3 5 23 19 7 2 1 4 10 14 7 4 2 1 13 5 4 21
10 Ilkeston Town 15 5 5 5 26 24 8 3 2 3 15 14 7 2 3 2 11 10 2 20
11 Bromsgrove Sporting 16 6 2 8 25 34 8 3 1 4 10 15 8 3 1 4 15 19 -9 20
12 Stourbridge 14 4 6 4 21 19 5 2 2 1 8 4 9 2 4 3 13 15 2 18
13 Bedford Town 17 5 3 9 22 38 8 3 1 4 13 22 9 2 2 5 9 16 -16 18
14 St Ives Town 13 5 2 6 25 22 8 3 1 4 15 11 5 2 1 2 10 11 3 17
15 Hitchin Town 15 4 5 6 13 22 6 1 4 1 3 5 9 3 1 5 10 17 -9 17
16 Stratford Town 15 4 5 6 21 31 9 4 3 2 16 15 6 0 2 4 5 16 -10 17
17 Barwell 14 4 4 6 23 28 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 2 2 3 14 16 -5 16
18 Royston Town 15 4 4 7 25 35 6 2 2 2 11 11 9 2 2 5 14 24 -10 16
19 Alvechurch 11 4 3 4 18 18 5 3 1 1 10 6 6 1 2 3 8 12 0 15
20 Kings Langley 14 3 4 7 17 28 7 1 3 3 10 15 7 2 1 4 7 13 -11 13
21 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 16 3 3 10 14 38 8 2 3 3 9 16 8 1 0 7 5 22 -24 12
22 Hednesford Town 16 1 5 10 19 25 9 1 3 5 14 15 7 0 2 5 5 10 -6 8

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.