Can Bedford Town outperform AFC Rushden & Diamonds in The New Eyrie clash?

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Eyrie (4000 seats)

A demanding season for Bedford Town so far, and you could say the same about AFC Rushden & Diamonds. These struggling sides pray for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Bedford Town have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have the fewest scored goals (19) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

This has all the signs of an appealing game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Bedford Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Non League Premier: Southern Central, Bedford Town have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 6 defeats from 11 games.

Bedford are returning here after visiting Barwell and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Liu, having scored in four consecutive games.

Before that, Bedford Town played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Tamworth.

Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 13 of the 16 latest league games with this team has had three or more goals.

Bedford Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The New Eyrie with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Bedford having conceded 29 goals here at The New Eyrie so far.

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AFC Rushden & Diamonds form and stats

AFC Rushden & Diamonds have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central, after 1-0-10 (11 played). Bitter travels for AFC Rushden & Diamonds as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Barwell match.

AFC Rushden & Diamonds might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Tamworth proved too strong as AFC Rushden & Diamonds slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Hayden Road.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Alvechurch.

Observe! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that AFC Rushden & Diamonds concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

AFC Rushden & Diamonds have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Bedford.

Bedford Town missing players

AFC Rushden & Diamonds missing players

Bedford Town AFC Rushden & Diamonds
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 4 11 22
7 4 1 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
11 6 3 Lost L 4 10 16
32 19 4 Scored S 1 8 19
48 29 9 Conceded C 11 29 53
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
77% 82% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 73% 64%
45% 55% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 36%
18% 36% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 18%
68% 64% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 64% 64%
14% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 5%
23% 18% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 36% 36%
 
5.5 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.6 1.9
4.9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.4 4.5
1.6 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 5
6 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 2
20% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 55% 56%
 
10.6 2 2 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.2 10
3.9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.6 4.1
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have the fewest scored goals (19) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have the most conceded goals (53) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have the the worst goal difference (-34) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • All of AFC Rushden & Diamonds's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Bedford Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bedford Town have created more than twice as many corners as AFC Rushden & Diamonds.
  • Bedford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bedford Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as AFC Rushden & Diamonds have scored away.
  • Bedford Town have the most conceded goals (29) at home in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Bedford Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Bedford Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bedford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 22 13 6 3 49 25 10 6 3 1 21 11 12 7 3 2 28 14 24 45
2 Nuneaton Town 22 12 6 4 37 24 11 7 4 0 20 9 11 5 2 4 17 15 13 42
3 Leiston 20 12 5 3 49 24 9 7 1 1 23 9 11 5 4 2 26 15 25 41
4 Rushall Olympic 22 11 5 6 36 26 12 5 2 5 20 20 10 6 3 1 16 6 10 38
5 Mickleover Sports 21 10 4 7 44 40 12 7 3 2 27 18 9 3 1 5 17 22 4 34
6 Hitchin Town 23 9 6 8 30 35 11 5 5 1 15 11 12 4 1 7 15 24 -5 33
7 Coalville Town 18 9 5 4 43 25 10 4 3 3 18 16 8 5 2 1 25 9 18 32
8 Ilkeston Town 21 9 5 7 38 29 12 6 2 4 23 16 9 3 3 3 15 13 9 32
9 Redditch United 21 9 5 7 35 31 11 4 2 5 21 23 10 5 3 2 14 8 4 32
10 Bromsgrove Sporting 21 9 3 9 35 40 10 4 1 5 13 16 11 5 2 4 22 24 -5 30
11 Basford United 20 8 5 7 26 27 11 7 1 3 16 13 9 1 4 4 10 14 -1 29
12 St Ives Town 19 8 3 8 34 29 11 4 2 5 19 14 8 4 1 3 15 15 5 27
13 Needham Market 19 7 5 7 26 21 9 6 1 2 18 8 10 1 4 5 8 13 5 26
14 Barwell 20 7 5 8 32 35 11 4 3 4 17 17 9 3 2 4 15 18 -3 26
15 Stourbridge 19 6 7 6 27 24 8 3 3 2 11 6 11 3 4 4 16 18 3 25
16 Bedford Town 22 7 4 11 32 48 11 4 1 6 19 29 11 3 3 5 13 19 -16 25
17 Royston Town 21 6 6 9 34 46 9 4 3 2 18 15 12 2 3 7 16 31 -12 24
18 Alvechurch 15 6 3 6 25 25 6 4 1 1 14 8 9 2 2 5 11 17 0 21
19 Stratford Town 20 4 7 9 28 43 10 4 4 2 17 16 10 0 3 7 11 27 -15 19
20 Kings Langley 22 5 4 13 21 40 11 2 3 6 13 20 11 3 1 7 8 20 -19 19
21 Hednesford Town 22 2 6 14 24 34 10 2 3 5 16 15 12 0 3 9 8 19 -10 12
22 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 22 3 3 16 19 53 11 2 3 6 11 24 11 1 0 10 8 29 -34 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.