Non League Premier: Southern Central duel: Close contest expected between Bedford Town and Needham Market

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Eyrie (4000 seats)

This season has been challenging for Bedford Town so far, and the same description fits Needham Market. These brave battlers hope for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Bedford Town have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Non League Premier: Southern Central fixture only four days ago. This match was also played here at The New Eyrie. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Needham Market have had more rest.

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Bedford Town form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Southern Central for Bedford Town at their home stadium (The New Eyrie) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats. When Bedford Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Bedford Town, Stratford Town, Basford United, AFC Rushden & Diamonds, Kings Langley, Hednesford Town and Alvechurch), they have won 2 of 5 matches! It's trouble wherever Bedford Town are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The Bedford crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Stratford Town here at The New Eyrie.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Stourbridge.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bedford Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bedford Town as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Bedford Town has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.

Betting people might want to know that 10 of the most recent 13 league matches from these players have had goals from both teams.

A decent goal production from Bedford in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Bedford Town have allowed the opposition to score 40 goals here at The New Eyrie.

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Needham Market form and stats

There's been little loot from Needham Market's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 14 away games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Needham Market only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Needham have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Ilkeston Town with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against AFC Rushden & Diamonds.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Needham Market playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 4 Needham Market wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Needham have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head match ended Needham Market - Bedford Town 0-0, earlier this season.

Bedford Town missing players

Needham Market missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bedford Town Needham Market
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 4 14 28
8 5 2 Won W 1 1 9
6 1 0 Drew D 1 4 5
18 9 3 Lost L 2 9 14
49 29 9 Scored S 5 9 34
72 40 10 Conceded C 6 19 35
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 89%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 68%
81% 87% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 43%
50% 60% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 25%
25% 40% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 14%
69% 67% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 39%
12% 13% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 21% 32%
25% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 39%
 
4 2.3 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 4.5 4.6
3.9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.6 3.2
1.1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.9 1.7
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.3 3.3 3.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6 4.5 9.9
4.5 1.7 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 1.5 3.8
31% 160% 160% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 50% 33%
 
8.5 0.7 0.7 Shots against (avg) S A 4 5.1 7.6
3.3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.5 3.6
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of Bedford Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 Needham Market have scored away.
  • Bedford Town have the most conceded goals (40) at home in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Bedford Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Bedford Town have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Bedford Town have the most matches over the total-line (24) 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 less corners at home than away.
  • Bedford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Needham Market have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Needham Market have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Needham Market have the most matches under the total-line (16) 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 32 20 7 5 78 34 15 10 3 2 38 17 17 10 4 3 38 17 44 67
2 Leiston 29 18 8 3 69 35 14 11 2 1 35 14 15 7 6 2 34 21 34 62
3 Rushall Olympic 31 18 5 8 58 38 17 10 2 5 37 26 14 8 3 3 21 12 20 59
4 Nuneaton Town 30 17 8 5 49 32 15 10 5 0 26 11 15 7 3 5 23 19 17 59
5 Coalville Town 27 17 6 4 65 30 16 9 4 3 33 19 11 8 2 1 32 11 35 57
6 Mickleover Sports 31 14 6 11 59 54 16 9 4 3 33 21 15 5 2 8 26 33 5 48
7 Ilkeston Town 30 12 9 9 54 42 16 8 3 5 31 22 14 4 6 4 23 20 12 45
8 Royston Town 31 12 8 11 50 59 16 9 5 2 30 21 15 3 3 9 20 38 -9 44
9 Redditch United 29 12 7 10 47 45 15 7 2 6 28 26 14 5 5 4 19 19 2 43
10 Hitchin Town 33 11 10 12 42 54 17 6 9 2 22 18 16 5 1 10 20 36 -12 43
11 Stourbridge 28 10 11 7 44 31 12 5 4 3 20 11 16 5 7 4 24 20 13 41
12 Bromsgrove Sporting 29 11 7 11 44 49 13 6 2 5 20 19 16 5 5 6 24 30 -5 40
13 St Ives Town 32 11 6 15 52 55 16 7 3 6 29 21 16 4 3 9 23 34 -3 39
14 Barwell 30 10 8 12 46 50 17 5 5 7 25 28 13 5 3 5 21 22 -4 38
15 Basford United 29 10 8 11 39 45 16 8 2 6 22 21 13 2 6 5 17 24 -6 38
16 Alvechurch 26 9 6 11 41 45 11 5 3 3 23 17 15 4 3 8 18 28 -4 33
17 Needham Market 28 9 5 14 34 35 14 8 1 5 25 16 14 1 4 9 9 19 -1 32
18 Kings Langley 30 8 6 16 32 52 14 2 5 7 15 24 16 6 1 9 17 28 -20 30
19 Bedford Town 32 8 6 18 49 72 15 5 1 9 29 40 17 3 5 9 20 32 -23 30
20 Stratford Town 29 6 9 14 43 62 14 4 6 4 22 26 15 2 3 10 21 36 -19 27
21 Hednesford Town 32 4 7 21 35 62 15 2 4 9 21 27 17 2 3 12 14 35 -27 19
22 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 30 4 3 23 23 72 15 3 3 9 13 29 15 1 0 14 10 43 -49 15

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 Tamworth 32 20 7 5 78 34 15 10 3 2 38 17 17 10 4 3 38 17 44 67
2 Leiston 29 18 8 3 69 35 14 11 2 1 35 14 15 7 6 2 34 21 34 62
3 Rushall Olympic 31 18 5 8 58 38 17 10 2 5 37 26 14 8 3 3 21 12 20 59
4 Nuneaton Town 30 17 8 5 49 32 15 10 5 0 26 11 15 7 3 5 23 19 17 59
5 Coalville Town 27 17 6 4 65 30 16 9 4 3 33 19 11 8 2 1 32 11 35 57
6 Mickleover Sports 31 14 6 11 59 54 16 9 4 3 33 21 15 5 2 8 26 33 5 48
7 Ilkeston Town 30 12 9 9 54 42 16 8 3 5 31 22 14 4 6 4 23 20 12 45
8 Royston Town 31 12 8 11 50 59 16 9 5 2 30 21 15 3 3 9 20 38 -9 44
9 Redditch United 29 12 7 10 47 45 15 7 2 6 28 26 14 5 5 4 19 19 2 43
10 Hitchin Town 33 11 10 12 42 54 17 6 9 2 22 18 16 5 1 10 20 36 -12 43
11 Stourbridge 28 10 11 7 44 31 12 5 4 3 20 11 16 5 7 4 24 20 13 41
12 Bromsgrove Sporting 29 11 7 11 44 49 13 6 2 5 20 19 16 5 5 6 24 30 -5 40
13 St Ives Town 32 11 6 15 52 55 16 7 3 6 29 21 16 4 3 9 23 34 -3 39
14 Barwell 30 10 8 12 46 50 17 5 5 7 25 28 13 5 3 5 21 22 -4 38
15 Basford United 29 10 8 11 39 45 16 8 2 6 22 21 13 2 6 5 17 24 -6 38
16 Alvechurch 26 9 6 11 41 45 11 5 3 3 23 17 15 4 3 8 18 28 -4 33
17 Needham Market 28 9 5 14 34 35 14 8 1 5 25 16 14 1 4 9 9 19 -1 32
18 Kings Langley 30 8 6 16 32 52 14 2 5 7 15 24 16 6 1 9 17 28 -20 30
19 Bedford Town 32 8 6 18 49 72 15 5 1 9 29 40 17 3 5 9 20 32 -23 30
20 Stratford Town 29 6 9 14 43 62 14 4 6 4 22 26 15 2 3 10 21 36 -19 27
21 Hednesford Town 32 4 7 21 35 62 15 2 4 9 21 27 17 2 3 12 14 35 -27 19
22 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 30 4 3 23 23 72 15 3 3 9 13 29 15 1 0 14 10 43 -49 15

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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.