Evenly matched teams: Biggleswade Town vs Needham Market match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Tue 22.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Carlsberg Stadium (3000 seats)

Biggleswade Town are putting faith in their home crowd to support them when playing this game hosting Needham Market. Who wins at The Carlsberg Stadium?

Insights:
  • Biggleswade Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Biggleswade Town and Needham Market.

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Biggleswade Town form and stats

The overall Non League Premier: Southern Central stats playing at home this season for Biggleswade Town are 5-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). With seven home Non League Premier: Southern Central games in a row without a win, the Biggleswade fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Leiston game long ago, can be stopped today.

Biggleswade Town are returning here after visiting Bromsgrove Sporting and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Nuneaton Town.

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 Biggleswade Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost three.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Southern Central game versus Stourbridge in only four days. This game is also played here at The Carlsberg Stadium.

A decent goal production from Biggleswade Town in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Biggleswade's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Needham Market form and stats

4-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Needham Market in their Non League Premier: Southern Central matches away.

Needham Market played 1-1 against Alvechurch in their previous match.

aweayteam Hara magic won. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Needham Market in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Needham, four draws and one defeat.

The schedule is very tough for Needham Market now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Non League Premier: Southern Central game at Tamworth is waiting in only four days.

Needham Market are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Needham rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams played each other earlier this season: Needham Market - Biggleswade Town 3-0. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Biggleswade, zero draws and two wins for Needham Market. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Biggleswade Town missing players

Needham Market missing players

Biggleswade Town Needham Market
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 14 3 Played P 4 15 31
6 5 1 Won W 3 4 9
10 5 1 Drew D 1 5 13
15 4 1 Lost L 0 6 9
38 27 10 Scored S 12 24 53
47 18 5 Conceded C 5 28 49
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
65% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 87%
45% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 61%
29% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 42%
23% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 26%
45% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 71%
16% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 13%
48% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 19%
 
2.4 2.8 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.7
3.4 3.1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.4 3.6
0.9 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 0.9 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.6 4.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 9.1
2.4 2.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 4.5
49% 58% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 52% 42%
 
7.5 5.2 4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 9.3 8.9
3.1 1.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.7 4.5
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Biggleswade Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Biggleswade Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) 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 Banbury United 34 27 5 2 74 26 18 14 3 1 41 16 16 13 2 1 33 10 48 86
2 Coalville Town 32 20 6 6 70 36 16 13 2 1 45 12 16 7 4 5 25 24 34 66
3 Rushall Olympic 34 18 9 7 70 41 16 10 3 3 40 19 18 8 6 4 30 22 29 63
4 Peterborough Sports 32 19 4 9 79 41 16 11 1 4 42 15 16 8 3 5 37 26 38 61
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 33 17 5 11 47 40 17 8 3 6 23 18 16 9 2 5 24 22 7 56
6 Alvechurch 34 14 10 10 46 37 17 10 2 5 29 18 17 4 8 5 17 19 9 52
7 Leiston 34 15 4 15 53 59 16 9 4 3 26 20 18 6 0 12 27 39 -6 49
8 Royston Town 33 12 8 13 51 44 17 5 6 6 26 21 16 7 2 7 25 23 7 44
9 Stourbridge 32 12 7 13 48 57 17 7 5 5 29 24 15 5 2 8 19 33 -9 43
10 Stratford Town 33 12 7 14 42 55 16 7 4 5 22 21 17 5 3 9 20 34 -13 43
11 Hednesford Town 32 10 11 11 52 50 15 5 6 4 29 23 17 5 5 7 23 27 2 41
12 Redditch United 34 10 11 13 35 44 17 6 5 6 20 22 17 4 6 7 15 22 -9 41
13 Needham Market 31 9 13 9 53 49 16 5 8 3 29 21 15 4 5 6 24 28 4 40
14 Tamworth 33 10 9 14 43 50 16 6 4 6 28 22 17 4 5 8 15 28 -7 39
15 Barwell 35 9 11 15 48 63 17 6 5 6 26 24 18 3 6 9 22 39 -15 38
16 St Ives Town 33 10 7 16 47 79 17 7 3 7 27 41 16 3 4 9 20 38 -32 37
17 Nuneaton Town 35 8 10 17 46 57 18 3 8 7 19 23 17 5 2 10 27 34 -11 33
18 Hitchin Town 33 8 8 17 41 51 17 6 3 8 23 27 16 2 5 9 18 24 -10 32
19 Bromsgrove Sporting 32 7 10 15 27 50 17 6 1 10 16 28 15 1 9 5 11 22 -23 31
20 Lowestoft Town 32 8 5 19 42 76 16 5 4 7 23 29 16 3 1 12 19 47 -34 29
21 Biggleswade Town 31 6 10 15 38 47 14 5 5 4 27 18 17 1 5 11 11 29 -9 28

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.