Soccer betting preview: Hednesford Town welcomes Alvechurch in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Keys Park (6500 seats)

Hednesford Town will want to utilise their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opposition. The host team are currently 8 points behind Alvechurch.

Insights:
  • Hednesford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Alvechurch have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Hednesford Town form and stats

Overall Non League Premier: Southern Central stats at home this season for Hednesford Town are 7-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Hednesford Town, facing Coalville Town in a game that ended 0-0.

Ahead of that match, Hednesford Town won a home game hosting Stourbridge (3-1).

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

Hednesford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Keys Park with 34 goals in 18 league matches. Hednesford Town have conceded 27 from these games.

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Alvechurch form and stats

5-8-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alvechurch in their Non League Premier: Southern Central matches away.

197 minutes! That's how long the Alvechurch goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Alvechurch, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Stourbridge (placed 11th) last time out.

A draw for Alvechurch before that, at their own venue hosting Hitchin Town (0-0).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Alvechurch in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Alvechurch, six draws and six defeats.

As opposed to that, Alvechurch have seen the ball go into their own net 19 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 was the scoreline when the squads met previously this campaign; Alvechurch - Hednesford Town 0-1. Last three meetings featuring these teams: Hednesford Town won three, Alvechurch triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Hednesford Town missing players

Alvechurch missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hednesford Town Alvechurch
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
12 7 2 Won W 1 5 15
12 6 1 Drew D 4 8 11
12 5 3 Lost L 1 5 10
57 34 13 Scored S 3 18 47
54 27 10 Conceded C 3 19 37
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 92%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 61% 69%
61% 72% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 28% 39%
36% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 22%
19% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
69% 72% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 56%
17% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 31%
17% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 22%
 
2.6 2.4 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.5 4.6
3.3 2.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4 3.4
1.1 1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 0.8 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.2 5.4 4 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.8 9
3 3.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4.4
49% 55% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 35% 36%
 
6 3.8 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 8.9 8.7
3 2.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 4
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of Hednesford Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Alvechurch have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Hednesford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hednesford 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 Banbury United 36 28 6 2 78 28 19 14 4 1 42 17 17 14 2 1 36 11 50 90
2 Peterborough Sports 36 22 5 9 89 45 18 12 2 4 46 17 18 10 3 5 43 28 44 71
3 Coalville Town 35 21 7 7 75 39 18 13 3 2 47 15 17 8 4 5 28 24 36 70
4 Rushall Olympic 37 19 9 9 77 49 18 11 3 4 45 24 19 8 6 5 32 25 28 66
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 36 18 7 11 53 44 18 8 4 6 26 21 18 10 3 5 27 23 9 61
6 Alvechurch 36 15 11 10 47 37 18 10 3 5 29 18 18 5 8 5 18 19 10 56
7 Leiston 37 16 5 16 57 65 18 10 4 4 27 23 19 6 1 12 30 42 -8 53
8 Royston Town 36 14 8 14 57 48 18 5 6 7 27 23 18 9 2 7 30 25 9 50
9 Hednesford Town 36 12 12 12 57 54 18 7 6 5 34 27 18 5 6 7 23 27 3 48
10 Needham Market 36 11 13 12 64 63 18 6 8 4 34 23 18 5 5 8 30 40 1 46
11 Stourbridge 35 13 7 15 52 62 18 7 5 6 29 25 17 6 2 9 23 37 -10 46
12 Stratford Town 37 13 7 17 47 63 19 8 4 7 26 25 18 5 3 10 21 38 -16 46
13 Tamworth 35 11 10 14 49 53 17 7 4 6 33 24 18 4 6 8 16 29 -4 43
14 Redditch United 36 10 11 15 36 48 18 6 5 7 21 25 18 4 6 8 15 23 -12 41
15 St Ives Town 36 11 7 18 51 85 18 8 3 7 30 43 18 3 4 11 21 42 -34 40
16 Hitchin Town 36 10 9 17 45 53 18 7 3 8 26 29 18 3 6 9 19 24 -8 39
17 Barwell 37 9 11 17 50 68 18 6 5 7 28 27 19 3 6 10 22 41 -18 38
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 36 9 11 16 33 55 18 7 1 10 17 28 18 2 10 6 16 27 -22 38
19 Nuneaton Town 36 9 10 17 48 58 18 3 8 7 19 23 18 6 2 10 29 35 -10 36
20 Biggleswade Town 34 7 11 16 44 51 17 6 6 5 33 22 17 1 5 11 11 29 -7 32
21 Lowestoft Town 35 8 5 22 45 86 17 5 4 8 24 32 18 3 1 14 21 54 -41 29

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 36 28 6 2 78 28 19 14 4 1 42 17 17 14 2 1 36 11 50 90
2 Peterborough Sports 36 22 5 9 89 45 18 12 2 4 46 17 18 10 3 5 43 28 44 71
3 Coalville Town 35 21 7 7 75 39 18 13 3 2 47 15 17 8 4 5 28 24 36 70
4 Rushall Olympic 37 19 9 9 77 49 18 11 3 4 45 24 19 8 6 5 32 25 28 66
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 36 18 7 11 53 44 18 8 4 6 26 21 18 10 3 5 27 23 9 61
6 Alvechurch 36 15 11 10 47 37 18 10 3 5 29 18 18 5 8 5 18 19 10 56
7 Leiston 37 16 5 16 57 65 18 10 4 4 27 23 19 6 1 12 30 42 -8 53
8 Royston Town 36 14 8 14 57 48 18 5 6 7 27 23 18 9 2 7 30 25 9 50
9 Hednesford Town 36 12 12 12 57 54 18 7 6 5 34 27 18 5 6 7 23 27 3 48
10 Needham Market 36 11 13 12 64 63 18 6 8 4 34 23 18 5 5 8 30 40 1 46
11 Stourbridge 35 13 7 15 52 62 18 7 5 6 29 25 17 6 2 9 23 37 -10 46
12 Stratford Town 37 13 7 17 47 63 19 8 4 7 26 25 18 5 3 10 21 38 -16 46
13 Tamworth 35 11 10 14 49 53 17 7 4 6 33 24 18 4 6 8 16 29 -4 43
14 Redditch United 36 10 11 15 36 48 18 6 5 7 21 25 18 4 6 8 15 23 -12 41
15 St Ives Town 36 11 7 18 51 85 18 8 3 7 30 43 18 3 4 11 21 42 -34 40
16 Hitchin Town 36 10 9 17 45 53 18 7 3 8 26 29 18 3 6 9 19 24 -8 39
17 Barwell 37 9 11 17 50 68 18 6 5 7 28 27 19 3 6 10 22 41 -18 38
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 36 9 11 16 33 55 18 7 1 10 17 28 18 2 10 6 16 27 -22 38
19 Nuneaton Town 36 9 10 17 48 58 18 3 8 7 19 23 18 6 2 10 29 35 -10 36
20 Biggleswade Town 34 7 11 16 44 51 17 6 6 5 33 22 17 1 5 11 11 29 -7 32
21 Lowestoft Town 35 8 5 22 45 86 17 5 4 8 24 32 18 3 1 14 21 54 -41 29

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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.