There is optimism in Hednesford Town so far, with the 7th place in the Non League Premier: Southern Central table and welcoming Stratford Town (who are sitting at 12th).
- Hednesford Town have the most points from losing position (11) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
- Hednesford Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stratford Town have scored away.
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 Hednesford and Stratford Town.
Hednesford Town form and stats
3-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Southern Central numbers at home for Hednesford Town so far this season.
Hednesford's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus AFC Rushden & Diamonds (placed 11th). A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs AFC Rushden & Diamonds) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Heartbreak for Hednesford in their last match as AFC Rushden & Diamonds's W. Jones scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Ahead of that match, Hednesford lost 2-3 at home to Peterborough Sports.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hednesford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost two.
Hednesford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Keys Park with 15 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hednesford Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Stratford Town form and stats
As the visiting team in Non League Premier: Southern Central matches, Stratford Town have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far.
Stratford Town might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Shrewsbury Town proved too strong as Stratford slumped to a 1-5 defeat in front of their own fans at The Arden Garages Stadium. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Shrewsbury Town was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Liam O'Brien (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 5.6. O'Brien stopped the opponent with two saves.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Royston Town's place.We have checked recent matches where Stratford have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, zero draws and five defeats.
Stratford have another fixture that requires travelling in just four nights, a Non League Premier: Southern Central game vs Alvechurch. A difficult calendar for the guests!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stratford Town have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. Stratford Town have conceded 12 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings involving these participants: Hednesford Town won three, Stratford Town were winners in one and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Hednesford Town missing players
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| Hednesford Town | Stratford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 20 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 64% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 36% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 36% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 86% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 14% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| 1.4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 1.4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4.1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 1.6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 123% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 3.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.5 | 9.2 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.5 | 4.2 |
- All of Hednesford Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hednesford Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stratford Town have scored away.
- Hednesford Town have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hednesford Town have the most points from losing position (11) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
- Hednesford Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Hednesford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stratford Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Stratford Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Stratford Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough Sports | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 33 |
| 2 | Coalville Town | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 33 |
| 3 | Banbury United | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 29 |
| 4 | Rushall Olympic | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Leiston | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Tamworth | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | Hednesford Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Royston Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Alvechurch | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Biggleswade Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Stratford Town | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Redditch United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Stourbridge | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 14 |
| 15 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -14 | 14 |
| 16 | Lowestoft Town | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -19 | 14 |
| 17 | Barwell | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Needham Market | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 19 | Nuneaton Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 20 | St Ives Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -21 | 12 |
| 21 | Hitchin Town | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -17 | 9 |