It's game two of the Non League Premier: Southern Central season and everything to play for. Don't miss our full preview of Mickleover Sports-Hednesford Town!
Both teams have had enough days rest since their last game. Let's hope for an energetic match!
Mickleover Sports form and stats
The previous season, Mickleover Sports's league statistics were 15 wins, 10 draws and 17 losses, leading to 12th spot in the Non League Premier: Northern. Over these 42 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 65. Playing as the home side in the previous season Mickleover Sports managed 9-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 30 conceded.
The home team returns to Don Amott Leisure Group Arena after drawing with Kings Langley (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.
Ahead of that match, Mickleover Sports won a home game hosting Lancaster City (3-1).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 Mickleover have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 24 matches with the results: Won 11, drawn 4 and lost 9.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Southern Central game versus Coalville Town in only three days. This game is also played here at Don Amott Leisure Group Arena.
Hednesford Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hednesford Town performed last season in the Non League Premier: Southern Central: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 12 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 66 and conceded 64 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 29/30 goals scored/conceded.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Redditch United with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at Barwell.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Hednesford Town in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Hednesford Town, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Hednesford Town, the Non League Premier: Southern Central home match versus Stourbridge. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Mickleover three wins, one draw and Hednesford Town five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Mickleover Sports missing players
Hednesford Town missing players
| Mickleover Sports | Hednesford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickleover Sports | Last season | Hednesford Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 54 | 34 | Scored | S | 29 | 66 | ||
| 65 | 30 | Conceded | C | 30 | 64 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 14% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 55% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 70% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | ||
| 29% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 15% | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 40% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 49% | ||
| 8.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alvechurch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Coalville Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Royston Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Leiston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hitchin Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | St Ives Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Redditch United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Kings Langley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mickleover Sports | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bedford Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ilkeston Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Stratford Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tamworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Needham Market | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Nuneaton Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Barwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Hednesford Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Basford United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 21 | Rushall Olympic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 22 | Stourbridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Buxton | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 80 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 42 | 81 |
| 2 | South Shields | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 31 | 78 |
| 3 | Scarborough Athletic | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 61 | 48 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 74 |
| 4 | Matlock Town | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 59 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 72 |
| 5 | Warrington Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 67 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 71 |
| 6 | Bamber Bridge | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 67 | 59 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 69 |
| 7 | Whitby Town | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 50 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 66 |
| 8 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 55 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 61 |
| 9 | United of Manchester | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 57 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 61 |
| 10 | Morpeth Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 67 | 59 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 8 | 61 |
| 11 | Lancaster City | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 35 | -7 | 56 |
| 12 | Mickleover Sports | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 54 | 65 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -11 | 55 |
| 13 | Nantwich Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 46 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 25 | -6 | 52 |
| 14 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 51 | 59 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 52 |
| 15 | Ashton United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 59 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 37 | -9 | 51 |
| 16 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 56 | 73 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 38 | -17 | 51 |
| 17 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 35 | -12 | 50 |
| 18 | Hyde United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 52 | 65 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 31 | -13 | 50 |
| 19 | Atherton Collieries | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 45 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 48 |
| 20 | Basford United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 49 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 30 | -17 | 45 |
| 21 | Witton Albion | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 48 | 78 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 41 | -30 | 43 |
| 22 | Grantham Town | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 81 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 42 | -36 | 34 |
| Last season | 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 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 92 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 14 | 60 | 102 |
| 2 | Peterborough Sports | 40 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 94 | 46 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 48 | 79 |
| 3 | Coalville Town | 40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 86 | 47 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 39 | 78 |
| 4 | Rushall Olympic | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 80 | 54 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 69 |
| 5 | Alvechurch | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 65 |
| 6 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 57 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 65 |
| 7 | Leiston | 40 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 65 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 42 | -6 | 60 |
| 8 | Royston Town | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 51 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 14 | 59 |
| 9 | Hednesford Town | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 64 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 2 | 54 |
| 10 | Tamworth | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 54 |
| 11 | Stourbridge | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 71 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 42 | -10 | 53 |
| 12 | Needham Market | 40 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 66 | 69 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 41 | -3 | 49 |
| 13 | Stratford Town | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 70 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 42 | -22 | 47 |
| 14 | St Ives Town | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 90 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 43 | -33 | 47 |
| 15 | Redditch United | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 50 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -12 | 45 |
| 16 | Nuneaton Town | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 62 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 36 | -11 | 42 |
| 17 | Hitchin Town | 40 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 27 | -11 | 42 |
| 18 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 40 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 59 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -23 | 42 |
| 19 | Barwell | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 57 | 78 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 41 | -21 | 41 |
| 20 | Biggleswade Town | 40 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 64 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 38 | -17 | 34 |
| 21 | Lowestoft Town | 40 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 49 | 93 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 59 | -44 | 33 |