Possible nail-biting contest in Needham Market - Alvechurch game

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfields (4000 seats)

Alvechurch cannot bank on any pleasantries from the home team Needham Market in this Non League Premier: Southern Central fixture. Here's our comprehensive match preview!

Insights:
  • Needham Market have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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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Needham Market form and stats

When playing at home in the Non League Premier: Southern Central, Needham Market have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games.

The Needham fans got no joy from their last fixture, a Fa Trophy duel also played here at Bloomfields: A 0-3 defeat against Stockport County.

Heartbreak before that as Needham Market lost 0-3 at Peterborough Sports's place.

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 Needham Market have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost five.

Needham Market are traveling soon after this match as the Non League Premier: Southern Central match at Biggleswade Town awaits in three days.

Needham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bloomfields with 28 goals in 15 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Alvechurch form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Southern Central travels is 4 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. One point away has become something of a habit for Alvechurch who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Alvechurch are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the fixture against Rushall Olympic (placed 3rd).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Barwell that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Alvechurch in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Alvechurch, five draws and seven defeats.

Alvechurch have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides encountered each other earlier on this match year: Alvechurch - Needham Market 2-3. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Needham victories, one draw and one Alvechurch win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Needham Market missing players

Alvechurch missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Needham Market Alvechurch
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 16 33
9 5 1 Won W 0 4 14
12 7 2 Drew D 3 7 9
9 3 1 Lost L 1 5 10
52 28 7 Scored S 1 16 45
48 20 5 Conceded C 2 18 36
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 88% 94%
87% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 62% 73%
63% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 42%
43% 47% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 24%
27% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
70% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 56% 58%
13% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 27%
20% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 25% 21%
 
4.7 4.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 11 4.8 4.8
3.6 3.8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.8 3.3
1.1 1.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.1 10.2 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.3 8.9
4.5 5.1 8.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3 4.2
42% 36% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 38%
 
8.9 8.6 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.9 8.7
4.5 4.3 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.8 4
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Needham Market have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Needham Market 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 33 26 5 2 72 25 17 13 3 1 39 15 16 13 2 1 33 10 47 83
2 Coalville Town 31 20 6 5 68 33 15 13 2 0 43 9 16 7 4 5 25 24 35 66
3 Rushall Olympic 33 18 9 6 70 39 16 10 3 3 40 19 17 8 6 3 30 20 31 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 32 17 4 11 45 38 16 8 2 6 21 16 16 9 2 5 24 22 7 55
6 Alvechurch 33 14 9 10 45 36 17 10 2 5 29 18 16 4 7 5 16 18 9 51
7 Leiston 33 15 4 14 52 57 16 9 4 3 26 20 17 6 0 11 26 37 -5 49
8 Stourbridge 31 12 6 13 47 56 16 7 4 5 28 23 15 5 2 8 19 33 -9 42
9 Royston Town 32 11 8 13 50 44 16 4 6 6 25 21 16 7 2 7 25 23 6 41
10 Hednesford Town 31 10 11 10 51 48 15 5 6 4 29 23 16 5 5 6 22 25 3 41
11 Redditch United 33 10 11 12 35 43 17 6 5 6 20 22 16 4 6 6 15 21 -8 41
12 Stratford Town 32 11 7 14 40 54 15 6 4 5 20 20 17 5 3 9 20 34 -14 40
13 Needham Market 30 9 12 9 52 48 15 5 7 3 28 20 15 4 5 6 24 28 4 39
14 Tamworth 32 10 8 14 41 48 16 6 4 6 28 22 16 4 4 8 13 26 -7 38
15 Barwell 34 9 10 15 47 62 17 6 5 6 26 24 17 3 5 9 21 38 -15 37
16 Nuneaton Town 34 8 10 16 44 54 18 3 8 7 19 23 16 5 2 9 25 31 -10 34
17 St Ives Town 32 9 7 16 44 77 16 6 3 7 24 39 16 3 4 9 20 38 -33 34
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 31 7 10 14 27 49 16 6 1 9 16 27 15 1 9 5 11 22 -22 31
19 Hitchin Town 32 7 8 17 39 51 16 5 3 8 21 27 16 2 5 9 18 24 -12 29
20 Lowestoft Town 31 7 5 19 39 74 16 5 4 7 23 29 15 2 1 12 16 45 -35 26
21 Biggleswade Town 30 5 10 15 37 47 14 5 5 4 27 18 16 0 5 11 10 29 -10 25

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 33 26 5 2 72 25 17 13 3 1 39 15 16 13 2 1 33 10 47 83
2 Coalville Town 31 20 6 5 68 33 15 13 2 0 43 9 16 7 4 5 25 24 35 66
3 Rushall Olympic 33 18 9 6 70 39 16 10 3 3 40 19 17 8 6 3 30 20 31 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 32 17 4 11 45 38 16 8 2 6 21 16 16 9 2 5 24 22 7 55
6 Alvechurch 33 14 9 10 45 36 17 10 2 5 29 18 16 4 7 5 16 18 9 51
7 Leiston 33 15 4 14 52 57 16 9 4 3 26 20 17 6 0 11 26 37 -5 49
8 Stourbridge 31 12 6 13 47 56 16 7 4 5 28 23 15 5 2 8 19 33 -9 42
9 Royston Town 32 11 8 13 50 44 16 4 6 6 25 21 16 7 2 7 25 23 6 41
10 Hednesford Town 31 10 11 10 51 48 15 5 6 4 29 23 16 5 5 6 22 25 3 41
11 Redditch United 33 10 11 12 35 43 17 6 5 6 20 22 16 4 6 6 15 21 -8 41
12 Stratford Town 32 11 7 14 40 54 15 6 4 5 20 20 17 5 3 9 20 34 -14 40
13 Needham Market 30 9 12 9 52 48 15 5 7 3 28 20 15 4 5 6 24 28 4 39
14 Tamworth 32 10 8 14 41 48 16 6 4 6 28 22 16 4 4 8 13 26 -7 38
15 Barwell 34 9 10 15 47 62 17 6 5 6 26 24 17 3 5 9 21 38 -15 37
16 Nuneaton Town 34 8 10 16 44 54 18 3 8 7 19 23 16 5 2 9 25 31 -10 34
17 St Ives Town 32 9 7 16 44 77 16 6 3 7 24 39 16 3 4 9 20 38 -33 34
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 31 7 10 14 27 49 16 6 1 9 16 27 15 1 9 5 11 22 -22 31
19 Hitchin Town 32 7 8 17 39 51 16 5 3 8 21 27 16 2 5 9 18 24 -12 29
20 Lowestoft Town 31 7 5 19 39 74 16 5 4 7 23 29 15 2 1 12 16 45 -35 26
21 Biggleswade Town 30 5 10 15 37 47 14 5 5 4 27 18 16 0 5 11 10 29 -10 25

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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.