Football facts: Needham Market vs Stratford Town - predictions and stats

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfields (4000 seats)

Glory for the home side, the away team runs away as victors or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table inhabitants Needham Market and Stratford Town clash at Bloomfields.

Insights:
  • Needham Market have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stratford Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's no vacation for neither Needham Market nor Stratford Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Needham Market form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Premier: Southern Central for Needham Market at their home stadium (Bloomfields) is 4 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

The Needham Market coach Horlock and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus St Ives Town (placed 14th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rushall Olympic (1-4).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Needham Market handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and one defeat.

The Needham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 14 league matches. Needham Market's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stratford Town form and stats

Playing away, Stratford Town have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Non League Premier: Southern Central this season. Two points from the last two away games for Stratford Town, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The Stratford goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 181 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Stratford Town are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Hednesford Town (placed 9th).

A 0-0 draw at Nuneaton Town's stadium before that.

Stratford Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Stratford Town find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stratford struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 25 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the last five meetings): Needham Market won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Stratford Town managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one

Needham Market missing players

Stratford Town missing players

Needham Market Stratford Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 2 14 29
8 4 0 Won W 1 4 10
12 7 4 Drew D 0 3 7
8 3 1 Lost L 1 7 12
48 24 9 Scored S 4 15 35
44 19 11 Conceded C 4 25 45
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 69%
61% 64% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 52%
43% 43% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 36% 28%
25% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
71% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 45%
14% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 34%
18% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 31%
 
4.7 4.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 2.7 3.4
3.5 3.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4 4.2
1.1 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.1 10.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12 7.3 7.2
4.5 5.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.2
39% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 35%
 
8.7 8.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.9 9.2
4.5 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.4 3.8
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.
  • Stratford Town have won significantly less corners away then 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 31 24 5 2 68 23 16 12 3 1 37 14 15 12 2 1 31 9 45 77
2 Rushall Olympic 30 18 9 3 68 31 14 10 3 1 39 14 16 8 6 2 29 17 37 63
3 Coalville Town 29 18 6 5 64 31 15 13 2 0 43 9 14 5 4 5 21 22 33 60
4 Peterborough Sports 28 17 3 8 71 36 14 9 1 4 37 14 14 8 2 4 34 22 35 54
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 29 15 4 10 40 34 15 7 2 6 20 16 14 8 2 4 20 18 6 49
6 Alvechurch 32 13 9 10 42 35 16 9 2 5 26 17 16 4 7 5 16 18 7 48
7 Leiston 29 13 3 13 46 53 14 8 3 3 23 18 15 5 0 10 23 35 -7 42
8 Royston Town 31 11 8 12 49 42 16 4 6 6 25 21 15 7 2 6 24 21 7 41
9 Hednesford Town 27 9 10 8 46 42 14 5 6 3 28 21 13 4 4 5 18 21 4 37
10 Stratford Town 29 10 7 12 35 45 15 6 4 5 20 20 14 4 3 7 15 25 -10 37
11 Needham Market 28 8 12 8 48 44 14 4 7 3 24 19 14 4 5 5 24 25 4 36
12 Stourbridge 28 10 5 13 40 53 14 5 4 5 22 21 14 5 1 8 18 32 -13 35
13 Barwell 32 8 10 14 45 55 16 5 5 6 24 23 16 3 5 8 21 32 -10 34
14 St Ives Town 30 9 7 14 42 73 15 6 3 6 22 36 15 3 4 8 20 37 -31 34
15 Redditch United 30 7 11 12 29 41 15 4 5 6 15 20 15 3 6 6 14 21 -12 32
16 Tamworth 28 9 5 14 30 43 14 5 3 6 19 19 14 4 2 8 11 24 -13 32
17 Bromsgrove Sporting 28 7 10 11 27 46 14 6 1 7 16 25 14 1 9 4 11 21 -19 31
18 Nuneaton Town 30 7 8 15 41 51 16 3 7 6 18 21 14 4 1 9 23 30 -10 29
19 Lowestoft Town 28 7 5 16 35 66 14 5 4 5 21 25 14 2 1 11 14 41 -31 26
20 Biggleswade Town 29 5 9 15 36 46 13 5 4 4 26 17 16 0 5 11 10 29 -10 24
21 Hitchin Town 28 6 6 16 34 46 13 4 1 8 17 24 15 2 5 8 17 22 -12 24

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.