It's game two of the Non League Premier: Southern Central season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Needham Market-Stratford Town!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a FA Cup game only four days ago. That game, against Bromsgrove Sporting, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Stratford Town.
Needham Market form and stats
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Needham, as the Non League Premier: Southern Central home game vs Royston Town is only three days away.
Last season, Needham Market's league statistics were 13 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. Over these 33 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Needham Market managed 5-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 24 conceded.
Stratford Town form and stats
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stratford manager T. Baillie as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Alvechurch.
Let's have a look at how Stratford Town performed last season in the Non League Premier: Southern Central: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 74 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 13 with 13/41 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Needham Market-Stratford Town H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Needham Market two wins, Stratford Town two wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Needham Market missing players
Stratford Town missing players
| Needham Market | Stratford Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Needham Market | Last season | Stratford Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 13 | 21 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 42 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Conceded | C | 41 | 74 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 67% | ||
| 21% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 33% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 61% | ||
| 30% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 185 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 62 | 148 | ||
| 81 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 71 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hitchin Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Stourbridge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Lowestoft Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Stratford Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Rushall Olympic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | St Ives Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Banbury United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Royston Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Coalville Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Needham Market | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Nuneaton Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Peterborough Sports | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Redditch United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Tamworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Barwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Kings Langley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Biggleswade Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Leiston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Hednesford Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 22 | Alvechurch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 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 | Peterborough Sports | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 90 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 44 | 65 |
| 2 | Tamworth | 30 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 63 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 65 |
| 3 | Royston Town | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 34 | 63 |
| 4 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 80 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 37 | 57 |
| 5 | Rushall Olympic | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 58 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 53 |
| 6 | Stourbridge | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 53 |
| 7 | Banbury United | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 52 |
| 8 | Coalville Town | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 51 |
| 9 | Nuneaton Town | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 50 |
| 10 | Kings Langley | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 50 |
| 11 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 45 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 49 |
| 12 | Barwell | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 5 | 48 |
| 13 | Needham Market | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| 14 | Hednesford Town | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 47 |
| 15 | Biggleswade Town | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | -1 | 43 |
| 16 | Lowestoft Town | 33 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 48 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 46 | -15 | 41 |
| 17 | Hitchin Town | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 30 | -6 | 39 |
| 18 | Stratford Town | 33 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 42 | 74 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 41 | -32 | 28 |
| 19 | Leiston | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 87 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 40 | -48 | 26 |
| 20 | St Ives Town | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 33 | 76 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 40 | -43 | 23 |
| 21 | Alvechurch | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 34 | -33 | 17 |
| 22 | Redditch United | 33 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 89 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 52 | -65 | 12 |