Home advantage could prove decisive in Royston Town - Basford United battle

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Garden Walk Stadium (4000 seats)

Royston Town and Basford United are impatient to show off their new people and skills: It's the premier match of the Non League Premier: Southern Central season.

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Royston Town form and stats

The previous season, Royston Town's league statistics were 17 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses, ending with 8th position in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. During these 40 matches they scored 65 goals and gave away 51. Performing at home in the previous season Royston Town delivered 7-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 23 conceded.

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 Royston Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Royston Town have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Royston have scored 2 goals and conceded 1 time.

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Basford United form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Basford United as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 12 victories from 42 games, relegation was a fact. Basford United's manager Chettle are hoping to lead the team right back to Non League Premier: Northern at the first attempt.

We have checked recent matches where Basford have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Just as the home team, Basford United have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Basford United wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Royston Town missing players

Basford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Royston Town Basford United
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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% 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 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
Royston Town Last season Basford United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   21 42
17 7   Won W   7 12
8 6   Drew D   2 9
15 7   Lost L   12 21
65 33   Scored S   15 32
51 23   Conceded C   30 49
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 93%
82% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   52% 52%
60% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 31%
30% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 12%
12% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 5%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   24% 31%
32% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 33%
22% 15%   Failed to Score F T   48% 43%
 
1.6 0   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.5
2.2 0   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.9
0.7 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
2 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
3.7 0   Shots (avg) S (   5 6.8
2 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.6
83% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 28%
 
4.8 0   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 10.8
2.6 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.8

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
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

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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.