Evenly matched teams: Rushall Olympic vs Banbury United match preview

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dales Lane (1400 seats)

Rushall Olympic and Banbury United are both thriving in the Non League Premier: Southern Central with their 2nd and 1st spots respectively. Let's hope for a wonderful fixture!

Insights:
  • Rushall Olympic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Non League Premier: Southern Central

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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Rushall Olympic form and stats

33 points is a decent return from 14 Non League Premier: Southern Central games here at Dales Lane for Rushall Olympic. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Hitchin Town game Rushall Olympic has been unbeatable here at Dales Lane producing five straight wins.

Rushall lost their last game at Alvechurch (placed 6th) after a 1-3 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Rushall Olympic won a home game hosting Needham Market (4-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Rushall Olympic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rushall Olympic as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Rushall Olympic has won four of these, drawn four and lost six.

Rushall are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (39 goals in 14 games).

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Banbury United form and stats

The away performances of Banbury United have been very solid so far with 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the St Ives Town game have they lost an away game, meaning Banbury United has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Banbury United had fun at their own home (Dales Lane) last time out, beating Peterborough Sports 2-1.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Leiston at their stadium, the result 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Banbury in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Banbury United, five draws and one defeat.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Banbury United are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head encounter ended Banbury United - Rushall 1-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - two - two (Rushall Olympic wins - draws - Banbury United wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Rushall Olympic missing players

Banbury United missing players

Rushall Olympic Banbury United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 14 3 Played P 5 15 32
18 10 3 Won W 4 12 25
9 3 0 Drew D 1 2 5
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
69 39 10 Scored S 10 31 70
34 14 2 Conceded C 3 9 24
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 84%
65% 79% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 40% 50%
52% 64% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 38%
26% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 19%
68% 79% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 40% 50%
26% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 60% 50%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 3%
 
3.5 5.1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.4 3.5
3.2 3.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.4 3.2 2.2
1.2 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.2 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 10.4 8.4
4.2 5.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.6 4.8 4
55% 51% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 43% 52%
 
5.7 6.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7.4 6.9 5
2.7 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 2
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • All of Rushall Olympic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Banbury United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Banbury United have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have the most clean sheets (16) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have the most clean sheets (9) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have the most points (38) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have the the best goal difference (+22) away in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have the the best goal difference (+46) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Banbury United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Rushall Olympic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rushall Olympic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rushall Olympic have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Rushall Olympic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13) in Non League Premier: Southern Central
  • Rushall Olympic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rushall Olympic 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 32 25 5 2 70 24 17 13 3 1 39 15 15 12 2 1 31 9 46 80
2 Rushall Olympic 31 18 9 4 69 34 14 10 3 1 39 14 17 8 6 3 30 20 35 63
3 Coalville Town 30 19 6 5 67 33 15 13 2 0 43 9 15 6 4 5 24 24 34 63
4 Peterborough Sports 29 17 3 9 72 38 14 9 1 4 37 14 15 8 2 5 35 24 34 54
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 30 16 4 10 41 34 16 8 2 6 21 16 14 8 2 4 20 18 7 52
6 Alvechurch 33 14 9 10 45 36 17 10 2 5 29 18 16 4 7 5 16 18 9 51
7 Leiston 30 13 3 14 46 55 14 8 3 3 23 18 16 5 0 11 23 37 -9 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 Needham Market 29 9 12 8 52 45 15 5 7 3 28 20 14 4 5 5 24 25 7 39
10 Redditch United 32 9 11 12 34 43 16 5 5 6 19 22 16 4 6 6 15 21 -9 38
11 Stourbridge 29 11 5 13 42 53 15 6 4 5 24 21 14 5 1 8 18 32 -11 38
12 Hednesford Town 28 9 10 9 46 43 14 5 6 3 28 21 14 4 4 6 18 22 3 37
13 Stratford Town 30 10 7 13 36 49 15 6 4 5 20 20 15 4 3 8 16 29 -13 37
14 Tamworth 30 10 6 14 37 44 15 6 3 6 25 19 15 4 3 8 12 25 -7 36
15 Barwell 33 8 10 15 45 61 16 5 5 6 24 23 17 3 5 9 21 38 -16 34
16 St Ives Town 31 9 7 15 44 76 16 6 3 7 24 39 15 3 4 8 20 37 -32 34
17 Nuneaton Town 32 8 8 16 42 52 17 3 7 7 18 22 15 5 1 9 24 30 -10 32
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 29 7 10 12 27 47 15 6 1 8 16 26 14 1 9 4 11 21 -20 31
19 Hitchin Town 30 7 7 16 36 47 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 2 5 8 17 22 -11 28
20 Lowestoft Town 29 7 5 17 37 70 14 5 4 5 21 25 15 2 1 12 16 45 -33 26
21 Biggleswade Town 30 5 9 16 36 47 13 5 4 4 26 17 17 0 5 12 10 30 -11 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.