Soccer betting preview: Stourbridge welcomes Tamworth in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: War Memorial Athletic Ground

Stourbridge and Tamworth have both played out a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf term. Both teams reside in mid-table positions in the Non League Premier: Southern Central.

Insights:
  • Stourbridge have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Tamworth have won significantly less corners away then at home.

The hosts Stourbridge saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. That game was an away game at Rushall Olympic, so at least Stourbridge are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Stourbridge form and stats

When playing at home in the Non League Premier: Southern Central, Stourbridge have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

Brown was the last player to score a league goal for Stourbridge and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Stourbridge haven't scored in 180 minutes.

Stourbridge faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rushall Olympic (0-4).

Heartbreak before that as Stourbridge lost 0-2 at AFC Rushden & Diamonds's place.

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

Stourbridge has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Tamworth form and stats

Playing away, Tamworth have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Non League Premier: Southern Central this season. With the Tamworth losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Tamworth are looking to quickly end their 396 minutes long goal drought in the Non League Premier: Southern Central.

Tamworth failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Rushall Olympic (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-4.

Prior to that match, the Tamworth manager Smith faced defeat when travelling to Stratford Town and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tamworth playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were five Tamworth wins, five draws and nine defeats.

The attacking power of Tamworth when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Tamworth have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Tamworth - Stourbridge 4-0 was the score in these squads' previous h2h match, earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Stourbridge victories, two draws and two Tamworth wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

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Tamworth missing players

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
9 4 1 Won W 1 4 9
5 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
13 5 1 Lost L 3 7 13
36 18 3 Scored S 1 11 29
53 21 3 Conceded C 5 20 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
89% 92% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 77% 77%
56% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 46% 46%
33% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 27%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 31%
26% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 27%
26% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 46% 46%
 
3.4 2.6 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0.7 2.7 3.3
3.1 1.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 4.3 3.8
1.3 0.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.1 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.3 5.4 2 Shots (avg) S ( 2.7 6.8 9.4
3.1 2 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.4 3.7
40% 67% 200% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 24%
 
5.2 3.6 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 8.9 9.5
3 2.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.7 4.2
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern Central this season:
  • Stourbridge have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Stourbridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tamworth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tamworth haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 29 23 4 2 65 22 15 12 2 1 36 13 14 11 2 1 29 9 43 73
2 Coalville Town 27 17 6 4 62 28 14 12 2 0 41 8 13 5 4 4 21 20 34 57
3 Rushall Olympic 27 15 9 3 58 28 12 8 3 1 33 13 15 7 6 2 25 15 30 54
4 Peterborough Sports 26 16 3 7 68 34 13 8 1 4 35 14 13 8 2 3 33 20 34 51
5 Alvechurch 29 13 7 9 40 31 15 9 2 4 26 15 14 4 5 5 14 16 9 46
6 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 27 14 4 9 38 31 15 7 2 6 20 16 12 7 2 3 18 15 7 46
7 Leiston 27 13 3 11 45 49 13 8 3 2 23 16 14 5 0 9 22 33 -4 42
8 Royston Town 29 10 7 12 43 40 15 3 6 6 21 21 14 7 1 6 22 19 3 37
9 Hednesford Town 25 9 9 7 45 40 14 5 6 3 28 21 11 4 3 4 17 19 5 36
10 Needham Market 25 8 10 7 44 37 13 4 6 3 22 17 12 4 4 4 22 20 7 34
11 Barwell 29 8 8 13 42 51 13 5 3 5 21 19 16 3 5 8 21 32 -9 32
12 Stratford Town 26 9 5 12 31 42 13 5 3 5 16 17 13 4 2 7 15 25 -11 32
13 Stourbridge 27 9 5 13 36 53 13 4 4 5 18 21 14 5 1 8 18 32 -17 32
14 Tamworth 26 9 4 13 29 38 13 5 2 6 18 18 13 4 2 7 11 20 -9 31
15 Bromsgrove Sporting 26 7 9 10 24 41 13 6 1 6 14 21 13 1 8 4 10 20 -17 30
16 St Ives Town 28 8 6 14 39 71 13 5 2 6 19 34 15 3 4 8 20 37 -32 30
17 Redditch United 27 7 8 12 26 38 14 4 4 6 14 19 13 3 4 6 12 19 -12 29
18 Nuneaton Town 28 6 7 15 39 51 15 3 6 6 18 21 13 3 1 9 21 30 -12 25
19 Biggleswade Town 28 5 8 15 33 43 13 5 4 4 26 17 15 0 4 11 7 26 -10 23
20 Hitchin Town 26 6 5 15 32 43 12 4 0 8 16 23 14 2 5 7 16 20 -11 23
21 Lowestoft Town 26 6 5 15 33 61 13 4 4 5 19 24 13 2 1 10 14 37 -28 23

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.