Non League Premier: Southern Central match forecast and news & stats for the Stratford Town vs Needham Market duel

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Arden Garages Stadium (2000 seats)

Moving nearer to the top sides is at stake when these mid-table sides do battle. Both are trying to improve their league position, Stratford Town in 11th and Needham Market in 12th spot.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stratford Town and Needham Market.

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Stratford Town form and stats

8-4-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Non League Premier: Southern Central numbers at home for Stratford Town so far this season.

The Stratford followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Barwell and win 2-0.

Heartbreak before that as Stratford Town lost 1-4 at Rushall Olympic's place.

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

The manager Davis will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Royston Town in only four days.

Stratford Town has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Stratford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 11 of these goals were conceded after the timer had passed 60 minutes (more than 50 percent).

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Needham Market form and stats

Needham Market have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Southern Central, after 4-5-8 (17 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Horlock, the Needham Market manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Nuneaton Town with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Lowestoft Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Needham Market playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Needham wins, four draws and three defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Needham Market manager Horlock as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Bromsgrove Sporting.

Needham Market has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Needham manager Horlock has some worries about the defense as 38 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

These two sides met each other before this campaign: Needham Market - Stratford Town 4-1. Stats for the former six meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Stratford Town, zero draws and four wins for Needham Market. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Stratford Town missing players

Needham Market missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stratford Town Needham Market
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 17 35
13 8 5 Won W 0 4 10
7 4 0 Drew D 3 5 13
16 6 0 Lost L 2 8 12
45 24 8 Scored S 7 27 61
60 22 1 Conceded C 11 38 61
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
72% 61% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 89%
56% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 65% 66%
31% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 46%
19% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 47% 29%
50% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 71% 71%
31% 39% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 14%
28% 28% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 17%
 
3 3.3 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5.2
4.5 4.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.4 3.7
1.2 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.6 6.3 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.6 10.3
2.8 3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.9
41% 44% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 40% 39%
 
9 7.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.3 9.4
3.8 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.8 4.9

  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 36 28 6 2 78 28 19 14 4 1 42 17 17 14 2 1 36 11 50 90
2 Coalville Town 34 21 7 6 73 36 17 13 3 1 45 12 17 8 4 5 28 24 37 70
3 Peterborough Sports 35 21 5 9 85 44 18 12 2 4 46 17 17 9 3 5 39 27 41 68
4 Rushall Olympic 36 19 9 8 76 45 17 11 3 3 44 20 19 8 6 5 32 25 31 66
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 36 18 7 11 53 44 18 8 4 6 26 21 18 10 3 5 27 23 9 61
6 Alvechurch 36 15 11 10 47 37 18 10 3 5 29 18 18 5 8 5 18 19 10 56
7 Leiston 36 15 5 16 56 65 17 9 4 4 26 23 19 6 1 12 30 42 -9 50
8 Hednesford Town 36 12 12 12 57 54 18 7 6 5 34 27 18 5 6 7 23 27 3 48
9 Royston Town 35 13 8 14 54 46 18 5 6 7 27 23 17 8 2 7 27 23 8 47
10 Stourbridge 35 13 7 15 52 62 18 7 5 6 29 25 17 6 2 9 23 37 -10 46
11 Stratford Town 36 13 7 16 45 60 18 8 4 6 24 22 18 5 3 10 21 38 -15 46
12 Needham Market 35 10 13 12 61 61 18 6 8 4 34 23 17 4 5 8 27 38 0 43
13 Tamworth 35 11 10 14 49 53 17 7 4 6 33 24 18 4 6 8 16 29 -4 43
14 Redditch United 36 10 11 15 36 48 18 6 5 7 21 25 18 4 6 8 15 23 -12 41
15 St Ives Town 36 11 7 18 51 85 18 8 3 7 30 43 18 3 4 11 21 42 -34 40
16 Hitchin Town 36 10 9 17 45 53 18 7 3 8 26 29 18 3 6 9 19 24 -8 39
17 Barwell 37 9 11 17 50 68 18 6 5 7 28 27 19 3 6 10 22 41 -18 38
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 35 9 11 15 33 54 18 7 1 10 17 28 17 2 10 5 16 26 -21 38
19 Nuneaton Town 36 9 10 17 48 58 18 3 8 7 19 23 18 6 2 10 29 35 -10 36
20 Biggleswade Town 34 7 11 16 44 51 17 6 6 5 33 22 17 1 5 11 11 29 -7 32
21 Lowestoft Town 35 8 5 22 45 86 17 5 4 8 24 32 18 3 1 14 21 54 -41 29

Table
  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 36 28 6 2 78 28 19 14 4 1 42 17 17 14 2 1 36 11 50 90
2 Coalville Town 34 21 7 6 73 36 17 13 3 1 45 12 17 8 4 5 28 24 37 70
3 Peterborough Sports 35 21 5 9 85 44 18 12 2 4 46 17 17 9 3 5 39 27 41 68
4 Rushall Olympic 36 19 9 8 76 45 17 11 3 3 44 20 19 8 6 5 32 25 31 66
5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 36 18 7 11 53 44 18 8 4 6 26 21 18 10 3 5 27 23 9 61
6 Alvechurch 36 15 11 10 47 37 18 10 3 5 29 18 18 5 8 5 18 19 10 56
7 Leiston 36 15 5 16 56 65 17 9 4 4 26 23 19 6 1 12 30 42 -9 50
8 Hednesford Town 36 12 12 12 57 54 18 7 6 5 34 27 18 5 6 7 23 27 3 48
9 Royston Town 35 13 8 14 54 46 18 5 6 7 27 23 17 8 2 7 27 23 8 47
10 Stourbridge 35 13 7 15 52 62 18 7 5 6 29 25 17 6 2 9 23 37 -10 46
11 Stratford Town 36 13 7 16 45 60 18 8 4 6 24 22 18 5 3 10 21 38 -15 46
12 Needham Market 35 10 13 12 61 61 18 6 8 4 34 23 17 4 5 8 27 38 0 43
13 Tamworth 35 11 10 14 49 53 17 7 4 6 33 24 18 4 6 8 16 29 -4 43
14 Redditch United 36 10 11 15 36 48 18 6 5 7 21 25 18 4 6 8 15 23 -12 41
15 St Ives Town 36 11 7 18 51 85 18 8 3 7 30 43 18 3 4 11 21 42 -34 40
16 Hitchin Town 36 10 9 17 45 53 18 7 3 8 26 29 18 3 6 9 19 24 -8 39
17 Barwell 37 9 11 17 50 68 18 6 5 7 28 27 19 3 6 10 22 41 -18 38
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 35 9 11 15 33 54 18 7 1 10 17 28 17 2 10 5 16 26 -21 38
19 Nuneaton Town 36 9 10 17 48 58 18 3 8 7 19 23 18 6 2 10 29 35 -10 36
20 Biggleswade Town 34 7 11 16 44 51 17 6 6 5 33 22 17 1 5 11 11 29 -7 32
21 Lowestoft Town 35 8 5 22 45 86 17 5 4 8 24 32 18 3 1 14 21 54 -41 29

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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.