Betting preview: Stratford Town vs Needham Market should be interesting

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern Central
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Arden Garages Stadium (2000 seats)

It's finally time for the Non League Premier: Southern Central season opener for these participants, whom are finally playing for points again. Will Stratford Town or Needham Market get that highly important first win?

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Stratford Town form and stats

The previous season, Stratford Town's league stats were 13 wins, 13 draws and 16 losses, providing 14th place in the Non League Premier: Southern Central. From these 42 matches they scored {58 goals} and let in 70. Playing at home in the former season Stratford Town delivered 8-9-4 (win-draw-lost) with {32 goals} and 30 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stratford Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Stratford Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Stratford Town scored {1 goals-1} and let in {1 goals-2} during these one game.

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Needham Market form and stats

Let's have a look at how Needham Market performed last season in the Non League Premier: Southern Central: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 12 with 15/31 goals scored/conceded.

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 18 relevant matches. Results were 4 Needham wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Stratford Town-Needham Market H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Stratford Town four wins, Needham Market five wins, zero draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Needham Market missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stratford Town Needham Market
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low 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
Stratford Town Last season Needham Market
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
13 8   Won W   3 13
13 9   Drew D   6 9
16 4   Lost L   12 20
58 32   Scored S   15 46
70 30   Conceded C   31 54
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 90%
86% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 64%
45% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 38%
31% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 24%
21% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 14%
57% 67%   BTTS BTTS   38% 38%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 31%
19% 10%   Failed to Score F T   48% 40%
 
2.6 2.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.1
3.4 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 2.8
0.9 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
5.7 6.2   Shots (avg) S (   4.3 8.3
2.4 2.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.7 3.3
56% 57%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 33%
 
5.1 4.1   Shots against (avg) S A   6.1 7.2
1.9 1.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Sudbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alvechurch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Barwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Berkhamsted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bromsgrove Sporting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Coalville Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Halesowen Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hitchin Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Leiston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Long Eaton United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mickleover Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Needham Market 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Nuneaton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Redditch United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Royston Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Stamford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 St Ives Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Stourbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Stratford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Tamworth 42 27 8 7 93 40 21 14 4 3 49 21 21 13 4 4 44 19 53 89
2 Coalville Town 42 27 8 7 92 42 21 13 5 3 44 23 21 14 3 4 48 19 50 89
3 Leiston 42 24 13 5 84 47 21 16 4 1 45 18 21 8 9 4 39 29 37 85
4 Nuneaton Town 42 23 10 9 67 45 21 14 6 1 37 14 21 9 4 8 30 31 22 79
5 Rushall Olympic 42 22 7 13 71 52 21 12 2 7 42 31 21 10 5 6 29 21 19 73
6 Mickleover Sports 42 22 6 14 82 66 21 13 4 4 42 26 21 9 2 10 40 40 16 72
7 Ilkeston Town 42 16 13 13 79 66 21 9 6 6 44 33 21 7 7 7 35 33 13 61
8 Barwell 42 17 10 15 69 63 21 9 5 7 36 30 21 8 5 8 33 33 6 61
9 Redditch United 42 18 7 17 57 59 21 11 2 8 35 32 21 7 5 9 22 27 -2 61
10 Stourbridge 42 15 14 13 69 56 21 7 6 8 31 26 21 8 8 5 38 30 13 59
11 Alvechurch 42 17 8 17 63 65 21 11 5 5 39 31 21 6 3 12 24 34 -2 59
12 Hitchin Town 42 16 11 15 52 60 21 9 9 3 27 20 21 7 2 12 25 40 -8 59
13 Royston Town 42 15 10 17 63 73 21 12 5 4 38 26 21 3 5 13 25 47 -10 55
14 Stratford Town 42 13 13 16 58 70 21 8 9 4 32 30 21 5 4 12 26 40 -12 52
15 Basford United 42 14 10 18 49 62 21 10 2 9 25 29 21 4 8 9 24 33 -13 52
16 St Ives Town 42 14 8 20 64 72 21 9 4 8 36 30 21 5 4 12 28 42 -8 50
17 Needham Market 42 13 9 20 46 54 21 10 3 8 31 23 21 3 6 12 15 31 -8 48
18 Bromsgrove Sporting 42 13 9 20 58 78 21 8 3 10 31 35 21 5 6 10 27 43 -20 48
19 Kings Langley 42 10 9 23 45 69 21 4 6 11 23 33 21 6 3 12 22 36 -24 39
20 Hednesford Town 42 7 10 25 45 76 21 5 7 9 29 29 21 2 3 16 16 47 -31 31
21 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 42 8 7 27 40 87 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 3 2 16 18 50 -47 31
22 Bedford Town 42 8 6 28 49 93 21 5 1 15 29 51 21 3 5 13 20 42 -44 30

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 AFC Sudbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alvechurch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Barwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Berkhamsted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bromsgrove Sporting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Coalville Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Halesowen Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hitchin Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Leiston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Long Eaton United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mickleover Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Needham Market 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Nuneaton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Redditch United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Royston Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Stamford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 St Ives Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Stourbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Stratford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.