AFC Rushden & Diamonds fights Barwell in Non League Premier: Southern battle

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hayden Road (1500 seats)

AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Barwell have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Non League Premier: Southern.

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 AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Barwell.

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AFC Rushden & Diamonds form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what AFC Rushden & Diamonds have to build on here at Hayden Road in the Non League Premier: Southern.

A good away victory last time out for AFC Rushden & Diamonds, who won 4-3 against St Ives Town (placed 21st). Preceding that game was the away draw at Bromsgrove Sporting that finished 0-0.

A goal frenzy last time out for AFC Rushden & Diamonds, with a total of 7 goals in the match against St Ives Town. Fun stuff to watch!

This is expected to be a close game, with AFC Rushden & Diamonds perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with AFC Rushden & Diamonds as a small favourite), we find eight games. AFC Rushden & Diamonds has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Goals decide football matches and AFC Rushden & Diamonds are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. AFC Rushden & Diamonds have conceded 18 from these games.

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Barwell form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Southern travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. Barwell has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Barwell are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Non League Premier: Southern against Banbury United (placed 5th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Coalville Town wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Barwell playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 3 Barwell wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Peterborough Sports in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Barwell are regular goalscorers on their travels. Barwell have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Barwell - AFC Rushden & Diamonds 0-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 1 - 3 - 1 (AFC Rushden & Diamonds wins - draws - Barwell wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

AFC Rushden & Diamonds missing players

Barwell missing players

AFC Rushden & Diamonds Barwell
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 1 11 22
9 6 2 Won W 0 4 10
6 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
7 3 0 Lost L 1 6 10
34 20 5 Scored S 1 22 45
36 18 2 Conceded C 3 26 42
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
55% 70% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 82% 77%
27% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 73% 64%
18% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 55% 36%
64% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 82% 73%
23% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 18%
18% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
4.4 3.3 0 Corners For (avg) C F 8 5.4 4.2
3.6 3.8 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 11 5.1 5.2
1.5 0.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.4 1.6
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 3
 
88 49 0 Total Shots T S 5 91 207
39 23 0 Shots on Target S O 2 43 93
51% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 42%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds has the most points from losing position (14)
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Barwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Barwell have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Barwell have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Barwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 14 2 4 42 19 11 7 1 3 24 12 9 7 1 1 18 7 23 44
2 Bromsgrove Sporting 23 12 6 5 58 28 11 4 4 3 19 13 12 8 2 2 39 15 30 42
3 Peterborough Sports 20 11 5 4 58 32 12 7 4 1 41 18 8 4 1 3 17 14 26 38
4 Coalville Town 21 10 8 3 40 22 9 5 3 1 21 11 12 5 5 2 19 11 18 38
5 Banbury United 23 10 8 5 34 20 11 6 3 2 18 9 12 4 5 3 16 11 14 38
6 Royston Town 20 10 6 4 38 22 10 6 3 1 21 9 10 4 3 3 17 13 16 36
7 Rushall Olympic 22 10 6 6 39 27 11 7 2 2 26 11 11 3 4 4 13 16 12 36
8 Nuneaton Town 23 10 6 7 41 32 12 8 2 2 27 12 11 2 4 5 14 20 9 36
9 Biggleswade Town 21 11 3 7 32 27 10 7 0 3 16 13 11 4 3 4 16 14 5 36
10 Hednesford Town 20 11 2 7 36 25 10 7 1 2 21 9 10 4 1 5 15 16 11 35
11 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 22 9 6 7 34 36 10 6 1 3 20 18 12 3 5 4 14 18 -2 33
12 Barwell 22 10 2 10 45 42 11 6 1 4 23 16 11 4 1 6 22 26 3 32
13 Stourbridge 18 9 4 5 34 31 9 5 2 2 16 12 9 4 2 3 18 19 3 31
14 Kings Langley 22 9 3 10 34 36 9 4 1 4 14 13 13 5 2 6 20 23 -2 30
15 Needham Market 22 7 7 8 28 28 12 2 6 4 16 18 10 5 1 4 12 10 0 28
16 Lowestoft Town 21 7 2 12 28 42 11 5 2 4 13 11 10 2 0 8 15 31 -14 23
17 Hitchin Town 21 5 6 10 25 35 11 3 3 5 14 16 10 2 3 5 11 19 -10 21
18 Leiston 23 5 4 14 31 73 12 2 3 7 16 36 11 3 1 7 15 37 -42 19
19 Stratford Town 23 5 3 15 30 57 13 5 1 7 23 28 10 0 2 8 7 29 -27 18
20 Alvechurch 19 4 4 11 22 38 8 2 3 3 13 13 11 2 1 8 9 25 -16 16
21 St Ives Town 23 4 4 15 24 46 11 3 2 6 13 23 12 1 2 9 11 23 -22 16
22 Redditch United 21 2 3 16 17 52 11 1 2 8 10 24 10 1 1 8 7 28 -35 9

Read more about Non League Premier: Southern

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.