Non League Premier: Southern duel: Close contest expected between AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Stourbridge

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Southern
Date: Sat 30.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hayden Road (1500 seats)

AFC Rushden & Diamonds perform at a high level so far being 7th in the table. Stourbridge can look both up and down from their 13th position.

Stourbridge could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Fa Trophy game only four sleeps ago.

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AFC Rushden & Diamonds form and stats

AFC Rushden & Diamonds have performed here at Hayden Road this season with 5 wins from 8 Non League Premier: Southern matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for AFC Rushden & Diamonds after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The AFC Rushden & Diamonds supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Lowestoft Town in Non League Premier: Southern and win 3-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Alvechurch and winning 2-1.

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 AFC Rushden & Diamonds have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 3.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Non League Premier: Southern game versus Needham Market in only three days. This game is also played here at Hayden Road.

Goals decide football matches and AFC Rushden & Diamonds are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. AFC Rushden & Diamonds have conceded 14 from these games.

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Stourbridge form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Stourbridge playing as the away team in the Non League Premier: Southern this season.

There were no winners in Stourbridge's previous match, a Fa Trophy home game that ended 1-1 vs South Shields. Preceding that game was the away victory against Lancaster City with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Stourbridge in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Stourbridge, 6 draws and 1 defeat.

Stourbridge has another fixture away, a Non League Premier: Southern game, against Alvechurch in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Stourbridge have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 13 goals from 6 away matches. In the opposite end, Stourbridge have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for AFC Rushden & Diamonds, 0 draws and 2 wins for Stourbridge. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.

AFC Rushden & Diamonds missing players

Stourbridge missing players

AFC Rushden & Diamonds Stourbridge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 1 6 11
7 5 0 Won W 0 3 6
5 1 1 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 1 1 2
26 16 3 Scored S 0 13 24
28 14 9 Conceded C 4 11 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 82%
24% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 55%
12% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 27%
65% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 73%
24% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 9%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 18%
 
5.1 4.5 4 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.7 4.8
4 4.8 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 9 5.3 4.2
1.8 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.3
2 2 2 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
77 38 11 Total Shots T S 14 22 48
34 18 4 Shots on Target S O 6 11 20
47% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 55%
Key stats in Non League Premier: Southern this season:
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Rushden & Diamonds haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Stourbridge's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Stourbridge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stourbridge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stourbridge 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 15 11 1 3 30 13 8 6 0 2 16 6 7 5 1 1 14 7 17 34
2 Banbury United 18 9 6 3 26 15 9 5 3 1 13 8 9 4 3 2 13 7 11 33
3 Coalville Town 15 8 5 2 31 17 6 4 2 0 15 7 9 4 3 2 16 10 14 29
4 Hednesford Town 15 9 2 4 31 18 7 5 1 1 16 4 8 4 1 3 15 14 13 29
5 Nuneaton Town 17 8 3 6 31 25 9 7 1 1 22 9 8 1 2 5 9 16 6 27
6 Barwell 16 8 2 6 35 27 8 4 1 3 20 14 8 4 1 3 15 13 8 26
7 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 17 7 5 5 26 28 8 5 1 2 16 14 9 2 4 3 10 14 -2 26
8 Peterborough Sports 14 7 4 3 38 20 9 5 3 1 28 13 5 2 1 2 10 7 18 25
9 Bromsgrove Sporting 16 7 4 5 40 23 7 2 2 3 10 10 9 5 2 2 30 13 17 25
10 Rushall Olympic 15 7 4 4 31 20 8 6 1 1 24 8 7 1 3 3 7 12 11 25
11 Royston Town 15 7 4 4 27 19 7 4 2 1 12 7 8 3 2 3 15 12 8 25
12 Biggleswade Town 15 7 2 6 24 24 7 5 0 2 12 11 8 2 2 4 12 13 0 23
13 Stourbridge 11 6 3 2 24 18 5 3 1 1 11 7 6 3 2 1 13 11 6 21
14 Needham Market 16 5 6 5 22 19 9 2 5 2 15 13 7 3 1 3 7 6 3 21
15 Kings Langley 17 6 3 8 28 30 7 3 1 3 13 12 10 3 2 5 15 18 -2 21
16 Hitchin Town 16 4 6 6 18 24 8 2 3 3 9 11 8 2 3 3 9 13 -6 18
17 Stratford Town 18 5 2 11 26 44 11 5 1 5 21 23 7 0 1 6 5 21 -18 17
18 Lowestoft Town 15 5 1 9 18 29 8 4 1 3 8 8 7 1 0 6 10 21 -11 16
19 Alvechurch 16 3 4 9 18 28 7 2 3 2 12 9 9 1 1 7 6 19 -10 13
20 St Ives Town 17 3 2 12 16 33 8 2 1 5 6 16 9 1 1 7 10 17 -17 11
21 Redditch United 15 2 3 10 14 31 8 1 2 5 8 13 7 1 1 5 6 18 -17 9
22 Leiston 17 2 2 13 17 66 9 1 2 6 11 30 8 1 0 7 6 36 -49 8

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.