English Non-League
2012-01-07 - Kidderminster vs Hayes & Yeading
A Sports Betting Pick by ArmchairPunter
Football – England – Blue Square Premier
Saturday 7th January 2012 – Kickoff: 1500hrs
Kidderminster Harriers will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to nine matches when they host second from bottom Hayes & Yeading at their Aggborough Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Kidderminster
Kidderminster are level on points with York City and Cambridge United on the fringes of the play-offs and will be hoping their strong home record can push them into the top six come the end of the season.
Recent wins over York City and Forest Green Rovers have endorsed Kidderminster's ‘serious contenders’ tag with their home record standing at 6-5-2 26/17, and are unbeaten in their last six on home turf. When you look at their recent head-to-head record with today’s opponents, this trend is set to continue with Kiddy winning four of the last five encounters, the other match ending in a 2-2 draw at Hayes.
Manager Steve Burr has plenty of attacking options at his disposal including leading scorer Jamille Matt (9 goals, 5 assists), midfielder Callum Gittings (5 goals, 3 assists) and former Northampton Town striker Stephen Guinan (5 goals, 3 assists) along with former Aston Villa and England midfielder Lee Hendrie on a temporary contract.
Midfielder Nick Wright (6 goals, 2 assists) and Lee Vaughan (4 goals, 5 assists) round off the attacking personnel and it’s hard to see Hayes getting anything from this match.
Hayes & Yeading
Visitors Hayes & Yeading have won just once in their last eleven matches which was a surprising 3-0 win at Braintree in early December, but aside from that, they’ve lost eight of the eleven straight including a damaging loss to relegation rivals Alfreton Town.
Hayes’ away form reads 2-3-8 19/29 and are second only to Alfreton Town (30) in terms of away goals conceded in the Blue Square Premier. Indeed Hayes have kept just one clean sheet on the road and have conceded 2 goals+ on nine occasions and losing by a 2 goal+ margin on four occasions – these stats will come into play in just a short while.
Midfielder Louis Soares (12 goals) is their stand-out danger up front, and is backed by Tom Collins (7 goals, 2 assists) along with Pierre Joseph-Dubois (2 goals, 4 assists) and look, they may get one goal here but are likely to concede two or three.
The Betting Verdict :
Kidderminster are strong at home and should deal with a weak Hayes & Yeading team quite comfortably here; I’ll back Kidderminster to cover the -1 asian handicap here with a 3-1 win.
If they win by just one goal we get our stake returned.
The Pick :
Kidderminster 3-1 Hayes & Yeading
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