FC United v Altrincham Betting Tips: 1, 2017-01-01

FC United can register back-to-back wins over Altrincham

National League Tips

FC UNITED v ALTRINCHAM

Sunday 1st January 2017 – Kickoff: 1500hrs

Football – England – National League North

Continuing on with the non-league theme, my next pick features FC United (or to give them their full name, United of Manchester) taking on bottom club Altrincham at Broadhurst Park on New Years Day in the National League North.

A quick history lesson; United of Manchester were formed in 2005 by fans of Manchester United who were against the takeover of the club of Malcolm Glazer, and they’ve since made a meteoric rise through the non-league system, achieving successive promotions which has elevated them to the National League North.

FC United currently sit in mid-table with an overall home record of  3-4-4  19/18 but they’ve put together a useful five-match sequence without defeat which includes four wins over Stalybridge Celtic, Nuneaton Town, Gainsborough Trinity and Altrincham (away from home).

Visitors Altrincham make their way to Moston in Manchester for their return clash with United of Manchester having been dealt a 3-0 defeat by this afternoon’s hosts in their previous match. Confidence must be approaching an all-time low in Cheshire as the club sit bottom of the National League North with just 7 points to their name.

Altrincham are also on a woeful run of form of late as they’ve lost their last eight league matches on the trot, scoring just 5 goals for but conceding a total of 21 goals during this run of poor results and they look a good bet to be on the end of another defeat here too.

Alty’s away record reads a poor  1-2-7  9/25 with only Stalybridge Celtic and Worcester City possessing a worst attacking record than them away from home in the division to date. Altrincham have kept just one clean sheet on their travels and have conceded 2 goals or more on 8 occasions from their 10 away matches.

Pick: United of Manchester to win @ 1.53 William Hill