New Lambton vs Valentine tips and predictions

Visitors price doesn't appeal

This fixture could result in some high-quality football from both sides but the visiting team cannot afford to take this challenge lightly. The home side could deny them.

New Lambton will need Valentine to be off their best to put another L on their records. Adversities have slowly been stacking up for this group of away players over their last 9 fixtures. They've been beaten 4 times during these 9 starts. That doesn't look like the recent record of a side that deserve to be as short as this.

New Lambton need to hope that their rivals are underestimating them. They must also drill into what they've done well recently. They scored at least once in all of their recent 3 matches and that approach has gelled nicely at the back where they've conceded no more than once in 3 of their last 4 games.

Valentine have actually conceded two or more goals in 5 of their last 9 matches. But their problems don't seem to be just in the first-third of their formation. In front of goal the visitors have sometimes been quite poor. They've been goalless in 1 of their last 3 matches.

The betting markets suggest that neither side will keep a clean sheet during this match despite the favouritism for Valentine. Whatever happens, with the odds-against price on BTTS No, that seems the better option this time around.

So the visitors are legitimate favourites but they are too short. All football matches come down to which squad maintains composure under pressure. If they are to get the job done, it might be how well New Lambton execute on the counterattack that makes the difference.