AFC Telford United vs Kettering Town: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Bucks Head Ground (6300 seats)

This match features two participants living in the carpet of the Vanarama National League North, AFC Telford United having 22nd place and Kettering Town sitting at 16th. A good opportunity for one of the participants to boost their situation.

Insights:
  • Kettering Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an exciting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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AFC Telford United form and stats

AFC Telford United have played 6 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on AFC Telford United to get some points in this home game.

AFC Telford United are returning here after visiting Felixstowe & Walton United in a Fa Trophy game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. K. Williams, D. McHale and J. Oswell (2) scored the goal(s). As mentioned above, Telford "killed" Felixstowe & Walton United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Ahead of that match, Telford lost 1-2 at home to Fylde.

Telford has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Telford have conceded only 5 goals.

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Kettering Town form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Kettering Town playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season. When Kettering Town is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Chester, Guiseley, Farsley Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town, Bradford Park Avenue and Gloucester City is teams we like to compare AFC Telford United with.

The manager P. Cox was unhappy after their last game, a Vanarama National League North match played at their home ground Latimer Park. Kettering suffered a 2-3 loss to Boston United (placed 4th). Leading 2-0 was not enough for Kettering Town in their fight with Boston United last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Hereford's place.

The schedule is very tough for Kettering now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League North game at Leamington is waiting in only three days.

The visiting Kettering have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. As for defending, Kettering Town rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): AFC Telford United three wins, one draw and Kettering Town five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kettering TownC. Powell
C. Powell
7 goals
AFC Telford UnitedJ. Oswell
J. Oswell
4 goals
Kettering TownC. Kennedy
C. Kennedy
4 goals

AFC Telford United missing players

Kettering Town missing players

AFC Telford United Kettering Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 2 6 14
2 2 1 Won W 2 3 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
9 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
13 7 2 Scored S 4 8 19
26 5 0 Conceded C 0 10 20
93% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
86% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 57%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 36%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 57%
21% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 36%
43% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 14%
 
4.9 4.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 6 6.3
6.2 5.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.3 5.1
1.8 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.3 9.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.5 12.3
3 3.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 4.7
31% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 40% 29%
 
14.2 12.8 15 Shots against (avg) S A 4.5 10 9.1
5.2 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4.8 3.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Kettering Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kettering Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kettering Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fylde 16 11 3 2 32 15 8 7 1 0 17 6 8 4 2 2 15 9 17 36
2 Brackley Town 15 10 4 1 21 8 6 4 1 1 7 4 9 6 3 0 14 4 13 34
3 Chorley 16 8 5 3 28 13 9 6 2 1 23 7 7 2 3 2 5 6 15 29
4 Boston United 16 9 1 6 25 25 8 6 1 1 17 8 8 3 0 5 8 17 0 28
5 Kidderminster Harriers 14 8 3 3 32 14 7 5 0 2 20 7 7 3 3 1 12 7 18 27
6 Gateshead 12 8 2 2 24 15 5 5 0 0 13 4 7 3 2 2 11 11 9 26
7 Alfreton Town 16 7 2 7 27 24 8 3 2 3 14 12 8 4 0 4 13 12 3 23
8 Curzon Ashton 14 6 4 4 19 14 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 3 2 2 11 7 5 22
9 York City 15 7 1 7 22 20 8 4 0 4 15 10 7 3 1 3 7 10 2 22
10 Leamington 16 6 4 6 19 17 7 5 1 1 12 6 9 1 3 5 7 11 2 22
11 Hereford 16 6 4 6 16 17 8 4 1 3 9 8 8 2 3 3 7 9 -1 22
12 Southport 14 5 5 4 25 19 9 5 4 0 20 9 5 0 1 4 5 10 6 20
13 Spennymoor Town 16 6 2 8 22 26 7 3 1 3 14 11 9 3 1 5 8 15 -4 20
14 Darlington 16 5 4 7 28 26 8 3 2 3 16 11 8 2 2 4 12 15 2 19
15 Chester 16 5 4 7 26 27 9 5 2 2 20 13 7 0 2 5 6 14 -1 19
16 Kettering Town 14 5 3 6 19 20 8 2 3 3 11 10 6 3 0 3 8 10 -1 18
17 Farsley Celtic 15 4 4 7 12 26 7 3 3 1 7 6 8 1 1 6 5 20 -14 16
18 Gloucester City 16 3 4 9 19 32 8 3 2 3 12 9 8 0 2 6 7 23 -13 13
19 Bradford Park Avenue 15 3 4 8 14 28 7 2 2 3 8 12 8 1 2 5 6 16 -14 13
20 Guiseley 14 3 3 8 11 21 8 2 2 4 6 10 6 1 1 4 5 11 -10 12
21 Blyth Spartans 16 3 3 10 11 32 8 3 2 3 7 7 8 0 1 7 4 25 -21 12
22 AFC Telford United 14 2 3 9 13 26 6 2 2 2 7 5 8 0 1 7 6 21 -13 9

Read more about Vanarama National League North

The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).