Vanarama National League North forecast and pre-match guide: Boston United small favoured to top Banbury United

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 24.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Jakemans Stadium (6643 seats)

A total of eleven league fixtures are played and Boston United are 2 points in front of Banbury United. What will happen?

Insights:
  • Boston United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Banbury United have the fewest scored goals (8) in Vanarama National League North

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Boston United form and stats

4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Boston United have to build on here at The Jakemans Stadium in the Vanarama National League North. Boston are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The followers hope that Boston United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away defeat in the FA Cup fixture against Worksop Town.

Heartbreak before that as Boston United lost 1-3 at Curzon Ashton's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Boston United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League North game versus Gloucester City in only four days. This game is also played here at The Jakemans Stadium.

The Boston fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Boston United have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Banbury United form and stats

Playing away, Banbury United have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.

The attacking players of Banbury have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 259 minutes.

Banbury United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Peterborough Sports (placed 20th). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Blyth Spartans.

We have checked recent matches where Banbury have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Look out: 11 of the latest 12 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

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

The attacking power of Banbury when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Banbury United have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Boston United victories, one draw and one Banbury United win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Boston UnitedK. Mooney
K. Mooney
4 goals
Banbury UnitedK. Charles
K. Charles
4 goals
Boston UnitedJ. Knowles
J. Knowles
3 goals

Boston United missing players

Banbury United missing players

Boston United Banbury United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 1 6 12
5 4 0 Won W 0 2 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
13 9 0 Scored S 0 4 8
13 4 0 Conceded C 3 10 16
91% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
73% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 67%
36% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 42%
36% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 8%
36% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 50%
36% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 58%
 
4.6 4.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 3.4
5.1 5.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.4
2 2.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 14.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10 9.1
4.7 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.4
25% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 20%
 
10.2 11.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 19 14 10.4
3.6 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.3 3.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Banbury United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Banbury United have the fewest scored goals (8) in Vanarama National League North
  • Banbury United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Vanarama National League North
  • Banbury United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Boston United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boston United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Boston United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Banbury United have scored away.
  • Boston United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 12 8 2 2 24 7 6 4 0 2 14 4 6 4 2 0 10 3 17 26
2 South Shields 13 7 4 2 26 14 7 6 1 0 15 1 6 1 3 2 11 13 12 25
3 Spennymoor Town 12 7 2 3 24 14 6 4 1 1 13 6 6 3 1 2 11 8 10 23
4 Brackley Town 13 6 4 3 20 12 6 4 1 1 8 4 7 2 3 2 12 8 8 22
5 Scunthorpe United 12 6 3 3 21 13 6 4 1 1 13 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 21
6 Curzon Ashton 12 5 4 3 18 12 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 3 2 1 12 7 6 19
7 Blyth Spartans 13 6 1 6 20 16 7 5 0 2 16 7 6 1 1 4 4 9 4 19
8 Chorley 12 5 4 3 14 13 5 2 2 1 7 5 7 3 2 2 7 8 1 19
9 Buxton 12 5 3 4 20 9 5 2 2 1 10 4 7 3 1 3 10 5 11 18
10 Alfreton Town 12 5 3 4 20 17 6 3 2 1 14 8 6 2 1 3 6 9 3 18
11 Warrington Town 13 5 3 5 18 20 6 2 2 2 8 11 7 3 1 3 10 9 -2 18
12 Chester 12 5 2 5 14 11 7 5 1 1 13 5 5 0 1 4 1 6 3 17
13 Boston United 11 5 2 4 13 13 5 4 0 1 9 4 6 1 2 3 4 9 0 17
14 Hereford 12 5 2 5 11 14 6 4 0 2 6 3 6 1 2 3 5 11 -3 17
15 Southport 13 5 2 6 15 23 6 2 1 3 5 10 7 3 1 3 10 13 -8 17
16 Scarborough Athletic 12 5 1 6 14 17 7 5 1 1 10 4 5 0 0 5 4 13 -3 16
17 Farsley Celtic 12 4 4 4 11 16 6 0 4 2 5 9 6 4 0 2 6 7 -5 16
18 Banbury United 12 4 3 5 8 16 6 2 2 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 4 10 -8 15
19 Rushall Olympic 12 4 2 6 16 18 6 3 1 2 11 8 6 1 1 4 5 10 -2 14
20 Peterborough Sports 13 4 2 7 13 20 7 3 1 3 8 10 6 1 1 4 5 10 -7 14
21 Gloucester City 13 2 5 6 12 18 7 2 2 3 6 6 6 0 3 3 6 12 -6 11
22 King's Lynn Town 13 2 5 6 13 24 6 1 3 2 9 13 7 1 2 4 4 11 -11 11
23 Bishop's Stortford 13 3 1 9 10 21 7 3 0 4 8 12 6 0 1 5 2 9 -11 10
24 Darlington 12 1 4 7 9 26 6 0 4 2 6 9 6 1 0 5 3 17 -17 7

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).