Football match betting preview: Boston United vs Kidderminster Harriers

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Jakemans Stadium (6643 seats)

This pair of participants are revelling in a quality season so far and matches like today could be decisive. Read more about Boston United - Kidderminster Harriers!

Insights:
  • Boston United have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kidderminster Harriers is in the best form (5-1-0) 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

19 points is a decent return from 8 Vanarama National League North games here at The Jakemans Stadium for Boston United. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

It's back home for Boston, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kettering Town away with the result 3-2.

In the game before, an away victory in the Fa Trophy match versus Brackley Town with a 2-1 scoreline.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Boston United's attacking play is working. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Kidderminster Harriers form and stats

Playing away, Kidderminster Harriers, who have the the best goal difference (+18) in Vanarama National League North, have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Vanarama National League North this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Kidderminster Harriers hope to make it five in this match.

Impressive finishing from Ashley Hemmings and Amari Morgan-Smith secured the home win 2-0 against Halifax Town in their previous game. Ashley Hemmings got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Hemmings scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Hereford (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties).

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kidderminster Harriers manager R. Penn as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Curzon Ashton.

Kidderminster Harriers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Kidderminster Harriers in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Boston four wins, three draws and Kidderminster Harriers three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kidderminster HarriersA. Hemmings
A. Hemmings
8 goals
Kidderminster HarriersS. Austin
S. Austin
7 goals
BostonD. Elliott
D. Elliott
6 goals

Boston United missing players

Kidderminster Harriers missing players

Boston United Kidderminster Harriers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 3 7 14
9 6 0 Won W 1 3 8
1 1 1 Drew D 1 3 3
6 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
25 17 2 Scored S 6 12 32
25 8 2 Conceded C 4 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
69% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 71%
38% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 43%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 21%
62% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 64%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
5.1 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.7 5.9
5.1 4.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.1 4.6
1.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.1
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.2 12.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.9 13.9
3.8 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5 6.6
42% 46% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 34% 34%
 
8.2 8.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13 8.8
4.2 4.2 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 3.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Boston United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • Boston United have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Vanarama National League North
  • Boston United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kidderminster Harriers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the the best goal difference (+18) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kidderminster Harriers is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North

  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).