Soccer betting preview: Curzon Ashton welcomes Buxton in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tameside Stadium (4000 seats)

Curzon Ashton are hosting Buxton for yet another highly important match following their 1-2 result versus 8th-placed Southport.

Insights:
  • Buxton have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

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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Curzon Ashton form and stats

Curzon Ashton have played 11 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). When Curzon Ashton hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hereford, AFC Telford United, Curzon Ashton, Farsley Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town and Boston United), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Curzon Ashton lost their last game at Southport (placed 8th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

In the match before that, Curzon hosted Southport and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Curzon Ashton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Curzon Ashton as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Curzon Ashton has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 6.

Curzon Ashton have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Buxton form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Buxton have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far.

Buxton are looking to quickly end their 183 minutes long goal drought in the Vanarama National League North.

Buxton played 0-0 against Alfreton Town in their previous match.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Alfreton Town wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Buxton playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Buxton wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Buxton, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Chorley. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Buxton have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Buxton - Curzon 1-0 written in the official records. Last three meetings between these teams: Curzon Ashton won zero, Buxton triumphed in two and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Curzon AshtonT. Peers
T. Peers
5 goals
Curzon AshtonJ. Hancock
J. Hancock
5 goals
BuxtonJ. Gilchrist
J. Gilchrist
5 goals

Curzon Ashton missing players

Buxton missing players

Curzon Ashton Buxton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 9 21
6 3 2 Won W 0 3 6
6 3 0 Drew D 1 2 7
10 5 2 Lost L 2 4 8
20 11 5 Scored S 1 8 21
24 13 5 Conceded C 6 13 28
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
68% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 71%
41% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 43%
5% 9% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 10%
41% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 43%
36% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 29%
36% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 38%
 
4.3 4.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 2.9
4.6 4.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.3 5.2
1.6 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.4
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.6 8.5
3.4 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.4 3.7
27% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 27%
 
8.9 7.5 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.8 9.8
3.9 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.3 4.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Buxton have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Buxton 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 Darlington 25 14 5 6 50 32 12 6 3 3 22 16 13 8 2 3 28 16 18 47
2 Brackley Town 24 13 7 4 30 18 12 9 2 1 19 7 12 4 5 3 11 11 12 46
3 King's Lynn Town 21 13 5 3 41 21 10 9 1 0 23 7 11 4 4 3 18 14 20 44
4 Chester 24 11 9 4 38 22 12 5 4 3 15 9 12 6 5 1 23 13 16 42
5 Scarborough Athletic 24 12 6 6 45 38 12 6 4 2 27 21 12 6 2 4 18 17 7 42
6 Fylde 20 12 3 5 31 21 10 7 1 2 19 10 10 5 2 3 12 11 10 39
7 Banbury United 24 10 6 8 35 27 11 6 3 2 18 9 13 4 3 6 17 18 8 36
8 Southport 23 10 6 7 34 30 12 6 4 2 19 14 11 4 2 5 15 16 4 36
9 Chorley 23 9 7 7 31 23 12 6 5 1 19 8 11 3 2 6 12 15 8 34
10 Gloucester City 25 10 4 11 36 40 13 6 1 6 24 22 12 4 3 5 12 18 -4 34
11 Peterborough Sports 24 9 6 9 31 31 12 5 5 2 19 13 12 4 1 7 12 18 0 33
12 Kidderminster Harriers 24 9 5 10 24 27 12 3 3 6 10 13 12 6 2 4 14 14 -3 32
13 Alfreton Town 22 7 9 6 29 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 11 3 4 4 12 14 5 30
14 Spennymoor Town 23 7 9 7 30 32 11 4 4 3 12 11 12 3 5 4 18 21 -2 30
15 Leamington 24 5 13 6 21 22 12 5 4 3 14 10 12 0 9 3 7 12 -1 28
16 Bradford Park Avenue 24 7 6 11 23 31 12 5 1 6 12 14 12 2 5 5 11 17 -8 27
17 Hereford 22 7 5 10 27 28 10 3 3 4 13 12 12 4 2 6 14 16 -1 26
18 Buxton 21 6 7 8 21 28 12 3 5 4 13 15 9 3 2 4 8 13 -7 25
19 Boston United 25 7 4 14 34 42 13 5 1 7 21 22 12 2 3 7 13 20 -8 25
20 Curzon Ashton 22 6 6 10 20 24 11 3 3 5 11 13 11 3 3 5 9 11 -4 24
21 Kettering Town 23 6 6 11 21 37 11 5 3 3 13 11 12 1 3 8 8 26 -16 24
22 Farsley Celtic 22 5 6 11 26 40 12 3 4 5 15 19 10 2 2 6 11 21 -14 21
23 Blyth Spartans 22 4 6 12 22 36 11 2 5 4 14 14 11 2 1 8 8 22 -14 18
24 AFC Telford United 23 2 6 15 15 41 11 2 2 7 8 18 12 0 4 8 7 23 -26 12

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).