Vanarama National League North: Gateshead predicted to win home match vs Blyth Spartans

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gateshead International Stadium (11800 seats)

Vanarama National League North: High-level against below average, at least based on the points won so far. Gateshead - Blyth Spartans. Home win or a shock?

Insights:
  • Gateshead have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (34) in Vanarama National League North

Gateshead and Blyth Spartans should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gateshead form and stats

7-0-0 is the performance here at Gateshead International Stadium so far in the Vanarama National League North, giving Gateshead a total of 21 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Kettering Town here at Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

The Gateshead supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Brackley Town in Vanarama National League North and win 2-0.

In the preceding match a 4-3 victory visiting Farsley Celtic.

Gateshead are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gateshead as they are travelling to their away game against Darlington in the Vanarama National League North. That match is two days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Gateshead are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 7 league matches. Gateshead are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gateshead International Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

There's been little loot from Blyth Spartans's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 8 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Blyth Spartans only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing six defeats in a row for Blyth Spartans in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Farsley Celtic.

Blyth Spartans's previous game was their home loss versus Southport (1-2).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fylde wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

You'll want to know how Spartans managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found ten similar matches resulting in two away wins, zero draws and eight home wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Spennymoor Town in just two days.

Spartans are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 8 away games. There are big problems for the Spartans defense as they have conceded 25 goals in 8 away games. Spartans has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Gateshead won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Blyth Spartans have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

GatesheadC. Scott
C. Scott
10 goals
GatesheadM. Langstaff
M. Langstaff
9 goals
Blyth SpartansJ. O'Donnell
J. O'Donnell
6 goals

Gateshead missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Gateshead Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 2 8 17
11 7 3 Won W 0 0 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 2 7 11
32 17 8 Scored S 1 4 12
18 4 2 Conceded C 7 25 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
67% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 47%
33% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 29%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 12%
67% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 35%
27% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 24%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 47%
 
6.9 6.7 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.1
4.5 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.2 5.1
1.6 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
14.2 14 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.5 8.2
5.6 6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.1
38% 40% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 17% 23%
 
8 7.6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 14.1 12.4
3 2.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.1 4.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Blyth Spartans's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Gateshead's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Blyth Spartans have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (25) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (34) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have yet to win a game away.
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gateshead have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gateshead have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gateshead have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gateshead have scored more than double the goals of Blyth Spartans.
  • Gateshead have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gateshead have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Gateshead haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gateshead is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 Brackley Town 17 11 4 2 22 10 7 5 1 1 8 4 10 6 3 1 14 6 12 37
2 Fylde 17 11 3 3 32 16 8 7 1 0 17 6 9 4 2 3 15 10 16 36
3 Gateshead 15 11 2 2 32 18 7 7 0 0 17 4 8 4 2 2 15 14 14 35
4 Kidderminster Harriers 16 9 4 3 35 16 7 5 0 2 20 7 9 4 4 1 15 9 19 31
5 Chorley 17 8 6 3 29 14 9 6 2 1 23 7 8 2 4 2 6 7 15 30
6 Boston United 17 9 1 7 26 27 9 6 1 2 18 10 8 3 0 5 8 17 -1 28
7 Southport 16 7 5 4 29 20 9 5 4 0 20 9 7 2 1 4 9 11 9 26
8 Curzon Ashton 16 6 6 4 22 17 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 3 2 13 9 5 24
9 Alfreton Town 17 7 3 7 28 25 9 3 3 3 15 13 8 4 0 4 13 12 3 24
10 York City 17 7 2 8 23 23 9 4 1 4 16 11 8 3 1 4 7 12 0 23
11 Hereford 17 6 5 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 11 10 8 2 3 3 7 9 -1 23
12 Spennymoor Town 17 7 2 8 26 28 8 4 1 3 18 13 9 3 1 5 8 15 -2 23
13 Leamington 18 6 5 7 20 22 9 5 2 2 13 11 9 1 3 5 7 11 -2 23
14 Darlington 17 6 4 7 29 26 9 4 2 3 17 11 8 2 2 4 12 15 3 22
15 Kettering Town 16 6 4 6 25 22 8 2 3 3 11 10 8 4 1 3 14 12 3 22
16 Chester 17 5 4 8 28 31 9 5 2 2 20 13 8 0 2 6 8 18 -3 19
17 Farsley Celtic 16 4 4 8 15 30 8 3 3 2 10 10 8 1 1 6 5 20 -15 16
18 Gloucester City 17 3 5 9 20 33 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 0 3 6 8 24 -13 14
19 Bradford Park Avenue 16 3 5 8 15 29 7 2 2 3 8 12 9 1 3 5 7 17 -14 14
20 Guiseley 16 3 3 10 11 24 9 2 2 5 6 12 7 1 1 5 5 12 -13 12
21 Blyth Spartans 17 3 3 11 12 34 9 3 2 4 8 9 8 0 1 7 4 25 -22 12
22 AFC Telford United 15 2 4 9 15 28 7 2 3 2 9 7 8 0 1 7 6 21 -13 10

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).