Home advantage could prove decisive in Kettering Town - Blyth Spartans battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Latimer Park

Fixate on their own match tactics or switch tactics dependant on the opponent? Both Kettering Town and Blyth Spartans need to try something more fresh than what they have done uptil now. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Kettering Town have the most conceded goals (26) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North

It's no vacation for neither Kettering nor Blyth Spartans as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Kettering Town form and stats

The complete Vanarama National League North stats at home this season for Kettering Town are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Kettering Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Spennymoor Town, Buxton, AFC Telford United, Farsley Celtic, Kettering Town, Bradford Park Avenue and Boston United), they have won 2 of 3 matches! Kettering Town has recorded two wins in a row here at Latimer Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Ward was the last player to score a league goal for Kettering Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Kettering Town haven't scored in 190 minutes.

Kettering are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Farsley Celtic.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Chester.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kettering Town handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League North game versus Banbury United in only three days. This game is also played here at Latimer Park.

Kettering Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. 8 goals have been conceded. Kettering has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

There's been little loot from Blyth Spartans's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Blyth Spartans only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Blyth Spartans's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Home advantage was not enough for Spartans in their previous game as they lost hosting Bradford Park Avenue, 0-1.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Alfreton Town.

We have checked recent matches where Blyth Spartans have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Blyth Spartans are hosting Leamington in the Vanarama National League North only three days away.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Spartans's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 6 matches.

Head 2 Head

Kettering Town have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Blyth Spartans.

Top Goalscorers

Blyth SpartansL. McNall
L. McNall
4 goals
KetteringS. Bennett
S. Bennett
2 goals
Blyth SpartansA. Nicholson
A. Nicholson
2 goals

Kettering Town missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Kettering Town Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 3 Played P 1 6 13
3 3 2 Won W 1 1 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
8 2 0 Lost L 0 4 7
11 7 5 Scored S 2 3 10
26 8 2 Conceded C 1 12 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 38%
29% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 46%
14% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
43% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 46%
 
3.6 3.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.2 4.7
5.1 4.8 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.7 3.2
1.4 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.2 10.5
3.2 3.8 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3.7
24% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 18% 20%
 
13.6 12.7 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 3 11 10.2
5.7 4.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 5.3 4.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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 in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kettering Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kettering Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blyth Spartans have scored away.
  • Kettering Town have the most conceded goals (26) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 King's Lynn Town 13 9 3 1 27 11 7 6 1 0 16 5 6 3 2 1 11 6 16 30
2 Darlington 14 7 3 4 20 16 7 5 1 1 13 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 4 24
3 Brackley Town 14 7 3 4 15 12 7 5 1 1 10 5 7 2 2 3 5 7 3 24
4 Scarborough Athletic 13 7 2 4 22 16 6 4 2 0 13 5 7 3 0 4 9 11 6 23
5 Gloucester City 14 7 2 5 24 20 7 5 0 2 16 8 7 2 2 3 8 12 4 23
6 Southport 14 7 1 6 20 19 5 3 1 1 6 4 9 4 0 5 14 15 1 22
7 Alfreton Town 14 5 6 3 22 16 8 3 3 2 13 9 6 2 3 1 9 7 6 21
8 Banbury United 13 6 3 4 21 17 6 4 2 0 12 5 7 2 1 4 9 12 4 21
9 Kidderminster Harriers 13 6 3 4 14 10 8 3 2 3 8 7 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 21
10 Fylde 13 6 3 4 18 16 6 4 1 1 11 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 2 21
11 Leamington 14 5 5 4 14 10 8 5 1 2 12 6 6 0 4 2 2 4 4 20
12 Curzon Ashton 13 5 4 4 14 10 5 2 1 2 6 5 8 3 3 2 8 5 4 19
13 Peterborough Sports 13 5 4 4 21 18 8 4 3 1 15 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 3 19
14 Chorley 14 4 6 4 16 12 7 2 5 0 8 4 7 2 1 4 8 8 4 18
15 Hereford 13 5 3 5 19 17 6 3 2 1 11 7 7 2 1 4 8 10 2 18
16 Chester 13 4 5 4 19 15 8 3 2 3 11 7 5 1 3 1 8 8 4 17
17 Spennymoor Town 14 3 7 4 15 18 7 1 4 2 4 5 7 2 3 2 11 13 -3 16
18 Buxton 13 3 6 4 11 16 7 2 4 1 8 7 6 1 2 3 3 9 -5 15
19 Farsley Celtic 14 3 4 7 15 25 8 1 3 4 8 14 6 2 1 3 7 11 -10 13
20 Boston United 13 3 3 7 17 23 6 1 1 4 10 15 7 2 2 3 7 8 -6 12
21 Bradford Park Avenue 13 3 3 7 10 18 6 2 0 4 4 7 7 1 3 3 6 11 -8 12
22 Kettering Town 14 3 3 8 11 26 6 3 1 2 7 8 8 0 2 6 4 18 -15 12
23 Blyth Spartans 13 2 4 7 10 20 7 1 3 3 7 8 6 1 1 4 3 12 -10 10
24 AFC Telford United 13 1 4 8 9 23 5 1 1 3 3 8 8 0 3 5 6 15 -14 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).