Kettering Town - Boston United: Small difference between teams in Vanarama National League North clash

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Latimer Park

Vanarama National League North: Two contenders in pretty good shape get together for this match. Boston United with a tiny upper hand with their 6th place in the standings?

Insights:
  • Boston United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a Vanarama National League North game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Hereford, so at least Kettering Town are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Kettering Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Kettering Town have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

The fans are hoping that Kettering will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Vanarama National League North game against Hereford (placed 9th).

A Fa Trophy defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Gloucester City.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kettering Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost two.

Kettering are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Kettering have conceded 7 goals.

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Boston United form and stats

There's been little loot from Boston United's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Boston United only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. Boston seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Boston play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Brackley Town (placed 2nd).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Darlington in the Vanarama National League North.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Boston United in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Boston, three draws and seven defeats.

The attacking power of Boston when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Boston have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings involving these participants: Kettering won three, Boston United triumphed in three and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Kettering TownC. Powell
C. Powell
7 goals
Boston UnitedD. Elliott
D. Elliott
6 goals
Boston UnitedJ. Wright
J. Wright
5 goals

Kettering Town missing players

Boston United missing players

Kettering Town Boston United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 1 7 15
5 2 0 Won W 0 2 8
3 3 1 Drew D 0 0 1
5 2 0 Lost L 1 5 6
17 9 1 Scored S 0 5 22
17 7 1 Conceded C 2 15 23
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 87%
54% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 67%
31% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
54% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 60%
38% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
15% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 20%
 
6.5 6.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 5.1
5.2 5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.6 5.2
2.2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
12.3 13.9 19 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8 10.5
4.6 5.7 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.7
28% 22% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 39%
 
9.4 8.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 7.3 8
3.7 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 4.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Boston United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Boston United 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 Fylde 15 10 3 2 28 14 7 6 1 0 13 5 8 4 2 2 15 9 14 33
2 Brackley Town 14 9 4 1 18 8 6 4 1 1 7 4 8 5 3 0 11 4 10 31
3 Chorley 16 8 5 3 28 13 9 6 2 1 23 7 7 2 3 2 5 6 15 29
4 Kidderminster Harriers 14 8 3 3 32 14 7 5 0 2 20 7 7 3 3 1 12 7 18 27
5 Gateshead 12 8 2 2 24 15 5 5 0 0 13 4 7 3 2 2 11 11 9 26
6 Boston United 15 8 1 6 22 23 8 6 1 1 17 8 7 2 0 5 5 15 -1 25
7 Curzon Ashton 13 6 4 3 18 12 6 3 2 1 7 5 7 3 2 2 11 7 6 22
8 Leamington 15 6 4 5 18 15 7 5 1 1 12 6 8 1 3 4 6 9 3 22
9 Hereford 15 6 4 5 16 15 8 4 1 3 9 8 7 2 3 2 7 7 1 22
10 Alfreton Town 15 6 2 7 25 23 8 3 2 3 14 12 7 3 0 4 11 11 2 20
11 Spennymoor Town 15 6 2 7 22 24 7 3 1 3 14 11 8 3 1 4 8 13 -2 20
12 Darlington 16 5 4 7 28 26 8 3 2 3 16 11 8 2 2 4 12 15 2 19
13 York City 14 6 1 7 21 20 8 4 0 4 15 10 6 2 1 3 6 10 1 19
14 Kettering Town 13 5 3 5 17 17 7 2 3 2 9 7 6 3 0 3 8 10 0 18
15 Southport 13 4 5 4 23 19 8 4 4 0 18 9 5 0 1 4 5 10 4 17
16 Chester 15 4 4 7 24 26 8 4 2 2 18 12 7 0 2 5 6 14 -2 16
17 Farsley Celtic 15 4 4 7 12 26 7 3 3 1 7 6 8 1 1 6 5 20 -14 16
18 Bradford Park Avenue 14 3 4 7 14 25 6 2 2 2 8 9 8 1 2 5 6 16 -11 13
19 Guiseley 13 3 3 7 11 20 7 2 2 3 6 9 6 1 1 4 5 11 -9 12
20 Blyth Spartans 15 3 3 9 10 28 8 3 2 3 7 7 7 0 1 6 3 21 -18 12
21 Gloucester City 15 2 4 9 17 32 7 2 2 3 10 9 8 0 2 6 7 23 -15 10
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).