Kettering Town v Leamington betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Latimer Park

This game involves two sides dwelling in the lower parts of the Vanarama National League North, Kettering Town having 20th place and Leamington lying 21st. A decent chance for one of the teams to boost their situation.

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

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Kettering Town form and stats

Overall Vanarama National League North statistics playing at home this season for Kettering Town are 8-10-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Kettering Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hereford, AFC Telford United, Farsley Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town, Southport and Bradford Park Avenue), they have won 3 of 6 matches! The Kettering Town fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Latimer Park and will expect new points from this game. Kettering Town has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

The Kettering club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Leamington and win 2-0. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first three points in the league after going winless in eight consecutive fixtures.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting King's Lynn Town (1-4).

This is expected to be a close game, with Kettering Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kettering Town as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Kettering Town has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 16 most recent league fixtures reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Kettering are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 21 games. Kettering Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Latimer Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 21 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Kettering has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 6 times.

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Leamington form and stats

There's been little loot from Leamington's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 21 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Leamington only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 12 draws. Bitter travels for Leamington as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Farsley Celtic match.

Two away games in a row for Leamington, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Kettering Town.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Hereford.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leamington playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 2 Leamington wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats.

Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this club have had zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 21 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 30 goals have been conceded by Leamington in these games.

Head 2 Head

Kettering Town and Leamington have played each other already this season: Leamington - Kettering 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Kettering Town victories, three draws and five Leamington wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeamingtonD. Turner
D. Turner
11 goals
Kettering TownK. Ward
K. Ward
5 goals
Kettering TownS. Bennett
S. Bennett
5 goals

Kettering Town missing players

Leamington missing players

Kettering Town Leamington
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 22 6 Played P 6 22 43
11 9 3 Won W 0 1 9
16 10 3 Drew D 4 12 18
16 3 0 Lost L 2 9 16
38 24 9 Scored S 5 15 37
55 17 3 Conceded C 8 32 51
81% 68% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 86% 86%
63% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 65%
35% 27% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 32% 33%
21% 18% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 16%
12% 14% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
35% 32% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 44%
35% 59% 67% Clean Sheets C S 17% 14% 26%
49% 41% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 44%
 
3.8 3.5 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 4.2
5.1 4.7 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6 5.5
1.3 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 7
 
8.4 9.6 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 7.6 8.2
3.1 3.5 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3
28% 31% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 29%
 
12 10 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 12.5 10.3
4.7 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 5 4.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Leamington have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Fylde 41 25 8 8 70 41 21 14 3 4 44 24 20 11 5 4 26 17 29 83
2 King's Lynn Town 42 23 12 7 74 40 21 15 3 3 43 18 21 8 9 4 31 22 34 81
3 Chester 42 19 17 6 63 38 21 8 8 5 28 19 21 11 9 1 35 19 25 74
4 Brackley Town 42 17 13 12 50 41 21 12 6 3 34 16 21 5 7 9 16 25 9 64
5 Darlington 41 17 12 12 68 54 20 9 6 5 33 25 21 8 6 7 35 29 14 63
6 Alfreton Town 40 16 15 9 50 36 21 11 6 4 34 18 19 5 9 5 16 18 14 63
7 Scarborough Athletic 42 17 12 13 67 62 21 9 5 7 38 33 21 8 7 6 29 29 5 63
8 Gloucester City 42 17 10 15 65 62 21 10 5 6 40 28 21 7 5 9 25 34 3 61
9 Chorley 42 15 15 12 54 42 21 10 7 4 29 16 21 5 8 8 25 26 12 60
10 Buxton 42 15 13 14 50 49 21 8 7 6 25 24 21 7 6 8 25 25 1 58
11 Curzon Ashton 40 16 9 15 51 47 20 9 4 7 30 23 20 7 5 8 21 24 4 57
12 Kidderminster Harriers 42 15 12 15 38 41 21 5 7 9 17 21 21 10 5 6 21 20 -3 57
13 Peterborough Sports 42 15 11 16 50 51 21 9 5 7 30 23 21 6 6 9 20 28 -1 56
14 Spennymoor Town 41 14 14 13 58 62 21 9 8 4 30 25 20 5 6 9 28 37 -4 56
15 Boston United 42 14 10 18 62 61 21 9 4 8 35 29 21 5 6 10 27 32 1 52
16 Banbury United 41 13 12 16 51 56 20 6 8 6 24 22 21 7 4 10 27 34 -5 51
17 Southport 41 13 11 17 44 49 20 7 7 6 24 22 21 6 4 11 20 27 -5 50
18 Hereford 42 14 8 20 43 49 21 7 6 8 24 21 21 7 2 12 19 28 -6 50
19 Farsley Celtic 43 11 14 18 46 68 22 7 9 6 25 25 21 4 5 12 21 43 -22 47
20 Kettering Town 42 10 16 16 36 55 21 8 10 3 22 17 21 2 6 13 14 38 -19 46
21 Leamington 42 9 18 15 37 49 21 8 6 7 22 19 21 1 12 8 15 30 -12 45
22 Blyth Spartans 43 10 14 19 40 59 21 4 9 8 19 26 22 6 5 11 21 33 -19 44
23 Bradford Park Avenue 41 9 11 21 37 61 20 7 4 9 20 23 21 2 7 12 17 38 -24 38
24 AFC Telford United 42 6 13 23 33 64 21 3 7 11 19 31 21 3 6 12 14 33 -31 31

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).