Vanarama National League North: Kidderminster Harriers believed to overpower Kettering Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aggborough Stadium (6238 seats)

Kidderminster Harriers have won 66 points performing as the home team. Kettering Town have claimed 49 points being the away side. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the fewest points (12) away in Vanarama National League North

Kettering Town are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

This could be an appealing game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Kidderminster Harriers form and stats

6-7-9 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Kidderminster Harriers so far this season. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Kidderminster Harriers has won five games in a row. The Alfreton Town match was the last time out without a victory.

It's back home for Kidderminster, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Southport away with the result 3-1. Hemmings (2) and Morgan-Smith found the net in that victory.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting AFC Telford United in a game that was won 3-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kidderminster Harriers home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

It should be noted that a peek at the 13 latest league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kidderminster Harriers here at Aggborough Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (20 from 22 games). Kidderminster Harriers have only conceded 21 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kettering Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kettering Town so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-14 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Kettering are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Kettering Town's previous game was their home loss versus Chester (0-1).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Spennymoor Town wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Kettering played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 4 times.

Low on goals? 13 of this club's most recent 17 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The attacking power of Kettering Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 22 league matches away. Kettering Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 42 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Kettering Town - Kidderminster 0-3, earlier this season. Kidderminster Harriers-Kettering Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kidderminster Harriers seven wins, Kettering Town one win, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KidderminsterA. Hemmings
A. Hemmings
10 goals
Kidderminster HarriersA. Morgan-Smith
A. Morgan-Smith
9 goals
Kidderminster HarriersE. Freemantle
E. Freemantle
6 goals

Kidderminster Harriers missing players

Kettering Town missing players

Kidderminster Harriers Kettering Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
18 6 2 Won W 1 2 11
12 7 2 Drew D 2 6 16
15 9 3 Lost L 4 14 18
46 20 7 Scored S 7 16 41
42 21 8 Conceded C 12 42 60
87% 82% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 82%
62% 64% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 77% 62%
31% 27% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 45% 38%
9% 9% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 27% 22%
4% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 13%
38% 36% 29% BTTS BTTS 57% 41% 36%
40% 36% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 33%
36% 45% 57% Failed to Score F T 43% 55% 49%
 
5.7 5.9 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 4.1 3.8
3.6 3 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.6 5.2
1.4 1.4 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.2 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.6 11.1 13.1 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.4 8.5
4 4.1 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 3.2
25% 22% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 26% 28%
 
6.3 6.1 5.9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.9 13.8 11.8
3 2.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.1 4.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Kettering Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kettering Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kettering Town have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the fewest points (12) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the the worst goal difference (-26) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Vanarama National League North
  • Kidderminster Harriers have the most matches under the total-line (31) 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 Fylde 45 28 8 9 78 44 23 15 3 5 49 27 22 13 5 4 29 17 34 92
2 King's Lynn Town 45 26 12 7 82 43 22 16 3 3 46 20 23 10 9 4 36 23 39 90
3 Chester 45 21 18 6 68 41 22 8 9 5 30 21 23 13 9 1 38 20 27 81
4 Brackley Town 45 18 14 13 56 46 22 13 6 3 37 16 23 5 8 10 19 30 10 68
5 Alfreton Town 45 17 17 11 53 43 23 12 6 5 35 20 22 5 11 6 18 23 10 68
6 Scarborough Athletic 45 18 13 14 71 66 22 9 5 8 38 34 23 9 8 6 33 32 5 67
7 Buxton 45 18 13 14 55 50 23 10 7 6 29 25 22 8 6 8 26 25 5 67
8 Chorley 45 17 15 13 59 46 23 11 7 5 32 19 22 6 8 8 27 27 13 66
9 Kidderminster Harriers 45 18 12 15 46 42 22 6 7 9 20 21 23 12 5 6 26 21 4 66
10 Gloucester City 45 18 11 16 71 65 22 10 6 6 41 29 23 8 5 10 30 36 6 65
11 Curzon Ashton 45 18 11 16 58 53 23 10 5 8 33 27 22 8 6 8 25 26 5 65
12 Spennymoor Town 45 17 14 14 66 66 22 10 8 4 34 27 23 7 6 10 32 39 0 65
13 Darlington 45 17 13 15 71 64 23 9 7 7 36 32 22 8 6 8 35 32 7 64
14 Peterborough Sports 45 15 12 18 50 54 22 9 5 8 30 25 23 6 7 10 20 29 -4 57
15 Hereford 45 15 10 20 47 51 23 7 8 8 26 23 22 8 2 12 21 28 -4 55
16 Boston United 45 14 11 20 64 65 22 9 4 9 35 30 23 5 7 11 29 35 -1 53
17 Banbury United 45 13 14 18 52 59 23 6 10 7 25 24 22 7 4 11 27 35 -7 53
18 Southport 45 13 11 21 49 60 23 7 7 9 27 30 22 6 4 12 22 30 -11 50
19 Farsley Celtic 45 12 14 19 50 73 23 8 8 7 27 28 22 4 6 12 23 45 -23 50
20 Kettering Town 45 11 16 18 41 60 23 9 10 4 25 18 22 2 6 14 16 42 -19 49
21 Blyth Spartans 45 11 14 20 44 62 22 4 10 8 21 28 23 7 4 12 23 34 -18 47
22 Bradford Park Avenue 45 11 13 21 43 63 22 9 4 9 24 23 23 2 9 12 19 40 -20 46
23 Leamington 45 9 18 18 39 59 22 8 6 8 23 21 23 1 12 10 16 38 -20 45
24 AFC Telford United 45 6 14 25 34 72 23 3 8 12 20 36 22 3 6 13 14 36 -38 32

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).