Vanarama National League North: Peterborough Sports - Scarborough Athletic preview and the hard facts

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 04.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Lincoln Road (2300 seats)

Scarborough Athletic travel to Peterborough Sports and Lincoln Road loaded with optimism, but the hosting team is not easy meat. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • Peterborough Sports have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in Vanarama National League North

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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Peterborough Sports form and stats

9 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Peterborough Sports have to build on here at Lincoln Road in the Vanarama National League North. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Lincoln Road.

The Peterborough goalkeeper Peter Crook is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vanarama National League North.

Happy days for Peterborough Sports in their previous game, a fixture away at AFC Telford United (placed 24th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

0-0 away at Kettering Town before that.

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 Peterborough Sports have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Peterborough, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Alfreton Town is only three days away.

A decent goal production from Peterborough Sports in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 19 league matches. On the other hand, Peterborough have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

7 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Scarborough Athletic playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season. Visiting Scarborough Athletic has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Scarborough Athletic are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Kettering Town (placed 19th).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Southport.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Scarborough Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Scarborough, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Curzon Ashton in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Scarborough Athletic have scored 28 goals in 20 league games away. As opposed to that, Scarborough Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 29 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also encountered each other earlier on this match year: Scarborough Athletic - Peterborough Sports 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Scarborough AthleticM. Coulson
M. Coulson
14 goals
PeterboroughJ. Nicholson
J. Nicholson
8 goals
Scarborough AthleticL. Maloney
L. Maloney
8 goals

Peterborough Sports missing players

Scarborough Athletic missing players

Peterborough Sports Scarborough Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 19 5 Played P 6 20 40
15 9 2 Won W 2 7 16
11 5 0 Drew D 2 7 12
14 5 3 Lost L 2 6 12
49 29 7 Scored S 5 28 66
48 20 8 Conceded C 7 29 61
90% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
75% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 85% 82%
48% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 45% 57%
18% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 35% 42%
10% 16% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 28%
48% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 62%
35% 37% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 22%
28% 16% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 20%
 
3.9 3.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.7 4.8
4.4 4.7 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 5
1.8 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.7
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.6 9.2 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.3 11.5
3.6 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 4.2 5.2
34% 34% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 33% 31%
 
10.3 11.9 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 10.7 12.5
4.1 4.8 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.5 5.2
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Peterborough Sports have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) 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 40 25 8 7 69 39 21 14 3 4 44 24 19 11 5 3 25 15 30 83
2 King's Lynn Town 41 22 12 7 70 39 20 14 3 3 39 17 21 8 9 4 31 22 31 78
3 Chester 41 19 16 6 63 38 20 8 7 5 28 19 21 11 9 1 35 19 25 73
4 Brackley Town 40 17 13 10 48 37 20 12 6 2 33 14 20 5 7 8 15 23 11 64
5 Darlington 40 17 11 12 68 54 20 9 6 5 33 25 20 8 5 7 35 29 14 62
6 Alfreton Town 39 15 15 9 48 35 21 11 6 4 34 18 18 4 9 5 14 17 13 60
7 Scarborough Athletic 40 16 12 12 66 61 20 9 5 6 38 32 20 7 7 6 28 29 5 60
8 Gloucester City 41 17 9 15 64 61 20 10 4 6 39 27 21 7 5 9 25 34 3 60
9 Chorley 41 15 14 12 54 42 21 10 7 4 29 16 20 5 7 8 25 26 12 59
10 Buxton 41 15 13 13 50 48 21 8 7 6 25 24 20 7 6 7 25 24 2 58
11 Peterborough Sports 40 15 11 14 49 48 19 9 5 5 29 20 21 6 6 9 20 28 1 56
12 Curzon Ashton 39 15 9 15 50 47 20 9 4 7 30 23 19 6 5 8 20 24 3 54
13 Kidderminster Harriers 41 14 12 15 37 41 20 4 7 9 16 21 21 10 5 6 21 20 -4 54
14 Spennymoor Town 40 13 14 13 56 61 20 8 8 4 28 24 20 5 6 9 28 37 -5 53
15 Southport 39 13 11 15 43 45 19 7 7 5 23 20 20 6 4 10 20 25 -2 50
16 Hereford 41 14 8 19 43 47 21 7 6 8 24 21 20 7 2 11 19 26 -4 50
17 Boston United 41 13 10 18 58 61 20 8 4 8 31 29 21 5 6 10 27 32 -3 49
18 Banbury United 39 12 11 16 48 54 20 6 8 6 24 22 19 6 3 10 24 32 -6 47
19 Kettering Town 41 10 16 15 35 51 21 8 10 3 22 17 20 2 6 12 13 34 -16 46
20 Farsley Celtic 40 10 13 17 44 63 20 6 8 6 23 24 20 4 5 11 21 39 -19 43
21 Leamington 41 8 18 15 35 49 20 7 6 7 20 19 21 1 12 8 15 30 -14 42
22 Blyth Spartans 41 10 12 19 40 59 20 4 8 8 19 26 21 6 4 11 21 33 -19 42
23 Bradford Park Avenue 40 8 11 21 35 61 19 6 4 9 18 23 21 2 7 12 17 38 -26 35
24 AFC Telford United 41 5 13 23 31 63 21 3 7 11 19 31 20 2 6 12 12 32 -32 28

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).