Evenly matched teams: Scarborough Athletic vs Spennymoor Town match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Flamingo Land Stadium (2833 seats)

Scarborough Athletic are pursuing the top spots while Spennymoor Town are more concerned with steering clear of relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Scarborough Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Spennymoor Town have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Vanarama National League North

It's no vacation for neither Scarborough Athletic nor Spennymoor Town 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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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Flamingo Land Stadium as Scarborough Athletic have scored 13 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Vanarama National League North are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Flamingo Land Stadium after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager Greening led his Scarborough Athletic to a defeat away at Alfreton Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Flamingo Land Stadium.

Ahead of that match, Scarborough won a home game hosting AFC Telford United (1-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Scarborough Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Scarborough Athletic as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Scarborough Athletic has won 9 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Vanarama National League North game versus Kidderminster Harriers in only three days. This game is also played here at Flamingo Land Stadium.

Goals decide football matches and Scarborough Athletic are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Scarborough Athletic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Flamingo Land Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

Playing away, Spennymoor Town have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Spennymoor in their previous game as they lost hosting Southport, 0-1.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Banbury United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Spennymoor Town in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Spennymoor Town, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Spennymoor Town are hosting Chester in the Vanarama National League North only three days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Spennymoor's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Spennymoor Town have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Scarborough-Spennymoor Town H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Scarborough Athletic one win, Spennymoor Town two wins, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Scarborough AthleticM. Coulson
M. Coulson
5 goals
Spennymoor TownG. Taylor
G. Taylor
5 goals
Scarborough AthleticK. Weledji
K. Weledji
4 goals

Scarborough Athletic missing players

Spennymoor Town missing players

Scarborough Athletic Spennymoor Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 4 Played P 0 7 14
7 4 2 Won W 0 2 3
2 2 2 Drew D 0 3 7
4 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
22 13 9 Scored S 0 11 15
16 5 3 Conceded C 0 13 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
85% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 57%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 43%
31% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 29%
23% 33% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 14%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 57%
31% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 29%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
4.8 5.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.6 6.1
5.6 5.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 4.8
1.7 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.9 2.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.3 13.7 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.7 11.6
5.8 7.5 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3.9
29% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 27%
 
12.7 13.8 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.9 9.1
5.7 5.8 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.1 3.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Scarborough Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Scarborough Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scarborough Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Scarborough Athletic have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Scarborough Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spennymoor Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spennymoor Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Spennymoor Town have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Vanarama National League North
  • Spennymoor Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 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).