Southport have journeyed here for an intriguing game against the hosts Spennymoor Town. Read up on the fixture with this in-depth Vanarama National League North preview!
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.
Spennymoor Town form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Vanarama National League North game of the season here at The Brewery Field. Last season these fans witnessed 11 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses from Spennymoor Town's 23 home games.
Spennymoor Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Tamworth (placed 10th).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Banbury United and winning 3-0.The manager Chandler will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Peterborough Sports in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Spennymoor Town at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Southport form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Vanarama National League North ended in defeat. Last season Southport had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 6, drew 4 and lost 13.
Southport play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Alfreton Town (placed 14th).
A loss against Warrington Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Southport when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Boston United in just four days.
Southport have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Spennymoor four wins, four draws and Southport two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Taylor 2 goals | D. Greenfield 1 goals |  W. Harris 1 goals |
Spennymoor Town missing players
Southport missing players
| Spennymoor Town | Southport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 7.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 40% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 8.5 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Spennymoor Town | Last season | Southport | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 13 | 22 | ||
| 68 | 36 | Scored | S | 23 | 50 | ||
| 67 | 28 | Conceded | C | 32 | 62 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 89% | ||
| 78% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 65% | ||
| 63% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 48% | ||
| 33% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 24% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 11% | ||
| 67% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 50% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 26% | ||
| 20% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 35% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Blyth Spartans | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Curzon Ashton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Boston United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Bishop's Stortford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Farsley Celtic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hereford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Brackley Town | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Peterborough Sports | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Tamworth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Warrington Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Scarborough Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Chester | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Alfreton Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Spennymoor Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | South Shields | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Chorley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Buxton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Gloucester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 20 | Rushall Olympic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | King's Lynn Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 22 | Darlington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 23 | Southport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 24 | Banbury United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 80 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 95 |
| 2 | King's Lynn Town | 46 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 84 | 43 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 41 | 93 |
| 3 | Chester | 46 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 72 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 20 | 31 | 84 |
| 4 | Brackley Town | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 57 | 47 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 69 |
| 5 | Alfreton Town | 46 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 54 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 69 |
| 6 | Kidderminster Harriers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 69 |
| 7 | Gloucester City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 75 | 68 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 68 |
| 8 | Scarborough Athletic | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 74 | 69 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 5 | 68 |
| 9 | Spennymoor Town | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 68 | 67 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 1 | 68 |
| 10 | Darlington | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 72 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 67 |
| 11 | Buxton | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 1 | 67 |
| 12 | Chorley | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 62 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 66 |
| 13 | Curzon Ashton | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 55 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 65 |
| 14 | Peterborough Sports | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 50 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 29 | -5 | 57 |
| 15 | Boston United | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 68 | 66 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 56 |
| 16 | Hereford | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 47 | 56 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 33 | -9 | 55 |
| 17 | Banbury United | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 55 | 62 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 38 | -7 | 54 |
| 18 | Southport | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 62 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 50 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 62 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 34 | -13 | 50 |
| 20 | Farsley Celtic | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 75 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 47 | -24 | 50 |
| 21 | Kettering Town | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 63 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 45 | -22 | 49 |
| 22 | Leamington | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 60 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -19 | 48 |
| 23 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 40 | -22 | 46 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 46 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 35 | 76 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 40 | -41 | 32 |
