Soccer betting preview: AFC Telford United welcomes Kettering Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Bucks Head Ground (6300 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, AFC Telford United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Kettering Town.

The visiting Kettering Town played their last game only four days ago, a Vanarama National League North match.

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AFC Telford United form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what AFC Telford United have to build on here at New Bucks Head Ground in the Vanarama National League North.

AFC Telford United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Darlington (placed 9th). 3-3 away at Spennymoor 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 AFC Telford United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost four.

AFC Telford United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at New Bucks Head Ground with 27 goals in 16 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the AFC Telford United defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Kettering Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Kettering Town's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Kettering Town only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. Kettering Town has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 45 days ago, in the Altrincham fixture.

Kettering Town played 0-0 against Hereford in their previous match. A draw for Kettering Town before that, at their own venue hosting Gloucester City (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Kettering Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Kettering Town, one draw and five defeats.

A new game in only three days for Kettering Town, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Guiseley. Busy days.

The visiting Kettering Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. 22 goals have been conceded by Kettering Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kettering Town - AFC Telford United 2-1. AFC Telford United-Kettering Town H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: AFC Telford United two wins, Kettering Town five wins, zero draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AFC Telford UnitedM. Dinanga
M. Dinanga
11 goals
AFC Telford UnitedB. Daniels
B. Daniels
9 goals
AFC Telford UnitedA. Williams
A. Williams
8 goals

AFC Telford United missing players

Kettering Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Telford United Kettering Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 6 15 30
10 5 3 Won W 3 3 7
9 4 0 Drew D 1 5 11
14 7 1 Lost L 2 7 12
48 27 11 Scored S 9 16 35
55 28 8 Conceded C 9 22 43
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 87%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 77%
58% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 53% 47%
42% 56% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 20% 20%
21% 19% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 10%
67% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 57%
18% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 17% 13% 23%
21% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 27% 33%
 
4.7 4.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.8 4.8
6.1 5.6 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.3 4.5
1.8 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
340 166 56 Total Shots T S 58 141 346
134 68 20 Shots on Target S O 23 55 127
36% 40% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 29% 28%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • AFC Telford United has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
  • AFC Telford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kettering Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 York City 34 19 9 6 52 28 17 9 5 3 24 15 17 10 4 3 28 13 24 66
2 King's Lynn Town 31 19 7 5 63 38 16 11 3 2 34 16 15 8 4 3 29 22 25 64
3 Boston United 32 17 7 8 46 32 15 10 3 2 23 11 17 7 4 6 23 21 14 58
4 Brackley Town 33 15 12 6 57 23 17 8 8 1 33 9 16 7 4 5 24 14 34 57
5 Altrincham 33 16 9 8 62 40 16 11 4 1 43 16 17 5 5 7 19 24 22 57
6 Chester 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 10 3 3 36 16 16 5 6 5 22 22 20 54
7 Gateshead 31 14 10 7 47 31 17 10 3 4 29 15 14 4 7 3 18 16 16 52
8 Spennymoor Town 33 14 10 9 59 45 17 11 3 3 41 21 16 3 7 6 18 24 14 52
9 Darlington 32 14 6 12 41 46 16 9 3 4 23 15 16 5 3 8 18 31 -5 48
10 Guiseley 32 13 8 11 51 41 17 7 3 7 26 20 15 6 5 4 25 21 10 47
11 Farsley Celtic 33 13 6 14 46 43 17 7 4 6 26 22 16 6 2 8 20 21 3 45
12 Southport 32 12 7 13 40 41 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 4 7 16 20 -1 43
13 Alfreton Town 31 12 4 15 46 51 15 7 3 5 29 20 16 5 1 10 17 31 -5 40
14 AFC Telford United 33 10 9 14 48 55 16 5 4 7 27 28 17 5 5 7 21 27 -7 39
15 Hereford 34 9 12 13 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 5 2 10 19 32 -13 39
16 Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 8 15 39 43 16 3 4 9 18 24 17 7 4 6 21 19 -4 38
17 Leamington 32 9 8 15 39 51 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 3 2 11 20 38 -12 35
18 Gloucester City 30 9 6 15 39 57 14 6 3 5 21 18 16 3 3 10 18 39 -18 33
19 Kettering Town 30 7 11 12 35 43 15 4 6 5 19 21 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 32
20 Curzon Ashton 32 7 10 15 32 42 16 6 3 7 20 17 16 1 7 8 12 25 -10 31
21 Blyth Spartans 33 6 5 22 32 78 16 3 3 10 16 37 17 3 2 12 16 41 -46 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 32 5 5 22 25 78 16 3 2 11 15 35 16 2 3 11 10 43 -53 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 York City 34 19 9 6 52 28 17 9 5 3 24 15 17 10 4 3 28 13 24 66
2 King's Lynn Town 31 19 7 5 63 38 16 11 3 2 34 16 15 8 4 3 29 22 25 64
3 Boston United 32 17 7 8 46 32 15 10 3 2 23 11 17 7 4 6 23 21 14 58
4 Brackley Town 33 15 12 6 57 23 17 8 8 1 33 9 16 7 4 5 24 14 34 57
5 Altrincham 33 16 9 8 62 40 16 11 4 1 43 16 17 5 5 7 19 24 22 57
6 Chester 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 10 3 3 36 16 16 5 6 5 22 22 20 54
7 Gateshead 31 14 10 7 47 31 17 10 3 4 29 15 14 4 7 3 18 16 16 52
8 Spennymoor Town 33 14 10 9 59 45 17 11 3 3 41 21 16 3 7 6 18 24 14 52
9 Darlington 32 14 6 12 41 46 16 9 3 4 23 15 16 5 3 8 18 31 -5 48
10 Guiseley 32 13 8 11 51 41 17 7 3 7 26 20 15 6 5 4 25 21 10 47
11 Farsley Celtic 33 13 6 14 46 43 17 7 4 6 26 22 16 6 2 8 20 21 3 45
12 Southport 32 12 7 13 40 41 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 4 7 16 20 -1 43
13 Alfreton Town 31 12 4 15 46 51 15 7 3 5 29 20 16 5 1 10 17 31 -5 40
14 AFC Telford United 33 10 9 14 48 55 16 5 4 7 27 28 17 5 5 7 21 27 -7 39
15 Hereford 34 9 12 13 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 17 5 2 10 19 32 -13 39
16 Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 8 15 39 43 16 3 4 9 18 24 17 7 4 6 21 19 -4 38
17 Leamington 32 9 8 15 39 51 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 3 2 11 20 38 -12 35
18 Gloucester City 30 9 6 15 39 57 14 6 3 5 21 18 16 3 3 10 18 39 -18 33
19 Kettering Town 30 7 11 12 35 43 15 4 6 5 19 21 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 32
20 Curzon Ashton 32 7 10 15 32 42 16 6 3 7 20 17 16 1 7 8 12 25 -10 31
21 Blyth Spartans 33 6 5 22 32 78 16 3 3 10 16 37 17 3 2 12 16 41 -46 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 32 5 5 22 25 78 16 3 2 11 15 35 16 2 3 11 10 43 -53 20

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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).