Alfreton Town vs Blyth Spartans preview for betting prediction

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

Vanarama National League North: First-class vs below par, at least that's what the table says. Alfreton Town - Blyth Spartans. Home win or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Alfreton Town have the fewest conceded goals (40) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Blyth Spartans are struggling to avoid relegation.

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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Alfreton Town form and stats

Alfreton Town have played 22 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 11-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The Alfreton manager Heath and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Banbury United (placed 16th).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Gloucester City the opponent.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Alfreton Town matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 6 games).

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 15 league games, 12 have had zero, one or two goals.

Alfreton Town are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League North match at Bradford Park Avenue awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Alfreton in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 22 league matches. Alfreton Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Impact Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 20 from 22 matches.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L11 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North.

Spartans play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Farsley Celtic (placed 20th). Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone three league fixtures without victory.

A draw for Blyth Spartans before that, at their own venue hosting Curzon Ashton (2-2).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Blyth Spartans when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 2 games.

Spartans have another fixture that requires travelling in just three nights, a Northumberland Senior Cup fixture vs Morpeth Town. A rough diary for the guests!

The attacking power of Blyth Spartans when travelling is not overwhelming with 21 goals scored from 22 league matches away. In the opposite end, Spartans have conceded 33 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Blyth Spartans have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Alfreton Town.

The previous head-to-head meeting ended Blyth Spartans - Alfreton 2-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Alfreton TownM. Rhead
M. Rhead
12 goals
Alfreton TownB. Hobson
B. Hobson
7 goals
Alfreton TownJ. Thewlis
J. Thewlis
7 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Alfreton Town Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
16 11 6 Won W 1 7 11
17 6 1 Drew D 2 4 14
10 5 0 Lost L 4 11 19
52 34 13 Scored S 8 23 44
40 20 1 Conceded C 10 33 61
81% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 91%
67% 77% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 73% 70%
37% 41% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 50% 45%
23% 27% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 23% 23%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 9% 7%
44% 41% 14% BTTS BTTS 43% 41% 45%
42% 45% 86% Clean Sheets C S 14% 32% 32%
33% 18% 14% Failed to Score F T 43% 32% 32%
 
3.8 4.4 5.1 Corners for (avg) C F 3.1 4.6 4.7
4.4 4.2 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.1 4.5 4.8
1.7 1.8 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.1 1.7 1.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 3 3 5
 
9.9 11.5 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.9 10 10
4.1 5.1 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.2 3.4
29% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 32% 29%
 
8.8 7.4 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.1 12.3 11.6
3.6 3 1.1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.3 5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Alfreton Town have the fewest conceded goals (40) in Vanarama National League North
  • Alfreton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (19) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans 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 King's Lynn Town 44 25 12 7 79 42 22 16 3 3 46 20 22 9 9 4 33 22 37 87
2 Fylde 43 26 8 9 71 43 22 14 3 5 44 26 21 12 5 4 27 17 28 86
3 Chester 44 20 18 6 67 41 22 8 9 5 30 21 22 12 9 1 37 20 26 78
4 Brackley Town 44 18 14 12 55 43 22 13 6 3 37 16 22 5 8 9 18 27 12 68
5 Scarborough Athletic 44 18 12 14 70 65 22 9 5 8 38 34 22 9 7 6 32 31 5 66
6 Alfreton Town 43 16 17 10 52 40 22 11 6 5 34 20 21 5 11 5 18 20 12 65
7 Gloucester City 44 18 11 15 70 63 22 10 6 6 41 29 22 8 5 9 29 34 7 65
8 Darlington 44 17 13 14 70 61 22 9 7 6 35 29 22 8 6 8 35 32 9 64
9 Curzon Ashton 43 18 10 15 56 49 21 10 4 7 31 23 22 8 6 8 25 26 7 64
10 Buxton 44 17 13 14 52 49 22 9 7 6 26 24 22 8 6 8 26 25 3 64
11 Chorley 44 16 15 13 58 46 22 10 7 5 31 19 22 6 8 8 27 27 12 63
12 Kidderminster Harriers 44 17 12 15 43 41 22 6 7 9 20 21 22 11 5 6 23 20 2 63
13 Spennymoor Town 44 16 14 14 65 66 22 10 8 4 34 27 22 6 6 10 31 39 -1 62
14 Peterborough Sports 44 15 12 17 50 53 22 9 5 8 30 25 22 6 7 9 20 28 -3 57
15 Hereford 44 15 9 20 47 51 22 7 7 8 26 23 22 8 2 12 21 28 -4 54
16 Banbury United 44 13 14 17 52 58 22 6 10 6 25 23 22 7 4 11 27 35 -6 53
17 Boston United 44 14 10 20 62 63 22 9 4 9 35 30 22 5 6 11 27 33 -1 52
18 Southport 44 13 11 20 48 57 22 7 7 8 26 27 22 6 4 12 22 30 -9 50
19 Kettering Town 44 11 16 17 41 59 22 9 10 3 25 17 22 2 6 14 16 42 -18 49
20 Farsley Celtic 44 11 15 18 48 70 22 7 9 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 23 45 -22 48
21 Leamington 44 9 18 17 38 54 22 8 6 8 23 21 22 1 12 9 15 33 -16 45
22 Blyth Spartans 44 10 15 19 42 61 22 4 10 8 21 28 22 6 5 11 21 33 -19 45
23 Bradford Park Avenue 43 10 12 21 40 63 21 8 4 9 21 23 22 2 8 12 19 40 -23 42
24 AFC Telford United 44 6 13 25 33 71 22 3 7 12 19 35 22 3 6 13 14 36 -38 31

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 King's Lynn Town 44 25 12 7 79 42 22 16 3 3 46 20 22 9 9 4 33 22 37 87
2 Fylde 43 26 8 9 71 43 22 14 3 5 44 26 21 12 5 4 27 17 28 86
3 Chester 44 20 18 6 67 41 22 8 9 5 30 21 22 12 9 1 37 20 26 78
4 Brackley Town 44 18 14 12 55 43 22 13 6 3 37 16 22 5 8 9 18 27 12 68
5 Scarborough Athletic 44 18 12 14 70 65 22 9 5 8 38 34 22 9 7 6 32 31 5 66
6 Alfreton Town 43 16 17 10 52 40 22 11 6 5 34 20 21 5 11 5 18 20 12 65
7 Gloucester City 44 18 11 15 70 63 22 10 6 6 41 29 22 8 5 9 29 34 7 65
8 Darlington 44 17 13 14 70 61 22 9 7 6 35 29 22 8 6 8 35 32 9 64
9 Curzon Ashton 43 18 10 15 56 49 21 10 4 7 31 23 22 8 6 8 25 26 7 64
10 Buxton 44 17 13 14 52 49 22 9 7 6 26 24 22 8 6 8 26 25 3 64
11 Chorley 44 16 15 13 58 46 22 10 7 5 31 19 22 6 8 8 27 27 12 63
12 Kidderminster Harriers 44 17 12 15 43 41 22 6 7 9 20 21 22 11 5 6 23 20 2 63
13 Spennymoor Town 44 16 14 14 65 66 22 10 8 4 34 27 22 6 6 10 31 39 -1 62
14 Peterborough Sports 44 15 12 17 50 53 22 9 5 8 30 25 22 6 7 9 20 28 -3 57
15 Hereford 44 15 9 20 47 51 22 7 7 8 26 23 22 8 2 12 21 28 -4 54
16 Banbury United 44 13 14 17 52 58 22 6 10 6 25 23 22 7 4 11 27 35 -6 53
17 Boston United 44 14 10 20 62 63 22 9 4 9 35 30 22 5 6 11 27 33 -1 52
18 Southport 44 13 11 20 48 57 22 7 7 8 26 27 22 6 4 12 22 30 -9 50
19 Kettering Town 44 11 16 17 41 59 22 9 10 3 25 17 22 2 6 14 16 42 -18 49
20 Farsley Celtic 44 11 15 18 48 70 22 7 9 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 23 45 -22 48
21 Leamington 44 9 18 17 38 54 22 8 6 8 23 21 22 1 12 9 15 33 -16 45
22 Blyth Spartans 44 10 15 19 42 61 22 4 10 8 21 28 22 6 5 11 21 33 -19 45
23 Bradford Park Avenue 43 10 12 21 40 63 21 8 4 9 21 23 22 2 8 12 19 40 -23 42
24 AFC Telford United 44 6 13 25 33 71 22 3 7 12 19 35 22 3 6 13 14 36 -38 31

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