Alfreton Town vs Boston United betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

Vanarama National League North: Two teams in good shape get together for this fixture. Boston United have a wee upper hand with their 6th spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • Alfreton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Boston United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

Alfreton Town have played 9 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Alfreton in their previous game, a Fa Trophy match away at Curzon Ashton (placed 8th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Gloucester City that ended 1-1.

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 Alfreton Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alfreton as they are travelling to their away game against York City in the Vanarama National League North. That match is two days after this one.

Alfreton Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Impact Arena with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Alfreton Town have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Boston United form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Boston United have produced an overall stat of 3-0-5 so far.

Boston go into this game after a win, the home game against Kidderminster Harriers that ended 4-1.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Kidderminster Harriers.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Boston in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Boston United, three draws and six defeats.

A new game in only two days for Boston, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Brackley Town. Busy days.

Boston United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Boston United have conceded 17 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Alfreton wins - draws - Boston United wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Alfreton TownB. Hobson
B. Hobson
6 goals
Boston UnitedJ. Wright
J. Wright
6 goals
Boston UnitedD. Elliott
D. Elliott
6 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Boston United missing players

Alfreton Town Boston United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 1 8 17
7 3 0 Won W 0 3 9
3 3 1 Drew D 0 0 1
7 3 3 Lost L 1 5 7
28 15 2 Scored S 0 8 26
25 13 7 Conceded C 2 17 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
53% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 71%
35% 44% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 35%
29% 33% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 18%
59% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 65%
18% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 18%
24% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 18%
 
3.9 3.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.4 5.1
4.5 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.4 5.2
2.1 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
12.1 12.8 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.8 10.5
4.9 5.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.8
34% 29% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 40%
 
8.8 8.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 7.9 8.4
4.2 4.1 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 4.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Alfreton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Boston United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Boston United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brackley Town 17 11 4 2 22 10 7 5 1 1 8 4 10 6 3 1 14 6 12 37
2 Fylde 17 11 3 3 32 16 8 7 1 0 17 6 9 4 2 3 15 10 16 36
3 Gateshead 15 11 2 2 32 18 7 7 0 0 17 4 8 4 2 2 15 14 14 35
4 Kidderminster Harriers 16 9 4 3 35 16 7 5 0 2 20 7 9 4 4 1 15 9 19 31
5 Chorley 17 8 6 3 29 14 9 6 2 1 23 7 8 2 4 2 6 7 15 30
6 Boston United 17 9 1 7 26 27 9 6 1 2 18 10 8 3 0 5 8 17 -1 28
7 Southport 16 7 5 4 29 20 9 5 4 0 20 9 7 2 1 4 9 11 9 26
8 Curzon Ashton 16 6 6 4 22 17 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 3 2 13 9 5 24
9 Alfreton Town 17 7 3 7 28 25 9 3 3 3 15 13 8 4 0 4 13 12 3 24
10 York City 17 7 2 8 23 23 9 4 1 4 16 11 8 3 1 4 7 12 0 23
11 Hereford 17 6 5 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 11 10 8 2 3 3 7 9 -1 23
12 Spennymoor Town 17 7 2 8 26 28 8 4 1 3 18 13 9 3 1 5 8 15 -2 23
13 Leamington 18 6 5 7 20 22 9 5 2 2 13 11 9 1 3 5 7 11 -2 23
14 Darlington 17 6 4 7 29 26 9 4 2 3 17 11 8 2 2 4 12 15 3 22
15 Kettering Town 16 6 4 6 25 22 8 2 3 3 11 10 8 4 1 3 14 12 3 22
16 Chester 17 5 4 8 28 31 9 5 2 2 20 13 8 0 2 6 8 18 -3 19
17 Farsley Celtic 16 4 4 8 15 30 8 3 3 2 10 10 8 1 1 6 5 20 -15 16
18 Gloucester City 17 3 5 9 20 33 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 0 3 6 8 24 -13 14
19 Bradford Park Avenue 16 3 5 8 15 29 7 2 2 3 8 12 9 1 3 5 7 17 -14 14
20 Guiseley 16 3 3 10 11 24 9 2 2 5 6 12 7 1 1 5 5 12 -13 12
21 Blyth Spartans 17 3 3 11 12 34 9 3 2 4 8 9 8 0 1 7 4 25 -22 12
22 AFC Telford United 15 2 4 9 15 28 7 2 3 2 9 7 8 0 1 7 6 21 -13 10

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).