Vanarama National League North match preview: Alfreton Town versus Gloucester City

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Tue 28.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Vanarama National League North, with both Alfreton Town and Gloucester City experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 20th place.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Vanarama National League North game only three days ago.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Alfreton Town at their home stadium (The Impact Arena) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Alfreton Town lost their last game at Darlington (placed 6th) after a 0-3 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Curzon Ashton.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Alfreton Town handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D0-L3.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Alfreton Town, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Hereford is only four days away.

A decent goal production from Alfreton Town in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Alfreton Town have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Gloucester City form and stats

Gloucester City have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 2-2-9 (13 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Gloucester City have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Kidderminster Harriers game. It's a growing despair in Gloucester City as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Gloucester City failed to get anything from their last game, a Vanarama National League North home match vs Southport (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 1-2 defeat away at Guiseley before that.

Gloucester City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

After this away game Gloucester City return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Spennymoor Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Gloucester City have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Gloucester City have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Alfreton Town 3 wins, 2 draws and Gloucester City 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Alfreton TownA. Morgan-Smith
A. Morgan-Smith
15 goals
Gloucester CityJ. Hanks
J. Hanks
11 goals
Gloucester CityM. Jackson
M. Jackson
7 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Gloucester City missing players

Alfreton Town Gloucester City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 11 4 Played P 2 13 25
9 4 3 Won W 2 2 7
3 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
13 4 1 Lost L 0 9 13
35 19 10 Scored S 5 14 32
41 16 4 Conceded C 3 31 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 80%
60% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 77% 68%
32% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 36%
20% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 16%
48% 55% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 60%
24% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
28% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 32%
 
4.2 5.2 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 3.3 3.8
5.3 4.5 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 5.2 5
2.3 1.8 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.8
3 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 4
 
197 104 43 Total Shots T S 17 114 241
81 48 24 Shots on Target S O 10 44 99
41% 40% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 30%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Alfreton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Alfreton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Alfreton Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gloucester City has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Gloucester City has the fewest clean sheets (2)
  • Gloucester City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Gloucester City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Gloucester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gloucester City 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 King's Lynn Town 26 18 6 2 59 31 14 11 3 0 34 13 12 7 3 2 25 18 28 60
2 York City 28 16 8 4 41 17 14 8 4 2 18 8 14 8 4 2 23 9 24 56
3 Chester 26 13 9 4 48 24 13 8 3 2 29 10 13 5 6 2 19 14 24 48
4 Brackley Town 26 13 8 5 47 16 13 7 6 0 27 5 13 6 2 5 20 11 31 47
5 Boston United 26 14 5 7 40 27 12 8 3 1 19 7 14 6 2 6 21 20 13 47
6 Darlington 27 13 3 11 35 38 14 9 2 3 22 11 13 4 1 8 13 27 -3 42
7 Spennymoor Town 27 11 8 8 45 35 13 9 1 3 30 16 14 2 7 5 15 19 10 41
8 Altrincham 25 11 7 7 41 31 13 9 3 1 33 12 12 2 4 6 8 19 10 40
9 Guiseley 28 11 7 10 42 37 14 6 2 6 20 16 14 5 5 4 22 21 5 40
10 Southport 27 12 4 11 33 32 14 7 2 5 20 16 13 5 2 6 13 16 1 40
11 Gateshead 24 10 8 6 34 25 13 8 2 3 22 11 11 2 6 3 12 14 9 38
12 Farsley Celtic 27 11 5 11 40 37 13 6 3 4 22 18 14 5 2 7 18 19 3 38
13 AFC Telford United 26 8 7 11 34 39 13 4 3 6 20 22 13 4 4 5 14 17 -5 31
14 Leamington 27 8 7 12 36 43 14 5 5 4 18 13 13 3 2 8 18 30 -7 31
15 Alfreton Town 25 9 3 13 35 41 11 4 3 4 19 16 14 5 0 9 16 25 -6 30
16 Hereford 27 7 9 11 29 42 14 4 8 2 16 14 13 3 1 9 13 28 -13 30
17 Kettering Town 25 7 7 11 33 39 11 4 3 4 18 18 14 3 4 7 15 21 -6 28
18 Curzon Ashton 28 7 7 14 30 39 14 6 2 6 19 15 14 1 5 8 11 24 -9 28
19 Kidderminster Harriers 27 7 6 14 33 40 14 3 3 8 17 22 13 4 3 6 16 18 -7 27
20 Gloucester City 25 7 5 13 32 46 12 5 3 4 18 15 13 2 2 9 14 31 -14 26
21 Blyth Spartans 27 6 5 16 27 61 14 3 3 8 16 33 13 3 2 8 11 28 -34 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 28 3 4 21 18 72 14 2 2 10 12 32 14 1 2 11 6 40 -54 13

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).