Vanarama National League North duel: Close contest expected between Alfreton Town and Hereford

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Tue 09.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Alfreton Town are in the 14th position while the guests worry at 16th.

It's no vacation for neither Alfreton Town nor Hereford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

When playing at home, Alfreton Town have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 18 games.

The Alfreton Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-7 to Altrincham here at The Impact Arena in a Vanarama National League North match. Before that, Alfreton Town played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Bradford Park Avenue.

This is expected to be a close game, with Alfreton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alfreton Town as a small favourite), we find one game. Alfreton Town has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

There will be little rest for Alfreton Town after this match as they are travelling to Leamington for a Vanarama National League North game in only three days.

Alfreton Town has scored 23 goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Alfreton Town have conceded 33 from these games.

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Hereford form and stats

4 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Hereford playing as the away team this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Kidderminster Harriers game have they lost an away game, meaning Hereford has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Hereford's last game was the home draw against Stockport County (2-2). Preceding that game was the away victory against Spennymoor Town with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Hereford in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Hereford, 8 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Vanarama National League North trip to Southport.

Hereford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 18 games. 24 goals have been conceded by Hereford in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hereford - Alfreton Town 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Alfreton Town won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Hereford has 1 win.

Top Goalscorers

R. Styche
11 goals
T. Owen-Evans
7 goals
B. Johnson
6 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Hereford missing players

Alfreton Town Hereford
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 18 Played 18 37
47 23 Scored 19 44
58 33 Conceded 24 52
97% 94% Over 0.5 89% 95%
73% 72% Over 1.5 72% 81%
49% 50% Over 2.5 44% 51%
32% 39% Over 3.5 28% 24%
16% 22% Over 4.5 6% 5%
65% 61% Both teams to score 56% 57%
22% 11% Clean Sheet 22% 22%
16% 33% Failed To Score 33% 27%
Key stats this season:
  • Alfreton Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Chorley 38 22 9 7 75 33 19 13 3 3 40 13 19 9 6 4 35 20 42 75
2 Stockport County 37 21 10 6 66 33 19 12 5 2 37 17 18 9 5 4 29 16 33 73
3 Brackley Town 37 19 10 8 66 37 19 12 5 2 41 19 18 7 5 6 25 18 29 67
4 Spennymoor Town 38 18 10 10 67 45 19 9 6 4 35 24 19 9 4 6 32 21 22 64
5 Altrincham 36 18 8 10 74 48 18 8 5 5 32 20 18 10 3 5 42 28 26 62
6 Bradford Park Avenue 38 17 11 10 67 54 19 8 6 5 28 24 19 9 5 5 39 30 13 62
7 AFC Telford United 37 16 11 10 59 51 18 10 5 3 29 19 19 6 6 7 30 32 8 59
8 Kidderminster Harriers 38 16 8 14 63 56 19 10 3 6 38 29 19 6 5 8 25 27 7 56
9 Chester 37 15 11 11 53 52 18 10 6 2 35 17 19 5 5 9 18 35 1 56
10 Blyth Spartans 37 15 9 13 63 59 18 8 3 7 35 29 19 7 6 6 28 30 4 54
11 Boston United 38 15 7 16 58 55 19 7 3 9 27 28 19 8 4 7 31 27 3 52
12 York City 38 14 9 15 50 57 19 9 4 6 29 24 19 5 5 9 21 33 -7 51
13 Curzon Ashton 38 13 10 15 43 58 19 5 5 9 19 33 19 8 5 6 24 25 -15 49
14 Alfreton Town 37 13 9 15 47 58 18 5 5 8 23 33 19 8 4 7 24 25 -11 48
15 Southport 38 11 13 14 51 51 19 5 8 6 28 27 19 6 5 8 23 24 0 46
16 Hereford 37 11 13 13 44 52 19 7 5 7 25 28 18 4 8 6 19 24 -8 46
17 Leamington 38 10 14 14 48 57 19 6 7 6 24 24 19 4 7 8 24 33 -9 44
18 Darlington 38 10 13 15 52 60 19 6 5 8 23 20 19 4 8 7 29 40 -8 43
19 Guiseley 38 7 16 15 42 56 19 4 9 6 23 28 19 3 7 9 19 28 -14 37
20 Ashton United 38 9 6 23 40 79 19 4 4 11 16 38 19 5 2 12 24 41 -39 33
21 United of Manchester 38 7 10 21 45 76 19 1 7 11 24 43 19 6 3 10 21 33 -31 31
22 Nuneaton Town 37 4 7 26 37 83 19 1 3 15 16 46 18 3 4 11 21 37 -46 19

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