Alfreton Town supporters put their faith in manager Heath to deliver victory against Kettering Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

Alfreton Town have delivered 5 home victories up until now, Kettering Town have won 1 away. Who boosts their records after this meeting?

Insights:
  • Kettering Town have the most conceded goals (28) away in Vanarama National League North

Alfreton Town and Kettering Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

5 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Alfreton Town have to build on here at The Impact Arena in the Vanarama National League North. Alfreton has recorded two wins in a row here at The Impact Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper George Willis not having conceded a league goal in 429 minutes.

Alfreton Town drew their last game, 0-0 away at Chorley (placed 7th).

Before that, Alfreton Town had a home game versus Farsley Celtic which ended with a victory 1-0.

The manager Heath will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Chester in only three days.

Alfreton Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Impact Arena with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Alfreton have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kettering Town form and stats

Kettering Town have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 1-5-8 (14 played). Visiting Kettering Town has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Kettering Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at AFC Telford United (placed 24th).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bradford Park Avenue.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Kettering Town playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 3 home wins.

A quick return to home after this game, as Kettering are hosting Boston United in the Vanarama National League North only three days away.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the result Kettering Town - Alfreton Town 1-3 written in the official records. Last ten meetings involving these teams: Alfreton won two, Kettering Town triumphed in four and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Alfreton TownB. Hobson
B. Hobson
6 goals
Alfreton TownM. Rhead
M. Rhead
5 goals
Kettering TownS. Bennett
S. Bennett
4 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Kettering Town missing players

Alfreton Town Kettering Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 2 14 25
8 5 2 Won W 1 1 6
10 5 1 Drew D 0 5 8
6 2 0 Lost L 1 8 11
30 18 4 Scored S 2 10 23
24 10 0 Conceded C 2 28 39
79% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
67% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 76%
46% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 44%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 24%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 8%
46% 42% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
42% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
33% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 44%
 
3.7 3.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 3.4
4.5 4.6 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 5.4
1.5 1.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.4 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.1 11.1 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 7.3 8.2
4 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.4
32% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 27%
 
9.3 7.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 14.2 13
3.8 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Kettering Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kettering Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Kettering Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kettering Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the most conceded goals (28) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town have the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Kettering Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fylde 24 16 3 5 41 23 12 9 1 2 25 10 12 7 2 3 16 13 18 51
2 King's Lynn Town 23 14 6 3 43 22 11 10 1 0 25 8 12 4 5 3 18 14 21 48
3 Darlington 26 14 5 7 50 35 13 6 3 4 22 19 13 8 2 3 28 16 15 47
4 Brackley Town 25 13 8 4 31 19 13 9 3 1 20 8 12 4 5 3 11 11 12 47
5 Scarborough Athletic 27 13 6 8 49 44 14 7 4 3 31 25 13 6 2 5 18 19 5 45
6 Chester 26 11 11 4 41 25 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 6 1 24 14 16 44
7 Chorley 26 10 9 7 36 25 13 6 6 1 19 8 13 4 3 6 17 17 11 39
8 Gloucester City 28 11 6 11 42 44 15 7 2 6 28 24 13 4 4 5 14 20 -2 39
9 Kidderminster Harriers 27 10 7 10 26 28 13 3 4 6 11 14 14 7 3 4 15 14 -2 37
10 Banbury United 25 10 6 9 35 32 11 6 3 2 18 9 14 4 3 7 17 23 3 36
11 Southport 26 10 6 10 36 35 13 6 4 3 20 16 13 4 2 7 16 19 1 36
12 Peterborough Sports 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 21 14 13 4 1 8 13 20 0 36
13 Hereford 26 10 5 11 32 30 12 5 3 4 17 12 14 5 2 7 15 18 2 35
14 Alfreton Town 24 8 10 6 30 24 12 5 5 2 18 10 12 3 5 4 12 14 6 34
15 Spennymoor Town 25 8 10 7 34 35 12 5 4 3 15 13 13 3 6 4 19 22 -1 34
16 Leamington 25 5 14 6 21 22 13 5 5 3 14 10 12 0 9 3 7 12 -1 29
17 Bradford Park Avenue 27 7 8 12 27 36 13 5 2 6 13 15 14 2 6 6 14 21 -9 29
18 Curzon Ashton 25 7 7 11 24 28 13 4 3 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 11 13 -4 28
19 Boston United 26 7 5 14 36 44 14 5 2 7 23 24 12 2 3 7 13 20 -8 26
20 Buxton 27 6 8 13 25 38 15 3 6 6 15 20 12 3 2 7 10 18 -13 26
21 Kettering Town 25 6 8 11 23 39 11 5 3 3 13 11 14 1 5 8 10 28 -16 26
22 Farsley Celtic 25 6 6 13 28 44 13 4 4 5 17 20 12 2 2 8 11 24 -16 24
23 Blyth Spartans 26 5 8 13 27 41 13 3 6 4 15 14 13 2 2 9 12 27 -14 23
24 AFC Telford United 26 3 8 15 19 43 13 2 4 7 10 20 13 1 4 8 9 23 -24 17

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).