Balanced ball game between Alfreton Town and King's Lynn Town expected

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

Struggling Alfreton Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying King's Lynn Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It's no vacation for neither Alfreton Town nor King's Lynn Town 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

Alfreton Town have played 9 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Alfreton Town are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The home stadium (Impact Arena) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Alfreton Town it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

D. Whitham was the last player to score a league goal for Alfreton Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Alfreton Town haven't scored in 213 minutes.

Alfreton Town lost their last game at AFC Telford United (placed 13th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Alfreton Town lost 0-2 at home to Kettering Town.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Alfreton Town as they have a new game in only four days, a Vanarama National League North match thankfully also at home. AFC Telford United are visiting.

A decent goal production from Alfreton Town in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Alfreton Town have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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King's Lynn Town form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of King's Lynn Town, who have the most scored goals (47) in Vanarama National League North, playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season. King's Lynn Town have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena. Having won their last three away games King's Lynn Town has no reason to fear anyone.

The King's Lynn Town goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 358 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The supporters enjoyed King's Lynn Town's previous game versus Boston United (placed 8th), a Vanarama National League North 1-0 win played at home. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Dover Athletic in the Fa Trophy.

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

King's Lynn Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as King's Lynn Town have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: King's Lynn Town - Alfreton Town 3-2. Alfreton Town-King's Lynn Town H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Alfreton Town 2 wins, King's Lynn Town 2 wins, 2 draws. 3 of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

King's Lynn TownA. Marriott
A. Marriott
22 goals
Alfreton TownA. Morgan-Smith
A. Morgan-Smith
13 goals
King's Lynn TownM. Gash
M. Gash
10 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

King's Lynn Town missing players

Alfreton Town King's Lynn Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 9 3 Played P 1 9 21
8 4 1 Won W 1 5 14
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
12 4 2 Lost L 0 2 2
30 16 4 Scored S 3 17 47
35 13 6 Conceded C 2 16 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
62% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 89% 81%
33% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 52%
24% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 22% 24%
48% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 71%
24% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
29% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 10%
 
4 5 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 10 4.9 4.6
5.4 4.7 5.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5 4.6
2.2 1.6 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.5
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
164 85 26 Total Shots T S 13 93 232
68 39 8 Shots on Target S O 5 42 110
41% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 31% 35%
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.
  • All of King's Lynn Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • King's Lynn Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
  • King's Lynn Town has the most matches over the total-line (16)
  • King's Lynn Town has the most points from losing position (16)
  • King's Lynn Town has the most scored goals (47)
  • King's Lynn Town has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
  • King's Lynn Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • King's Lynn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • King's Lynn Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • King's Lynn Town is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 21 14 5 2 47 29 12 9 3 0 30 13 9 5 2 2 17 16 18 47
2 York City 22 12 8 2 33 13 10 5 4 1 12 5 12 7 4 1 21 8 20 44
3 Chester 21 10 8 3 40 23 10 6 3 1 22 9 11 4 5 2 18 14 17 38
4 Southport 22 11 4 7 31 20 12 7 2 3 19 11 10 4 2 4 12 9 11 37
5 Brackley Town 20 10 6 4 41 13 10 6 4 0 24 4 10 4 2 4 17 9 28 36
6 Spennymoor Town 21 9 7 5 37 25 9 7 1 1 23 10 12 2 6 4 14 15 12 34
7 Farsley Celtic 22 10 4 8 34 30 10 5 2 3 16 16 12 5 2 5 18 14 4 34
8 Boston United 19 9 4 6 30 21 7 5 2 0 14 3 12 4 2 6 16 18 9 31
9 Darlington 21 9 3 9 25 30 12 7 2 3 17 10 9 2 1 6 8 20 -5 30
10 Guiseley 21 8 5 8 35 31 11 5 2 4 17 12 10 3 3 4 18 19 4 29
11 Gateshead 19 7 6 6 24 21 11 6 2 3 18 11 8 1 4 3 6 10 3 27
12 Kidderminster Harriers 22 7 5 10 31 32 12 3 2 7 16 20 10 4 3 3 15 12 -1 26
13 AFC Telford United 21 7 5 9 31 34 12 4 3 5 20 21 9 3 2 4 11 13 -3 26
14 Leamington 21 7 5 9 33 37 11 5 3 3 18 12 10 2 2 6 15 25 -4 26
15 Alfreton Town 21 8 1 12 30 35 9 4 1 4 16 13 12 4 0 8 14 22 -5 25
16 Hereford 22 6 7 9 24 35 10 3 6 1 11 9 12 3 1 8 13 26 -11 25
17 Altrincham 18 6 6 6 29 26 8 5 2 1 22 9 10 1 4 5 7 17 3 24
18 Gloucester City 20 6 5 9 28 39 9 4 3 2 16 12 11 2 2 7 12 27 -11 23
19 Kettering Town 20 5 6 9 28 34 10 3 3 4 17 18 10 2 3 5 11 16 -6 21
20 Curzon Ashton 21 5 5 11 22 32 12 5 2 5 15 13 9 0 3 6 7 19 -10 20
21 Blyth Spartans 21 4 4 13 20 49 10 2 2 6 11 24 11 2 2 7 9 25 -29 16
22 Bradford Park Avenue 22 3 3 16 14 58 12 2 2 8 10 28 10 1 1 8 4 30 -44 12

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).