Soccer betting preview: Alfreton Town welcomes Southport in what could be a tight duel

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

Having a home game feels secure and nice for Alfreton Town, but Southport are fully motivated and able to win this one. How will it end?

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alfreton Town and Southport.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Alfreton Town have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. Alfreton have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Alfreton Town haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 217 minutes ago. Rhead scored that one.

No payout for Alfreton in their previous match, an away game at Brackley Town that ended in defeat 0-1.

Heartbreak before that as Alfreton Town lost 0-3 at Fylde's place.

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 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.

Alfreton Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Alfreton Town have conceded 21 goals.

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Southport form and stats

5-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Southport in their Vanarama National League North matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Southport are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There might be some fixture complaints from Southport as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Darlington.

A draw for Southport before that, at their own venue hosting York City (3-3).

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

Southport find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Southport in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this season, as the history books show this recent game: Southport - Alfreton Town 2-0. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Alfreton won six games, one match ended in a draw and Southport got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

SouthportJ. Archer
J. Archer
12 goals
Alfreton TownB. Hobson
B. Hobson
9 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Southport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Alfreton Town Southport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 16 32
10 4 0 Won W 4 5 13
7 6 1 Drew D 0 3 10
14 5 4 Lost L 1 8 9
40 19 2 Scored S 8 17 49
50 21 11 Conceded C 6 22 38
90% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
71% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 72%
52% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 53%
39% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 31%
32% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 22%
48% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 50%
19% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 31% 41%
42% 40% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 22%
 
4 4.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.8 5
4.4 4 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.1 5.4
2.1 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 10.5 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.2 9.7
4.2 4.5 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.4 3.8
31% 28% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 40%
 
9.4 9.1 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 12.1 10.9
4.5 4.5 5.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gateshead 33 24 4 5 77 36 16 14 0 2 40 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 41 76
2 Brackley Town 32 22 7 3 46 18 16 13 2 1 21 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 28 73
3 Fylde 33 19 6 8 55 30 16 10 2 4 27 15 17 9 4 4 28 15 25 63
4 Kidderminster Harriers 32 17 7 8 54 29 15 10 2 3 35 11 17 7 5 5 19 18 25 58
5 Chorley 31 14 10 7 50 36 15 9 3 3 34 18 16 5 7 4 16 18 14 52
6 Southport 32 13 10 9 49 38 16 8 7 1 32 16 16 5 3 8 17 22 11 49
7 York City 31 14 6 11 47 39 17 8 3 6 27 18 14 6 3 5 20 21 8 48
8 Boston United 32 14 6 12 48 46 17 9 3 5 34 22 15 5 3 7 14 24 2 48
9 Hereford 33 12 9 12 38 39 17 8 4 5 21 17 16 4 5 7 17 22 -1 45
10 Darlington 33 12 8 13 51 47 17 8 3 6 26 18 16 4 5 7 25 29 4 44
11 Curzon Ashton 31 11 10 10 42 41 15 6 5 4 21 17 16 5 5 6 21 24 1 43
12 Spennymoor Town 32 12 7 13 43 45 15 6 5 4 24 18 17 6 2 9 19 27 -2 43
13 Kettering Town 31 11 8 12 44 42 15 5 6 4 23 17 16 6 2 8 21 25 2 41
14 Leamington 33 10 10 13 33 39 17 9 4 4 22 17 16 1 6 9 11 22 -6 40
15 Alfreton Town 31 10 7 14 40 50 15 4 6 5 19 21 16 6 1 9 21 29 -10 37
16 Bradford Park Avenue 32 10 6 16 41 56 16 7 2 7 26 27 16 3 4 9 15 29 -15 36
17 Chester 33 9 8 16 57 61 17 7 5 5 36 24 16 2 3 11 21 37 -4 35
18 Gloucester City 33 7 12 14 35 51 16 3 7 6 19 20 17 4 5 8 16 31 -16 33
19 Blyth Spartans 33 9 3 21 30 62 17 6 2 9 18 24 16 3 1 12 12 38 -32 30
20 AFC Telford United 34 6 11 17 40 56 17 6 4 7 25 20 17 0 7 10 15 36 -16 29
21 Farsley Celtic 32 7 7 18 29 65 15 5 4 6 18 28 17 2 3 12 11 37 -36 28
22 Guiseley 31 7 6 18 24 47 17 5 5 7 15 23 14 2 1 11 9 24 -23 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gateshead 33 24 4 5 77 36 16 14 0 2 40 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 41 76
2 Brackley Town 32 22 7 3 46 18 16 13 2 1 21 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 28 73
3 Fylde 33 19 6 8 55 30 16 10 2 4 27 15 17 9 4 4 28 15 25 63
4 Kidderminster Harriers 32 17 7 8 54 29 15 10 2 3 35 11 17 7 5 5 19 18 25 58
5 Chorley 31 14 10 7 50 36 15 9 3 3 34 18 16 5 7 4 16 18 14 52
6 Southport 32 13 10 9 49 38 16 8 7 1 32 16 16 5 3 8 17 22 11 49
7 York City 31 14 6 11 47 39 17 8 3 6 27 18 14 6 3 5 20 21 8 48
8 Boston United 32 14 6 12 48 46 17 9 3 5 34 22 15 5 3 7 14 24 2 48
9 Hereford 33 12 9 12 38 39 17 8 4 5 21 17 16 4 5 7 17 22 -1 45
10 Darlington 33 12 8 13 51 47 17 8 3 6 26 18 16 4 5 7 25 29 4 44
11 Curzon Ashton 31 11 10 10 42 41 15 6 5 4 21 17 16 5 5 6 21 24 1 43
12 Spennymoor Town 32 12 7 13 43 45 15 6 5 4 24 18 17 6 2 9 19 27 -2 43
13 Kettering Town 31 11 8 12 44 42 15 5 6 4 23 17 16 6 2 8 21 25 2 41
14 Leamington 33 10 10 13 33 39 17 9 4 4 22 17 16 1 6 9 11 22 -6 40
15 Alfreton Town 31 10 7 14 40 50 15 4 6 5 19 21 16 6 1 9 21 29 -10 37
16 Bradford Park Avenue 32 10 6 16 41 56 16 7 2 7 26 27 16 3 4 9 15 29 -15 36
17 Chester 33 9 8 16 57 61 17 7 5 5 36 24 16 2 3 11 21 37 -4 35
18 Gloucester City 33 7 12 14 35 51 16 3 7 6 19 20 17 4 5 8 16 31 -16 33
19 Blyth Spartans 33 9 3 21 30 62 17 6 2 9 18 24 16 3 1 12 12 38 -32 30
20 AFC Telford United 34 6 11 17 40 56 17 6 4 7 25 20 17 0 7 10 15 36 -16 29
21 Farsley Celtic 32 7 7 18 29 65 15 5 4 6 18 28 17 2 3 12 11 37 -36 28
22 Guiseley 31 7 6 18 24 47 17 5 5 7 15 23 14 2 1 11 9 24 -23 27

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