Betting preview: Alfreton Town vs Southport should be interesting

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Alfreton Town, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Alfreton Town's previous game was a Vanarama National League North match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Southport. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Guiseley with a 4-2 scoreline.

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 Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 3 Lost 2.

Alfreton Town are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (10 goals in 4 games). Alfreton Town have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

Southport form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Southport playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Southport as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Farsley Celtic match. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Southport are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Southport play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Alfreton Town. A loss against AFC Telford United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Southport in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Southport, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The attacking power of Southport when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Southport have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Alfreton Town - Southport 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Alfreton Town won 7 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Southport has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

A. Morgan-Smith 6 goals

D. Clarke 4 goals

B. Johnson 3 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

Southport missing players