Alfreton Town vs York City match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Impact Arena (3600 seats)

Alfreton Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind York City.

York City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vanarama National League North game only four sleeps ago.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Alfreton Town have to build on here at The Impact Arena in the Vanarama National League North. It’s been three wins in a row for Alfreton Town here at The Impact Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The fans are hoping that Alfreton Town will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the Vanarama National League North game against Spennymoor Town (placed 7th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Leamington in a game that was won 1-0.

Alfreton Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 14 games), Alfreton Town's attacking play is working. Alfreton Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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York City form and stats

Playing away, York City, who have the most clean sheets (15) in Vanarama National League North, have won 9 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.

York City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hereford proved too strong as York City slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Bootham Crescent. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Curzon Ashton.

York City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 16 away games so far. York City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: York City - Alfreton Town 1-0. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Alfreton Town, one draw and four wins for York City. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Alfreton Town
A. Morgan-Smith
16 goals
York CityJ. Burrow
J. Burrow
15 goals
York CityA. Kempster
A. Kempster
9 goals

Alfreton Town missing players

York City missing players

Alfreton Town York City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 4 16 33
12 7 0 Won W 2 9 18
4 3 2 Drew D 2 4 9
14 4 1 Lost L 0 3 6
45 28 3 Scored S 5 25 49
48 17 5 Conceded C 1 12 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 91%
83% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 67%
57% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 36%
33% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 21%
23% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
47% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 45%
27% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 50% 45%
27% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 18%
 
4.3 5.2 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6.1 7
5.3 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.9 4.3
2 1.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
264 155 23 Total Shots T S 52 183 417
110 73 8 Shots on Target S O 19 70 169
39% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 33% 27%
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.
  • York City has the fewest conceded goals (12) away
  • York City has the most clean sheets (15)
  • York City has the most clean sheets (8) away
  • York City has the most points (31) away
  • York City has the the best goal difference (+13) away
  • York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • York City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 York City 33 18 9 6 49 27 17 9 5 3 24 15 16 9 4 3 25 12 22 63
2 King's Lynn Town 29 18 7 4 61 36 15 11 3 1 34 15 14 7 4 3 27 21 25 61
3 Boston United 31 17 6 8 45 31 15 10 3 2 23 11 16 7 3 6 22 20 14 57
4 Brackley Town 32 14 12 6 52 21 16 7 8 1 28 7 16 7 4 5 24 14 31 54
5 Chester 31 15 9 7 57 36 16 10 3 3 36 16 15 5 6 4 21 20 21 54
6 Altrincham 32 15 9 8 58 39 15 10 4 1 39 15 17 5 5 7 19 24 19 54
7 Spennymoor Town 32 14 10 8 58 41 17 11 3 3 41 21 15 3 7 5 17 20 17 52
8 Gateshead 30 14 10 6 46 29 16 10 3 3 28 13 14 4 7 3 18 16 17 52
9 Farsley Celtic 31 13 6 12 44 39 16 7 4 5 25 20 15 6 2 7 19 19 5 45
10 Darlington 31 13 6 12 39 45 16 9 3 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 16 30 -6 45
11 Guiseley 31 12 8 11 48 41 16 6 3 7 23 20 15 6 5 4 25 21 7 44
12 Southport 31 12 7 12 39 39 15 7 3 5 23 19 16 5 4 7 16 20 0 43
13 Alfreton Town 30 12 4 14 45 48 14 7 3 4 28 17 16 5 1 10 17 31 -3 40
14 AFC Telford United 32 10 9 13 47 53 15 5 4 6 26 26 17 5 5 7 21 27 -6 39
15 Kidderminster Harriers 32 9 8 15 37 42 16 3 4 9 18 24 16 6 4 6 19 18 -5 35
16 Leamington 31 9 8 14 39 48 16 6 6 4 19 13 15 3 2 10 20 35 -9 35
17 Hereford 32 8 11 13 37 51 17 4 10 3 20 20 15 4 1 10 17 31 -14 35
18 Kettering Town 28 7 9 12 34 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 30
19 Curzon Ashton 31 7 9 15 31 41 15 6 2 7 19 16 16 1 7 8 12 25 -10 30
20 Gloucester City 28 8 5 15 36 55 13 5 3 5 19 17 15 3 2 10 17 38 -19 29
21 Blyth Spartans 32 6 5 21 30 73 16 3 3 10 16 37 16 3 2 11 14 36 -43 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 30 3 5 22 22 77 15 2 2 11 13 34 15 1 3 11 9 43 -55 14

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).