Evenly matched teams: Altrincham vs Brackley Town match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Tue 16.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The J. Davidson Stadium (6085 seats)

The managers P. Parkinson and K. Wilkin are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Vanarama National League North league table.

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 Altrincham and Brackley Town.

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Altrincham form and stats

9 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Altrincham, who have the most scored goals (80) in Vanarama National League North, have to build on here at The J. Davidson Stadium. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The J. Davidson Stadium.

Altrincham's previous game was a Vanarama National League North match also played at home, ending 5-3 versus Chorley. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Altrincham played out a draw 1-1 when visiting AFC Telford United.

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 Altrincham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 2n Drawn 0 Lost 2.

There will be little rest for Altrincham after this match as they are travelling to Nuneaton Town for a Vanarama National League North game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Altrincham in their home games so far, with 37 goals from 19 matches. On the other hand, Altrincham have conceded 23 goals.

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Brackley Town form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Brackley Town playing as the away team this season.

Brackley Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Spennymoor Town. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Guiseley.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brackley Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 47 relevant matches. Results were 20 Brackley Town wins, 13 draws and 14 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Boston United in just three days.

Brackley Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 26 away goals from 19 games. As opposed to that, Brackley Town have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Altrincham and Brackley Town have met before this season: Brackley Town - Altrincham 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Altrincham won 4 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Brackley Town has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

J. Hancock
16 goals
J. Johnston
13 goals
J. Hulme
13 goals

Altrincham missing players

Brackley Town missing players

Altrincham Brackley Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
80 37 Scored 26 67
52 23 Conceded 20 39
100% 100% Over 0.5 89% 92%
92% 89% Over 1.5 79% 84%
68% 58% Over 2.5 42% 53%
39% 37% Over 3.5 21% 37%
21% 11% Over 4.5 5% 8%
61% 53% Both teams to score 58% 61%
24% 26% Clean Sheet 26% 32%
16% 21% Failed To Score 26% 16%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Altrincham hasn't played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Stockport County 39 22 10 7 72 34 20 12 5 3 37 18 19 10 5 4 35 16 38 76
2 Chorley 39 22 9 8 78 38 19 13 3 3 40 13 20 9 6 5 38 25 40 75
3 Brackley Town 38 19 10 9 67 39 19 12 5 2 41 19 19 7 5 7 26 20 28 67
4 Spennymoor Town 39 19 10 10 69 46 20 10 6 4 37 25 19 9 4 6 32 21 23 67
5 Altrincham 38 19 9 10 80 52 19 9 5 5 37 23 19 10 4 5 43 29 28 66
6 Bradford Park Avenue 39 18 11 10 68 54 20 9 6 5 29 24 19 9 5 5 39 30 14 65
7 AFC Telford United 39 17 12 10 63 53 20 11 6 3 33 21 19 6 6 7 30 32 10 63
8 Blyth Spartans 39 17 9 13 68 60 19 9 3 7 39 30 20 8 6 6 29 30 8 60
9 Kidderminster Harriers 39 17 8 14 64 56 19 10 3 6 38 29 20 7 5 8 26 27 8 59
10 Chester 39 15 12 12 55 60 20 10 7 3 37 25 19 5 5 9 18 35 -5 57
11 Boston United 39 15 7 17 58 57 20 7 3 10 27 30 19 8 4 7 31 27 1 52
12 York City 39 14 10 15 52 59 19 9 4 6 29 24 20 5 6 9 23 35 -7 52
13 Southport 39 12 13 14 52 51 20 6 8 6 29 27 19 6 5 8 23 24 1 49
14 Alfreton Town 39 13 10 16 49 62 19 5 6 8 24 34 20 8 4 8 25 28 -13 49
15 Curzon Ashton 39 13 10 16 44 61 19 5 5 9 19 33 20 8 5 7 25 28 -17 49
16 Leamington 39 11 14 14 51 58 20 7 7 6 27 25 19 4 7 8 24 33 -7 47
17 Hereford 39 11 14 14 45 54 19 7 5 7 25 28 20 4 9 7 20 26 -9 47
18 Darlington 39 11 13 15 54 60 19 6 5 8 23 20 20 5 8 7 31 40 -6 46
19 Guiseley 39 7 17 15 43 57 20 4 10 6 24 29 19 3 7 9 19 28 -14 38
20 Ashton United 39 9 7 23 41 80 19 4 4 11 16 38 20 5 3 12 25 42 -39 34
21 United of Manchester 39 7 10 22 45 77 20 1 7 12 24 44 19 6 3 10 21 33 -32 31
22 Nuneaton Town 39 4 7 28 38 88 19 1 3 15 16 46 20 3 4 13 22 42 -50 19

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