Match preview Vanarama National League North: Ashton United - Spennymoor Town at Hurst Cross

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hurst Cross (4500 seats)

Struggling Ashton United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Spennymoor Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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

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Ashton United form and stats

The struggle is real here at Hurst Cross with only 13 points collected from 18 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-4-11. The home stadium (Hurst Cross) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Ashton United it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around? Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Ashton United with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Chorley game, 41 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager J. Banim led his Ashton United to a defeat in the Vanarama National League North match away at Leamington. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Hurst Cross. Heartbreak before that as Ashton United lost 1-2 at Stockport County's place.

Ashton United aren't scoring a lot here at Hurst Cross with only 13 goals from 18 games. Ashton United are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (38 from 18 played).

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

The visitors are W9-D4-L5 on the road this term. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Spennymoor Town are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Spennymoor Town won their last game, 3-2 versus Guiseley played at home. A loss against Hereford was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The travelling fans enjoy Spennymoor Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 32 goals in 18 away matches. As opposed to that, Spennymoor Town have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Spennymoor Town - Ashton United 5-0 played earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 1 Ashton United victory, 0 draws and 4 Spennymoor Town wins.

Top Goalscorers

G. Taylor
22 goals
M. Anderson
12 goals

Ashton United missing players

Spennymoor Town missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Ashton United Spennymoor Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 18 Played 18 37
37 13 Scored 32 67
79 38 Conceded 18 42
95% 89% Over 0.5 94% 95%
78% 72% Over 1.5 83% 84%
57% 50% Over 2.5 50% 51%
35% 28% Over 3.5 22% 32%
27% 22% Over 4.5 11% 16%
46% 39% Both teams to score 56% 54%
19% 22% Clean Sheet 33% 35%
41% 50% Failed To Score 17% 16%

  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 Chorley 37 22 8 7 74 32 18 13 2 3 39 12 19 9 6 4 35 20 42 74
2 Stockport County 36 21 9 6 64 31 19 12 5 2 37 17 17 9 4 4 27 14 33 72
3 Brackley Town 36 18 10 8 64 37 18 11 5 2 39 19 18 7 5 6 25 18 27 64
4 Spennymoor Town 37 18 10 9 67 42 19 9 6 4 35 24 18 9 4 5 32 18 25 64
5 Bradford Park Avenue 37 17 11 9 67 51 19 8 6 5 28 24 18 9 5 4 39 27 16 62
6 Altrincham 35 17 8 10 67 48 18 8 5 5 32 20 17 9 3 5 35 28 19 59
7 AFC Telford United 36 16 10 10 58 50 18 10 5 3 29 19 18 6 5 7 29 31 8 58
8 Kidderminster Harriers 37 15 8 14 60 56 18 9 3 6 35 29 19 6 5 8 25 27 4 53
9 Chester 36 14 11 11 50 50 18 10 6 2 35 17 18 4 5 9 15 33 0 53
10 Boston United 37 15 7 15 58 52 19 7 3 9 27 28 18 8 4 6 31 24 6 52
11 Blyth Spartans 36 14 9 13 60 59 17 7 3 7 32 29 19 7 6 6 28 30 1 51
12 Alfreton Town 36 13 9 14 47 51 17 5 5 7 23 26 19 8 4 7 24 25 -4 48
13 York City 37 13 9 15 49 57 18 8 4 6 28 24 19 5 5 9 21 33 -8 48
14 Curzon Ashton 37 13 9 15 42 57 18 5 4 9 18 32 19 8 5 6 24 25 -15 48
15 Southport 37 11 13 13 51 50 19 5 8 6 28 27 18 6 5 7 23 23 1 46
16 Hereford 36 11 12 13 42 50 18 7 4 7 23 26 18 4 8 6 19 24 -8 45
17 Leamington 37 10 13 14 47 56 19 6 7 6 24 24 18 4 6 8 23 32 -9 43
18 Darlington 37 9 13 15 50 60 18 5 5 8 21 20 19 4 8 7 29 40 -10 40
19 Guiseley 37 7 16 14 42 54 19 4 9 6 23 28 18 3 7 8 19 26 -12 37
20 United of Manchester 37 7 10 20 45 74 19 1 7 11 24 43 18 6 3 9 21 31 -29 31
21 Ashton United 37 8 6 23 37 79 18 3 4 11 13 38 19 5 2 12 24 41 -42 30
22 Nuneaton Town 36 4 7 25 35 80 18 1 3 14 14 43 18 3 4 11 21 37 -45 19

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