Delightful dogfight as daring Banbury United duel with determined Blyth Spartans

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Spencer Stadium (2500 seats)

Life has been a bit difficult for Banbury United so far, and you could say the same about Blyth Spartans. The bottom dwellers have the opportunity for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Banbury United form and stats

Banbury United have played 19 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-7-6 (wins-draws-losses). Banbury United are slowly digging their own grave here at The Spencer Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts.

The spoils were shared in Banbury's previous game, also at home. Visiting Darlington (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Preceding that match was a defeat to AFC Telford United (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Banbury United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Banbury as they are travelling to their away game against Southport in the Vanarama National League North. That match is three days after this one.

The Banbury United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 19 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

6-3-11 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blyth Spartans in their Vanarama National League North matches away.

Two away matches in a row for Blyth Spartans, whose coach Fenton could celebrate last time after the win against Fylde. That victory felt good as this team had gone five league games without winning.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Chester.

We have checked recent matches where Spartans have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Blyth Spartans have scored 21 goals in 20 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Blyth Spartans have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Blyth Spartans - Banbury 1-1 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Banbury UnitedG. Rasulo
G. Rasulo
9 goals
Blyth SpartansT. Chiabi
T. Chiabi
6 goals
Blyth SpartansN. Deverdics
N. Deverdics
5 goals

Banbury United missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Banbury United Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 5 20 40
12 6 1 Won W 3 6 10
10 7 3 Drew D 0 3 11
16 6 2 Lost L 2 11 19
48 24 6 Scored S 5 21 40
54 22 9 Conceded C 7 33 59
89% 84% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
71% 63% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 75% 72%
58% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 55% 48%
37% 37% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 22%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 10% 8%
55% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 45% 48%
24% 26% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 25% 28%
32% 37% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 30% 30%
 
4.9 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.5 4.7
4 3.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.6 5
1.5 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.7 1.4
5 4 1 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10 10.1 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.3 9.4
4.3 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.4
30% 28% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 32% 29%
 
9.1 7.4 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 12.4 11.3
3.6 3.3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 5.5 5.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Fylde 39 24 8 7 66 39 20 13 3 4 41 24 19 11 5 3 25 15 27 80
2 King's Lynn Town 40 21 12 7 69 39 20 14 3 3 39 17 20 7 9 4 30 22 30 75
3 Chester 40 18 16 6 61 37 20 8 7 5 28 19 20 10 9 1 33 18 24 70
4 Brackley Town 39 17 13 9 48 34 20 12 6 2 33 14 19 5 7 7 15 20 14 64
5 Darlington 39 17 11 11 67 52 19 9 6 4 32 23 20 8 5 7 35 29 15 62
6 Chorley 40 15 14 11 54 41 20 10 7 3 29 15 20 5 7 8 25 26 13 59
7 Scarborough Athletic 39 16 11 12 65 60 20 9 5 6 38 32 19 7 6 6 27 28 5 59
8 Alfreton Town 38 14 15 9 46 35 20 10 6 4 32 18 18 4 9 5 14 17 11 57
9 Gloucester City 40 16 9 15 63 61 20 10 4 6 39 27 20 6 5 9 24 34 2 57
10 Buxton 40 14 13 13 48 47 20 7 7 6 23 23 20 7 6 7 25 24 1 55
11 Curzon Ashton 38 15 8 15 50 47 19 9 3 7 30 23 19 6 5 8 20 24 3 53
12 Peterborough Sports 39 14 11 14 48 48 19 9 5 5 29 20 20 5 6 9 19 28 0 53
13 Spennymoor Town 39 13 14 12 55 59 20 8 8 4 28 24 19 5 6 8 27 35 -4 53
14 Kidderminster Harriers 40 13 12 15 36 41 20 4 7 9 16 21 20 9 5 6 20 20 -5 51
15 Southport 38 13 11 14 43 44 18 7 7 4 23 19 20 6 4 10 20 25 -1 50
16 Hereford 40 14 7 19 42 46 20 7 5 8 23 20 20 7 2 11 19 26 -4 49
17 Boston United 40 13 9 18 57 60 20 8 4 8 31 29 20 5 5 10 26 31 -3 48
18 Banbury United 38 12 10 16 48 54 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 6 3 10 24 32 -6 46
19 Kettering Town 40 10 15 15 34 50 20 8 9 3 21 16 20 2 6 12 13 34 -16 45
20 Farsley Celtic 39 10 13 16 44 62 19 6 8 5 23 23 20 4 5 11 21 39 -18 43
21 Leamington 40 8 18 14 35 47 20 7 6 7 20 19 20 1 12 7 15 28 -12 42
22 Blyth Spartans 40 10 11 19 40 59 20 4 8 8 19 26 20 6 3 11 21 33 -19 41
23 Bradford Park Avenue 39 8 10 21 35 61 19 6 4 9 18 23 20 2 6 12 17 38 -26 34
24 AFC Telford United 40 5 13 22 31 62 20 3 7 10 19 30 20 2 6 12 12 32 -31 28

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 Fylde 39 24 8 7 66 39 20 13 3 4 41 24 19 11 5 3 25 15 27 80
2 King's Lynn Town 40 21 12 7 69 39 20 14 3 3 39 17 20 7 9 4 30 22 30 75
3 Chester 40 18 16 6 61 37 20 8 7 5 28 19 20 10 9 1 33 18 24 70
4 Brackley Town 39 17 13 9 48 34 20 12 6 2 33 14 19 5 7 7 15 20 14 64
5 Darlington 39 17 11 11 67 52 19 9 6 4 32 23 20 8 5 7 35 29 15 62
6 Chorley 40 15 14 11 54 41 20 10 7 3 29 15 20 5 7 8 25 26 13 59
7 Scarborough Athletic 39 16 11 12 65 60 20 9 5 6 38 32 19 7 6 6 27 28 5 59
8 Alfreton Town 38 14 15 9 46 35 20 10 6 4 32 18 18 4 9 5 14 17 11 57
9 Gloucester City 40 16 9 15 63 61 20 10 4 6 39 27 20 6 5 9 24 34 2 57
10 Buxton 40 14 13 13 48 47 20 7 7 6 23 23 20 7 6 7 25 24 1 55
11 Curzon Ashton 38 15 8 15 50 47 19 9 3 7 30 23 19 6 5 8 20 24 3 53
12 Peterborough Sports 39 14 11 14 48 48 19 9 5 5 29 20 20 5 6 9 19 28 0 53
13 Spennymoor Town 39 13 14 12 55 59 20 8 8 4 28 24 19 5 6 8 27 35 -4 53
14 Kidderminster Harriers 40 13 12 15 36 41 20 4 7 9 16 21 20 9 5 6 20 20 -5 51
15 Southport 38 13 11 14 43 44 18 7 7 4 23 19 20 6 4 10 20 25 -1 50
16 Hereford 40 14 7 19 42 46 20 7 5 8 23 20 20 7 2 11 19 26 -4 49
17 Boston United 40 13 9 18 57 60 20 8 4 8 31 29 20 5 5 10 26 31 -3 48
18 Banbury United 38 12 10 16 48 54 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 6 3 10 24 32 -6 46
19 Kettering Town 40 10 15 15 34 50 20 8 9 3 21 16 20 2 6 12 13 34 -16 45
20 Farsley Celtic 39 10 13 16 44 62 19 6 8 5 23 23 20 4 5 11 21 39 -18 43
21 Leamington 40 8 18 14 35 47 20 7 6 7 20 19 20 1 12 7 15 28 -12 42
22 Blyth Spartans 40 10 11 19 40 59 20 4 8 8 19 26 20 6 3 11 21 33 -19 41
23 Bradford Park Avenue 39 8 10 21 35 61 19 6 4 9 18 23 20 2 6 12 17 38 -26 34
24 AFC Telford United 40 5 13 22 31 62 20 3 7 10 19 30 20 2 6 12 12 32 -31 28

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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).