Moving nearer to the top teams is the target when these two mid-table teams battle it out. Both will be trying to strenghten their league status, Banbury United in 16th and Spennymoor Town in 13th position.
- Spennymoor Town have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Vanarama National League North
Banbury are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Spennymoor Town are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the 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 Banbury United and Spennymoor Town.
Banbury United form and stats
When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Banbury United have managed 6 wins, 10 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 22 games. 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 twelve attempts.
The spoils were shared in Banbury's previous game, also at home. Visiting Alfreton Town (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bradford Park Avenue.Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have had two goals or less.
The Banbury United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 22 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. 23 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Spennymoor Town form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Vanarama National League North, are W6-D6-L10 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North.
Two away matches in a row for Spennymoor Town, whose manager Ainsley could celebrate last time after the win against Southport.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Kettering Town.Observe that 13 of this side's 17 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Spennymoor Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 22 league away games 31 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Spennymoor have conceded 39 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides met each other earlier this season: Spennymoor Town - Banbury United 2-1. One of the profiles has been Taylor with 2 goals scored against Banbury United in these 1 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Taylor 22 goals | P. Blackett 11 goals |  G. Rasulo 9 goals |
Banbury United missing players
Spennymoor Town missing players
| Banbury United | Spennymoor Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 44 | 22 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 22 | 44 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 14 | 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 52 | 25 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 31 | 65 |
| 58 | 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 39 | 66 |
| 86% | 77% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 59% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | 80% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | 64% |
| 32% | 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 41% | 34% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 18% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 73% | 68% |
| 25% | 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 16% |
| 34% | 41% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 20% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9.8 | 10 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.9 | 10.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 29% | 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | 37% |
| 8.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.2 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4 |
- Spennymoor Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spennymoor Town have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Vanarama National League North
- Spennymoor Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in Vanarama National League North
- Spennymoor Town have the most points from losing position (27) in Vanarama National League North
- Spennymoor Town 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 | King's Lynn Town | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 79 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 37 | 87 |
| 2 | Fylde | 43 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 43 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 28 | 86 |
| 3 | Chester | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 67 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 26 | 78 |
| 4 | Brackley Town | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 55 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 68 |
| 5 | Scarborough Athletic | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 70 | 65 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 66 |
| 6 | Alfreton Town | 43 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 52 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 65 |
| 7 | Gloucester City | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 63 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 7 | 65 |
| 8 | Darlington | 44 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 70 | 61 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 64 |
| 9 | Curzon Ashton | 43 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 49 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 64 |
| 10 | Buxton | 44 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 52 | 49 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 64 |
| 11 | Chorley | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 58 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 63 |
| 12 | Kidderminster Harriers | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 63 |
| 13 | Spennymoor Town | 44 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 65 | 66 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | -1 | 62 |
| 14 | Peterborough Sports | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 53 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -3 | 57 |
| 15 | Hereford | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 51 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 28 | -4 | 54 |
| 16 | Banbury United | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 52 | 58 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 35 | -6 | 53 |
| 17 | Boston United | 44 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 62 | 63 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 33 | -1 | 52 |
| 18 | Southport | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 48 | 57 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 30 | -9 | 50 |
| 19 | Kettering Town | 44 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 41 | 59 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 42 | -18 | 49 |
| 20 | Farsley Celtic | 44 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 70 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 45 | -22 | 48 |
| 21 | Leamington | 44 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 38 | 54 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 33 | -16 | 45 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 33 | -19 | 45 |
| 23 | Bradford Park Avenue | 43 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 63 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 40 | -23 | 42 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 44 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 71 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 36 | -38 | 31 |
