Betting preview: Blyth Spartans vs AFC Telford United should be interesting

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 10.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croft Park (4450 seats)

It's game two of the Vanarama National League North season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Blyth Spartans-AFC Telford United!

It's no vacation for neither Spartans nor AFC Telford United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

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

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 Blyth Spartans have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost two.

The manager M. Nelson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Marske United in only three days.

Last season, Blyth Spartans's league statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 22 losses, resulting in a 21st position in the Vanarama National League North. Over these 33 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 78. Playing at home last season Blyth Spartans managed 3-3-10 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 37 conceded.

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AFC Telford United form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Telford playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two AFC Telford United wins, five draws and two defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Telford manager G. Cowan as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Leiston.

Let's have a look at how AFC Telford United performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 56 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 21/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Spartans won six, AFC Telford United won two and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC Telford UnitedJ. Hardy
J. Hardy
1 goals
AFC Telford UnitedJ. Oswell
J. Oswell
1 goals
AFC Telford UnitedA. Williams
A. Williams
1 goals

Blyth Spartans missing players

AFC Telford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blyth Spartans AFC Telford United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 7
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
Blyth Spartans Last season AFC Telford United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   17 34
6 3   Won W   5 11
5 3   Drew D   5 9
22 10   Lost L   7 14
32 16   Scored S   21 51
78 37   Conceded C   27 56
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
85% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 79%
64% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 59%
36% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 44%
27% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 21%
45% 50%   BTTS BTTS   65% 68%
12% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
45% 44%   Failed to Score F T   24% 21%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
248 140   Total Shots T S   174 351
99 58   Shots on Target S O   66 139
31% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boston United 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Guiseley 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 AFC Telford United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Gloucester City 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 York City 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Chester 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Gateshead 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Spennymoor Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Fylde 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Alfreton Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Curzon Ashton 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Hereford 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Southport 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Bradford Park Avenue 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Farsley Celtic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Kidderminster Harriers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Darlington 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Chorley 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Kettering Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
20 Brackley Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
21 Blyth Spartans 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
22 Leamington 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season 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 34 19 9 6 52 28 17 9 5 3 24 15 17 10 4 3 28 13 24 66
2 King's Lynn Town 32 19 7 6 63 39 17 11 3 3 34 17 15 8 4 3 29 22 24 64
3 Brackley Town 34 16 12 6 61 25 17 8 8 1 33 9 17 8 4 5 28 16 36 60
4 Boston United 32 17 7 8 46 32 15 10 3 2 23 11 17 7 4 6 23 21 14 58
5 Altrincham 33 16 9 8 62 40 16 11 4 1 43 16 17 5 5 7 19 24 22 57
6 Spennymoor Town 34 15 10 9 63 45 18 12 3 3 45 21 16 3 7 6 18 24 18 55
7 Chester 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 10 3 3 36 16 16 5 6 5 22 22 20 54
8 Gateshead 31 14 10 7 47 31 17 10 3 4 29 15 14 4 7 3 18 16 16 52
9 Guiseley 33 14 8 11 52 41 17 7 3 7 26 20 16 7 5 4 26 21 11 50
10 Farsley Celtic 34 14 6 14 50 45 17 7 4 6 26 22 17 7 2 8 24 23 5 48
11 Darlington 33 14 6 13 43 50 17 9 3 5 25 19 16 5 3 8 18 31 -7 48
12 Southport 32 12 7 13 40 41 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 4 7 16 20 -1 43
13 AFC Telford United 34 11 9 14 51 56 17 6 4 7 30 29 17 5 5 7 21 27 -5 42
14 Alfreton Town 32 12 4 16 48 55 16 7 3 6 31 24 16 5 1 10 17 31 -7 40
15 Hereford 35 9 12 14 39 56 17 4 10 3 20 20 18 5 2 11 19 36 -17 39
16 Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 8 15 39 43 16 3 4 9 18 24 17 7 4 6 21 19 -4 38
17 Leamington 32 9 8 15 39 51 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 3 2 11 20 38 -12 35
18 Curzon Ashton 33 8 10 15 34 42 16 6 3 7 20 17 17 2 7 8 14 25 -8 34
19 Gloucester City 30 9 6 15 39 57 14 6 3 5 21 18 16 3 3 10 18 39 -18 33
20 Kettering Town 31 7 11 13 36 46 15 4 6 5 19 21 16 3 5 8 17 25 -10 32
21 Blyth Spartans 33 6 5 22 32 78 16 3 3 10 16 37 17 3 2 12 16 41 -46 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 33 5 5 23 25 80 17 3 2 12 15 37 16 2 3 11 10 43 -55 20

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 Boston United 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Guiseley 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 AFC Telford United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Gloucester City 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 York City 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Chester 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Gateshead 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Spennymoor Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Fylde 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Alfreton Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Curzon Ashton 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Hereford 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Southport 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Bradford Park Avenue 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Farsley Celtic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Kidderminster Harriers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Darlington 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Chorley 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Kettering Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
20 Brackley Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
21 Blyth Spartans 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
22 Leamington 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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).