Vanarama National League North match preview: Blyth Spartans versus Alfreton Town

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

It's a new Vanarama National League North campaign and Blyth Spartans are eager to get started here at Croft Park. Alfreton Town are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

Last season, Blyth Spartans's league statistics were 1 win, 3 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 22nd position in the Vanarama National League North. Over these 14 matches they scored 10 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Blyth Spartans managed 0-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 4 goals and 14 conceded.

Blyth Spartans have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Blyth Spartans have scored 4 goals and conceded 5 times.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Alfreton Town performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 21st position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 6/16 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Alfreton have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from six fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Spartans won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Alfreton Town has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Blyth Spartans missing players

Alfreton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blyth Spartans Alfreton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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% 0%
0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Blyth Spartans Last season Alfreton Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
14 7   Played P   8 15
1 0   Won W   1 2
3 3   Drew D   2 6
10 4   Lost L   5 7
10 4   Scored S   6 15
36 14   Conceded C   16 27
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
93% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 93%
71% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 33%
29% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 20%
14% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 13%
43% 43%   BTTS BTTS   38% 53%
7% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 7%
50% 57%   Failed to Score F T   50% 40%
 
4.1 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.3
7.4 7.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.9
1.1 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
6 5.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.7
1.6 1.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 4.1
43% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alfreton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boston United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Brackley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Chorley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Curzon Ashton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Farsley Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Guiseley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Southport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Spennymoor Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Gloucester City 18 10 5 3 36 22 10 6 3 1 25 13 8 4 2 2 11 9 14 35
2 Fylde 15 9 3 3 26 16 7 6 1 0 16 6 8 3 2 3 10 10 10 30
3 Chester 17 8 4 5 32 24 8 6 0 2 19 10 9 2 4 3 13 14 8 28
4 Brackley Town 16 7 6 3 22 19 9 5 3 1 14 10 7 2 3 2 8 9 3 27
5 Kidderminster Harriers 15 7 4 4 24 17 8 3 3 2 11 8 7 4 1 2 13 9 7 25
6 Boston United 13 6 5 2 20 10 6 2 3 1 8 7 7 4 2 1 12 3 10 23
7 Chorley 18 6 5 7 21 25 7 3 1 3 10 10 11 3 4 4 11 15 -4 23
8 York City 13 6 4 3 22 17 7 4 2 1 10 6 6 2 2 2 12 11 5 22
9 Leamington 15 5 7 3 22 20 8 2 5 1 10 12 7 3 2 2 12 8 2 22
10 Gateshead 14 6 3 5 17 15 8 4 1 3 10 8 6 2 2 2 7 7 2 21
11 Farsley Celtic 17 5 6 6 21 26 8 3 4 1 10 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 -5 21
12 Hereford 13 5 5 3 20 16 7 3 2 2 12 10 6 2 3 1 8 6 4 20
13 Spennymoor Town 13 5 5 3 18 14 6 3 2 1 11 9 7 2 3 2 7 5 4 20
14 AFC Telford United 17 5 4 8 17 23 9 3 2 4 9 8 8 2 2 4 8 15 -6 19
15 Bradford Park Avenue 16 4 6 6 26 30 9 2 3 4 13 15 7 2 3 2 13 15 -4 18
16 Curzon Ashton 17 4 5 8 18 26 8 3 1 4 8 12 9 1 4 4 10 14 -8 17
17 Southport 14 4 4 6 16 19 8 1 3 4 6 10 6 3 1 2 10 9 -3 16
18 Kettering Town 14 3 6 5 21 23 6 2 2 2 7 6 8 1 4 3 14 17 -2 15
19 Darlington 11 4 1 6 17 11 5 1 1 3 8 6 6 3 0 3 9 5 6 13
20 Guiseley 15 3 3 9 17 22 7 2 1 4 13 14 8 1 2 5 4 8 -5 12
21 Alfreton Town 15 2 6 7 15 27 7 1 4 2 9 11 8 1 2 5 6 16 -12 12
22 Blyth Spartans 14 1 3 10 10 36 7 0 3 4 4 14 7 1 0 6 6 22 -26 6

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