Vanarama National League North match guide: Blyth Spartans against Alfreton Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croft Park (4450 seats)

22nd- against 10th spot might not sound all that steamy. But look: Tipsway has the facts and figures that makes Blyth Spartans - Alfreton Town (even) more absorbing!

Insights:
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North
  • Alfreton Town have scored more than double the goals of Blyth Spartans.

The hosts Blyth Spartans saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the FA Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Wrexham.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Blyth Spartans at their home stadium (Croft Park) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Spartans.

The supporters are hoping that Blyth Spartans will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away defeat in the FA Cup fixture against Wrexham.

A 1-1 scoreline against Wrexham before that, played at home in the FA Cup.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Blyth Spartans, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Bradford Park Avenue is only three days away.

At Croft Park, Blyth Spartans has the goal stats of 5-5 (for/against) from 5 league fixtures.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Alfreton Town playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Alfreton Town in their previous game as they lost hosting Gloucester City, 1-2. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Leamington with the score of 2-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Scarborough Athletic in just three days.

Alfreton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

Blyth Spartans have won or drawn the last 4 games (3-1-0) facing Alfreton Town.

Top Goalscorers

Alfreton TownB. Hobson
B. Hobson
5 goals
Blyth SpartansL. McNall
L. McNall
4 goals
Alfreton TownD. Southwell
D. Southwell
3 goals

Blyth Spartans missing players

Alfreton Town missing players

Blyth Spartans Alfreton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 3 5 12
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
3 2 0 Drew D 2 2 5
6 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
8 5 0 Scored S 3 7 18
17 5 0 Conceded C 1 5 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 60% 83%
82% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 75%
36% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 58%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 42%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 8%
45% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 58%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 33%
45% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 25%
 
4.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.4 4.6
3.2 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.4 4.5
1.4 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.7 10.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.6 11.5
3.4 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 3.8
21% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 47% 39%
 
10.3 9.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.2 8.7
4.6 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Alfreton Town have scored more than double the goals of Blyth Spartans.
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 7 3 1 21 10 5 4 1 0 10 4 6 3 2 1 11 6 11 24
2 Darlington 12 7 3 2 19 11 7 5 1 1 13 7 5 2 2 1 6 4 8 24
3 Banbury United 11 6 3 2 19 12 6 4 2 0 12 5 5 2 1 2 7 7 7 21
4 Fylde 11 6 3 2 16 12 6 4 1 1 11 7 5 2 2 1 5 5 4 21
5 Scarborough Athletic 11 6 2 3 21 14 5 3 2 0 12 5 6 3 0 3 9 9 7 20
6 Gloucester City 12 6 1 5 18 18 6 4 0 2 11 7 6 2 1 3 7 11 0 19
7 Kidderminster Harriers 11 5 3 3 13 8 6 2 2 2 7 5 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 18
8 Brackley Town 12 5 3 4 12 12 5 3 1 1 7 5 7 2 2 3 5 7 0 18
9 Chorley 12 4 5 3 16 11 7 2 5 0 8 4 5 2 0 3 8 7 5 17
10 Alfreton Town 12 4 5 3 18 14 7 2 3 2 11 9 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 17
11 Peterborough Sports 11 5 2 4 21 18 6 4 1 1 15 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 3 17
12 Leamington 13 4 5 4 12 9 7 4 1 2 10 5 6 0 4 2 2 4 3 17
13 Southport 12 5 1 6 17 19 5 3 1 1 6 4 7 2 0 5 11 15 -2 16
14 Curzon Ashton 11 4 3 4 13 10 5 2 1 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 7 5 3 15
15 Hereford 11 4 3 4 17 15 5 2 2 1 9 6 6 2 1 3 8 9 2 15
16 Chester 11 3 4 4 14 14 6 2 1 3 6 6 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 13
17 Spennymoor Town 12 2 7 3 13 16 5 0 4 1 2 3 7 2 3 2 11 13 -3 13
18 Boston United 11 3 3 5 17 21 5 1 1 3 10 14 6 2 2 2 7 7 -4 12
19 Buxton 11 2 6 3 9 13 6 1 4 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 3 7 -4 12
20 Kettering Town 12 3 3 6 11 20 6 3 1 2 7 8 6 0 2 4 4 12 -9 12
21 Farsley Celtic 12 2 4 6 12 20 7 0 3 4 6 14 5 2 1 2 6 6 -8 10
22 Blyth Spartans 11 2 3 6 8 17 5 1 2 2 5 5 6 1 1 4 3 12 -9 9
23 AFC Telford United 12 1 4 7 9 22 5 1 1 3 3 8 7 0 3 4 6 14 -13 7
24 Bradford Park Avenue 11 1 3 7 8 18 5 1 0 4 3 7 6 0 3 3 5 11 -10 6

Read more about Vanarama National League North

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).