Vanarama National League North: Two participants who have done nicely so far. Prepare for Blyth Spartans - Alfreton Town with this complete preview!
- Blyth Spartans have won all their matches at home so far.
- Blyth Spartans have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Alfreton Town have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Blyth Spartans have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Ever since the Gloucester City game Spartans has been unbeatable here at Croft Park producing four straight wins.
The Blyth Spartans boss Fenton and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Bradford Park Avenue in the FA Cup.
A 1-1 scoreline against Bradford Park Avenue before that one, played at home in the FA Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Blyth Spartans perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blyth Spartans as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Blyth Spartans has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Spartans have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alfreton Town form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Alfreton Town playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.
228 minutes! That's how long the Alfreton Town goalkeeper George Willis and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two away matches in a row for Alfreton, whose boss Heath could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Cleethorpes Town.
Before that, Alfreton Town secured a home win against Boston United with the score 4-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Alfreton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Alfreton wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Alfreton Town as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Alfreton have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Blyth Spartans, three draws and four wins for Alfreton Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Salmon 5 goals | J. Thewlis 4 goals |  J. Hooper 3 goals |
Blyth Spartans missing players
Alfreton Town missing players
| Blyth Spartans | Alfreton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 78% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 78% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 56% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 12.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8 | 10.6 |
| 5 | 7.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 5.1 |
| 36% | 41% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 35% |
| 10.2 | 7.5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.8 | 8.7 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.6 |
- All of Blyth Spartans's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blyth Spartans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Blyth Spartans have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Alfreton Town have scored away.
- Blyth Spartans have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Blyth Spartans have won all their matches at home so far.
- 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 | Tamworth | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | South Shields | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Spennymoor Town | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Brackley Town | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Blyth Spartans | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Chorley | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Alfreton Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Boston United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Curzon Ashton | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Scarborough Athletic | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Farsley Celtic | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Buxton | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 14 | Chester | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Banbury United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Bishop's Stortford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Warrington Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | Hereford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 19 | Southport | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 20 | Rushall Olympic | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 21 | King's Lynn Town | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 22 | Peterborough Sports | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Gloucester City | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 24 | Darlington | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 6 |
