Here's what we know about the Blyth Spartans - Altrincham match:

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croft Park (4450 seats)

Struggling Blyth Spartans will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Altrincham in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Altrincham could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vanarama National League North game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Spennymoor Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

Blyth Spartans's struggle is real here at Croft Park with only 12 points collected from 15 Vanarama National League North games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-9. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Blyth Spartans with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Curzon Ashton game, 35 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Blyth Spartans are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Croft Park, having lost their two previous games here.

Blyth Spartans faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chester (1-2). Ahead of that match, Blyth Spartans lost 0-1 at home to Boston United.

The Blyth Spartans fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 15 matches. Blyth Spartans have conceded 34 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Altrincham form and stats

Altrincham have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 3-5-7 (15 played).

Altrincham play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Spennymoor Town (placed 7th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Kettering Town.

The attacking power of Altrincham when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Altrincham have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Altrincham - Blyth Spartans 3-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Blyth Spartans won three, Altrincham won three and four draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AltrinchamJ. Hancock
J. Hancock
13 goals
AltrinchamJ. Hulme
J. Hulme
12 goals
Blyth SpartansR. Dale
R. Dale
6 goals

Blyth Spartans missing players

Altrincham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blyth Spartans Altrincham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 6 15 30
6 3 0 Won W 3 3 13
5 3 1 Drew D 1 5 9
19 9 4 Lost L 2 7 8
30 16 2 Scored S 5 14 53
68 34 15 Conceded C 5 24 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 87% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 90%
63% 67% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
37% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 37%
27% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 20%
47% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 17% 47% 60%
13% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 23%
43% 40% 80% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 17%
 
4.6 5.7 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.7 6.2
6.7 5.5 6.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.3 4.4
1 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
214 131 39 Total Shots T S 82 167 320
88 56 14 Shots on Target S O 33 60 126
33% 29% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 23% 37%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Blyth Spartans has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
  • Blyth Spartans has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blyth Spartans have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 27 18 6 3 59 33 15 11 3 1 34 15 12 7 3 2 25 18 26 60
2 York City 30 17 8 5 46 22 15 9 4 2 22 10 15 8 4 3 24 12 24 59
3 Boston United 28 16 5 7 44 28 13 9 3 1 22 8 15 7 2 6 22 20 16 53
4 Chester 29 14 9 6 52 31 14 9 3 2 31 11 15 5 6 4 21 20 21 51
5 Brackley Town 28 13 9 6 47 17 14 7 6 1 27 6 14 6 3 5 20 11 30 48
6 Altrincham 30 13 9 8 53 39 15 10 4 1 39 15 15 3 5 7 14 24 14 48
7 Spennymoor Town 30 13 9 8 50 38 15 10 2 3 33 18 15 3 7 5 17 20 12 48
8 Gateshead 27 13 8 6 41 27 15 10 2 3 28 13 12 3 6 3 13 14 14 47
9 Guiseley 30 12 7 11 46 39 15 6 2 7 21 18 15 6 5 4 25 21 7 43
10 Darlington 29 13 4 12 36 42 15 9 2 4 22 14 14 4 2 8 14 28 -6 43
11 Farsley Celtic 30 12 6 12 42 39 15 6 4 5 23 20 15 6 2 7 19 19 3 42
12 Southport 29 12 6 11 38 37 15 7 3 5 23 19 14 5 3 6 15 18 1 42
13 AFC Telford United 30 10 8 12 44 49 15 5 4 6 26 26 15 5 4 6 18 23 -5 38
14 Alfreton Town 28 11 4 13 44 43 13 6 3 4 27 17 15 5 1 9 17 26 1 37
15 Kidderminster Harriers 30 9 7 14 37 41 15 3 4 8 18 23 15 6 3 6 19 18 -4 34
16 Leamington 28 8 7 13 38 47 14 5 5 4 18 13 14 3 2 9 20 34 -9 31
17 Hereford 29 7 10 12 31 46 15 4 9 2 18 16 14 3 1 10 13 30 -15 31
18 Kettering Town 28 7 9 12 34 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 30
19 Curzon Ashton 30 7 8 15 30 40 15 6 2 7 19 16 15 1 6 8 11 24 -10 29
20 Gloucester City 28 8 5 15 36 55 13 5 3 5 19 17 15 3 2 10 17 38 -19 29
21 Blyth Spartans 30 6 5 19 30 68 15 3 3 9 16 34 15 3 2 10 14 34 -38 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 30 3 5 22 22 77 15 2 2 11 13 34 15 1 3 11 9 43 -55 14

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 King's Lynn Town 27 18 6 3 59 33 15 11 3 1 34 15 12 7 3 2 25 18 26 60
2 York City 30 17 8 5 46 22 15 9 4 2 22 10 15 8 4 3 24 12 24 59
3 Boston United 28 16 5 7 44 28 13 9 3 1 22 8 15 7 2 6 22 20 16 53
4 Chester 29 14 9 6 52 31 14 9 3 2 31 11 15 5 6 4 21 20 21 51
5 Brackley Town 28 13 9 6 47 17 14 7 6 1 27 6 14 6 3 5 20 11 30 48
6 Altrincham 30 13 9 8 53 39 15 10 4 1 39 15 15 3 5 7 14 24 14 48
7 Spennymoor Town 30 13 9 8 50 38 15 10 2 3 33 18 15 3 7 5 17 20 12 48
8 Gateshead 27 13 8 6 41 27 15 10 2 3 28 13 12 3 6 3 13 14 14 47
9 Guiseley 30 12 7 11 46 39 15 6 2 7 21 18 15 6 5 4 25 21 7 43
10 Darlington 29 13 4 12 36 42 15 9 2 4 22 14 14 4 2 8 14 28 -6 43
11 Farsley Celtic 30 12 6 12 42 39 15 6 4 5 23 20 15 6 2 7 19 19 3 42
12 Southport 29 12 6 11 38 37 15 7 3 5 23 19 14 5 3 6 15 18 1 42
13 AFC Telford United 30 10 8 12 44 49 15 5 4 6 26 26 15 5 4 6 18 23 -5 38
14 Alfreton Town 28 11 4 13 44 43 13 6 3 4 27 17 15 5 1 9 17 26 1 37
15 Kidderminster Harriers 30 9 7 14 37 41 15 3 4 8 18 23 15 6 3 6 19 18 -4 34
16 Leamington 28 8 7 13 38 47 14 5 5 4 18 13 14 3 2 9 20 34 -9 31
17 Hereford 29 7 10 12 31 46 15 4 9 2 18 16 14 3 1 10 13 30 -15 31
18 Kettering Town 28 7 9 12 34 42 13 4 4 5 18 20 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 30
19 Curzon Ashton 30 7 8 15 30 40 15 6 2 7 19 16 15 1 6 8 11 24 -10 29
20 Gloucester City 28 8 5 15 36 55 13 5 3 5 19 17 15 3 2 10 17 38 -19 29
21 Blyth Spartans 30 6 5 19 30 68 15 3 3 9 16 34 15 3 2 10 14 34 -38 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 30 3 5 22 22 77 15 2 2 11 13 34 15 1 3 11 9 43 -55 14

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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).