Vanarama National League North duel: Close contest expected between Blyth Spartans and Curzon Ashton

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croft Park (4450 seats)

Blyth Spartans are trusting their home fans to aid them during this fixture versus Curzon Ashton. Who wins at Croft Park?

Insights:
  • Curzon Ashton have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Vanarama National League North

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

Blyth Spartans's struggle is real here at Croft Park with only 21 points collected from 21 Vanarama National League North games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-9-8.

Chiabi was the last player to score a league goal for Blyth Spartans and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Spartans haven't scored in 180 minutes. The Blyth Spartans goalkeeper Alex Mitchell is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 304 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vanarama National League North.

The spoils were shared in Spartans's previous game, also at home. Visiting Darlington (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Banbury United the opponent.

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 9 games. Blyth Spartans has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 12 league games, 9 have contained two goals or less.

The manager Fenton will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Farsley Celtic in only three days.

Blyth Spartans aren't scoring a lot here at Croft Park in the league, with only {19 goals} from 21 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Blyth Spartans's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Curzon Ashton playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Curzon goalkeeper Chris Renshaw is eager to challenge this, with his 271 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Curzon Ashton won their last game, 1-0 versus Spennymoor Town played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Scarborough Athletic at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Curzon Ashton playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Curzon wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Curzon Ashton manager Lakeland as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Darlington.

Curzon have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 20 away games in the league. Curzon Ashton have conceded 24 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the squads met earlier this season; Curzon Ashton - Blyth Spartans 0-2. Numbers for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: eight wins for Blyth Spartans, one draw and one win for Curzon Ashton. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Curzon AshtonT. Peers
T. Peers
16 goals
Curzon AshtonJ. Hancock
J. Hancock
9 goals
Curzon AshtonH. Campbell
H. Campbell
7 goals

Blyth Spartans missing players

Curzon Ashton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blyth Spartans Curzon Ashton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 7 20 41
10 4 0 Won W 2 7 17
13 9 2 Drew D 1 5 9
19 8 5 Lost L 4 8 15
40 19 5 Scored S 9 21 52
59 26 15 Conceded C 12 24 47
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
69% 67% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 60% 66%
45% 38% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 50% 49%
21% 19% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 20% 20%
7% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 10% 10%
45% 48% 71% BTTS BTTS 71% 45% 46%
31% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 14% 35% 34%
33% 33% 29% Failed to Score F T 14% 35% 32%
 
4.8 4.8 4.9 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.6
4.9 5.2 5.9 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.4
1.4 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.1 1.6 1.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
9.7 9.8 6.1 Shots (avg) S ( 9.1 8.2 8
3.4 3.6 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.6 3.6
28% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 35%
 
11.4 10.5 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.9 11.1 9.5
5 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 4.5 4.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Curzon Ashton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Curzon Ashton have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Vanarama National League North

  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 43 24 12 7 76 40 21 15 3 3 43 18 22 9 9 4 33 22 36 84
2 Fylde 42 25 8 9 70 43 22 14 3 5 44 26 20 11 5 4 26 17 27 83
3 Chester 43 20 17 6 65 39 21 8 8 5 28 19 22 12 9 1 37 20 26 77
4 Scarborough Athletic 43 18 12 13 70 64 21 9 5 7 38 33 22 9 7 6 32 31 6 66
5 Brackley Town 43 17 14 12 52 43 21 12 6 3 34 16 22 5 8 9 18 27 9 65
6 Darlington 42 17 13 12 70 56 21 9 7 5 35 27 21 8 6 7 35 29 14 64
7 Gloucester City 43 18 10 15 69 62 21 10 5 6 40 28 22 8 5 9 29 34 7 64
8 Alfreton Town 41 16 15 10 50 38 22 11 6 5 34 20 19 5 9 5 16 18 12 63
9 Buxton 43 16 13 14 51 49 22 9 7 6 26 24 21 7 6 8 25 25 2 61
10 Chorley 43 15 15 13 56 45 22 10 7 5 31 19 21 5 8 8 25 26 11 60
11 Curzon Ashton 41 17 9 15 52 47 21 10 4 7 31 23 20 7 5 8 21 24 5 60
12 Kidderminster Harriers 43 16 12 15 40 41 21 5 7 9 17 21 22 11 5 6 23 20 -1 60
13 Peterborough Sports 43 15 12 16 50 51 21 9 5 7 30 23 22 6 7 9 20 28 -1 57
14 Spennymoor Town 42 14 14 14 58 63 21 9 8 4 30 25 21 5 6 10 28 38 -5 56
15 Boston United 43 14 10 19 62 62 21 9 4 8 35 29 22 5 6 11 27 33 0 52
16 Banbury United 42 13 13 16 51 56 21 6 9 6 24 22 21 7 4 10 27 34 -5 52
17 Hereford 43 14 9 20 45 51 22 7 7 8 26 23 21 7 2 12 19 28 -6 51
18 Southport 42 13 11 18 45 51 21 7 7 7 25 24 21 6 4 11 20 27 -6 50
19 Kettering Town 43 11 16 16 39 55 22 9 10 3 25 17 21 2 6 13 14 38 -16 49
20 Farsley Celtic 43 11 13 18 46 68 22 7 8 6 25 25 21 4 5 12 21 43 -22 46
21 Leamington 43 9 18 16 37 52 21 8 6 7 22 19 22 1 12 9 15 33 -15 45
22 Blyth Spartans 43 10 13 19 40 59 21 4 9 8 19 26 22 6 4 11 21 33 -19 43
23 Bradford Park Avenue 42 9 12 21 39 63 20 7 4 9 20 23 22 2 8 12 19 40 -24 39
24 AFC Telford United 43 6 13 24 33 68 22 3 7 12 19 35 21 3 6 12 14 33 -35 31

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 43 24 12 7 76 40 21 15 3 3 43 18 22 9 9 4 33 22 36 84
2 Fylde 42 25 8 9 70 43 22 14 3 5 44 26 20 11 5 4 26 17 27 83
3 Chester 43 20 17 6 65 39 21 8 8 5 28 19 22 12 9 1 37 20 26 77
4 Scarborough Athletic 43 18 12 13 70 64 21 9 5 7 38 33 22 9 7 6 32 31 6 66
5 Brackley Town 43 17 14 12 52 43 21 12 6 3 34 16 22 5 8 9 18 27 9 65
6 Darlington 42 17 13 12 70 56 21 9 7 5 35 27 21 8 6 7 35 29 14 64
7 Gloucester City 43 18 10 15 69 62 21 10 5 6 40 28 22 8 5 9 29 34 7 64
8 Alfreton Town 41 16 15 10 50 38 22 11 6 5 34 20 19 5 9 5 16 18 12 63
9 Buxton 43 16 13 14 51 49 22 9 7 6 26 24 21 7 6 8 25 25 2 61
10 Chorley 43 15 15 13 56 45 22 10 7 5 31 19 21 5 8 8 25 26 11 60
11 Curzon Ashton 41 17 9 15 52 47 21 10 4 7 31 23 20 7 5 8 21 24 5 60
12 Kidderminster Harriers 43 16 12 15 40 41 21 5 7 9 17 21 22 11 5 6 23 20 -1 60
13 Peterborough Sports 43 15 12 16 50 51 21 9 5 7 30 23 22 6 7 9 20 28 -1 57
14 Spennymoor Town 42 14 14 14 58 63 21 9 8 4 30 25 21 5 6 10 28 38 -5 56
15 Boston United 43 14 10 19 62 62 21 9 4 8 35 29 22 5 6 11 27 33 0 52
16 Banbury United 42 13 13 16 51 56 21 6 9 6 24 22 21 7 4 10 27 34 -5 52
17 Hereford 43 14 9 20 45 51 22 7 7 8 26 23 21 7 2 12 19 28 -6 51
18 Southport 42 13 11 18 45 51 21 7 7 7 25 24 21 6 4 11 20 27 -6 50
19 Kettering Town 43 11 16 16 39 55 22 9 10 3 25 17 21 2 6 13 14 38 -16 49
20 Farsley Celtic 43 11 13 18 46 68 22 7 8 6 25 25 21 4 5 12 21 43 -22 46
21 Leamington 43 9 18 16 37 52 21 8 6 7 22 19 22 1 12 9 15 33 -15 45
22 Blyth Spartans 43 10 13 19 40 59 21 4 9 8 19 26 22 6 4 11 21 33 -19 43
23 Bradford Park Avenue 42 9 12 21 39 63 20 7 4 9 20 23 22 2 8 12 19 40 -24 39
24 AFC Telford United 43 6 13 24 33 68 22 3 7 12 19 35 21 3 6 12 14 33 -35 31

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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).