Pay more attention to their own match tactics or focus more on the opposition? Both Blyth Spartans and Farsley Celtic must try something separate than earlier this season. Learn more!
- Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North
- Farsley Celtic have won significantly more corners away than at home.
Blyth Spartans and Farsley Celtic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
Three Vanarama National League North home games done for Blyth Spartans, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
In their previous game, the manager Fenton led his Blyth Spartans to a defeat away at Peterborough Sports. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Croft Park. As you see from the result above, Blyth Spartans suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Ahead of that match, Blyth Spartans lost 1-2 at home to Scarborough Athletic.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Spartans have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 0 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Blyth Spartans, as the FA Cup home game vs Guiseley is only four days away.
Blyth Spartans has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Farsley Celtic form and stats
Things could have gone better for Farsley Celtic in their Vanarama National League North away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Farsley Celtic's previous game was their home loss versus Scarborough Athletic (2-4). As you can tell from the result, the match against Scarborough Athletic was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Darlington's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Farsley Celtic in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Farsley, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Farsley Celtic now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Fylde is waiting in only four days.
Farsley Celtic struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - three - two (Spartans wins - draws - Farsley Celtic wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. McNall 3 goals | A. Nicholson 2 goals |  J. Spencer 2 goals |
Blyth Spartans missing players
Farsley Celtic missing players
| Blyth Spartans | Farsley Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 2.9 |
| 2.4 | 1.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.4 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 8.7 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 9.4 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.6 |
- Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Farsley Celtic have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Banbury United | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Fylde | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Darlington | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Scarborough Athletic | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Kidderminster Harriers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Leamington | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Alfreton Town | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Chorley | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Peterborough Sports | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Curzon Ashton | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Spennymoor Town | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Brackley Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Gloucester City | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Chester | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Hereford | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Buxton | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Blyth Spartans | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Southport | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 7 |
| 20 | Kettering Town | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 21 | AFC Telford United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 22 | Farsley Celtic | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 23 | Bradford Park Avenue | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 24 | Boston United | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
