Blyth Spartans open their doors to Gloucester City for another engrossing Vanarama National League North fixture here at Croft Park.
It's no vacation for neither Spartans nor Gloucester City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Vanarama National League North game of the season here at Croft Park. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses from Blyth Spartans's 21 home games.
The Blyth Spartans coach Fenton and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Chorley (placed 21st). The hometeam coach Fenton made a successful contribution in the game against Chorley, bringing on McNall who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at King's Lynn Town.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Blyth Spartans at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Gloucester City form and stats
Gloucester City have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Vanarama National League North were 4 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats from 21 fixtures.
The regulars enjoyed Gloucester City's previous match versus Peterborough Sports (placed 8th), a 3-1 win played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Boston United.1 goal so far away for Gloucester City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Spartans wins - draws - Gloucester City wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. McClure 4 goals |  L. McNall 1 goals | D. Leadbitter 1 goals |
Blyth Spartans missing players
Gloucester City missing players
| Blyth Spartans | Gloucester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 2.3 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 11.3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Blyth Spartans | Last season | Gloucester City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 76 | 30 | Conceded | C | 36 | 60 | ||
| 98% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 86% | ||
| 79% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 67% | ||
| 55% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 52% | 48% | ||
| 33% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 29% | ||
| 12% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 29% | ||
| 33% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 29% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 12 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Banbury United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Gloucester City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Southport | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Fylde | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Leamington | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Buxton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Peterborough Sports | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Chester | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Darlington | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Kettering Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Hereford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Kidderminster Harriers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Scarborough Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | AFC Telford United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Spennymoor Town | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Alfreton Town | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Brackley Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 19 | Curzon Ashton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 20 | Bradford Park Avenue | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 21 | Chorley | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 23 | Boston United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 24 | Farsley Celtic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gateshead | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 99 | 47 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 52 | 94 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 30 | 87 |
| 3 | Fylde | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 31 | 80 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 72 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 37 | 74 |
| 5 | York City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 66 |
| 6 | Chorley | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 49 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 65 |
| 7 | Boston United | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 63 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 63 |
| 8 | Kettering Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 61 |
| 9 | Alfreton Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 33 | -1 | 61 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 60 |
| 11 | Southport | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 60 | 55 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 57 |
| 12 | Hereford | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | -1 | 55 |
| 13 | Darlington | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 58 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 34 | -1 | 53 |
| 14 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 63 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 36 | -12 | 52 |
| 15 | Leamington | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 27 | -8 | 48 |
| 16 | Chester | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 70 | 71 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 44 | -1 | 47 |
| 17 | Gloucester City | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 47 | 60 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -13 | 46 |
| 18 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 46 | 70 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 38 | -24 | 44 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 41 | 76 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 46 | -35 | 43 |
| 20 | AFC Telford United | 42 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 65 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | -17 | 37 |
| 21 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 78 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 44 | -41 | 37 |
| 22 | Guiseley | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 69 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 36 | -38 | 35 |
