Vanarama National League North: Tipsway are previewing an interesting and very important fight involving Blyth Spartans and Guiseley at Croft Park. They both need to win this!
- Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals (9) in Vanarama National League North
- Guiseley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Vanarama National League North
The hosts Spartans saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Vanarama National League North. That game was an away game at Hereford, so at least Spartans are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Blyth Spartans form and stats
Blyth Spartans, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Vanarama National League North, have collected 8 points from their Vanarama National League North home games so far after 2-2-3. All in all it has been a very rough period for Blyth Spartans who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against AFC Telford United, 84 days ago.
J. O'Donnell was the last player to score a league goal for Spartans and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Blyth Spartans haven't scored in 406 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager M. Nelson led his Spartans to a defeat in the Vanarama National League North match away at Hereford. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Croft Park.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kettering Town (0-4).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Spartans have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost two.
Spartans aren't scoring a lot here at Croft Park in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. 7 goals have been conceded.
Guiseley form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League North travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on R. O'Neill, the Guiseley manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The manager R. O'Neill was unhappy after their last game, a Vanarama National League North match played at their home ground Nethermoor Park. Guiseley suffered a 0-2 loss to Hereford (placed 14th).
Prior to that match, the Guiseley manager R. O'Neill faced defeat when travelling to AFC Wimbledon and losing 0-1.We have checked recent matches where Guiseley have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were three victories, one draw and seven defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Guiseley now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League North game at Chester is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Guiseley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Guiseley's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 10 goals in 4 travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Blyth Spartans victories, two draws and six Guiseley wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. O'Donnell 5 goals |  J. Thewlis 3 goals | R. Dale 2 goals |
Blyth Spartans missing players
Guiseley missing players
| Blyth Spartans | Guiseley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 28 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 82% |
| 86% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 82% |
| 43% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 45% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 55% |
| 21% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5.2 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.6 | 7.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 22% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 29% |
| 12.4 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.5 | 8.7 |
| 4.8 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 3.4 |
- All of Guiseley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals (9) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (28) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Guiseley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Guiseley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Guiseley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Guiseley have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Guiseley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Vanarama National League North
- Guiseley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Guiseley have yet to win a game away.
- Guiseley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fylde | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Chorley | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 5 | Curzon Ashton | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Leamington | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Boston United | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Alfreton Town | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 9 | Gateshead | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | York City | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Darlington | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | Chester | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Hereford | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Kettering Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 16 | Southport | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 17 | Bradford Park Avenue | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Farsley Celtic | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 13 |
| 19 | Guiseley | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 20 | AFC Telford United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -12 | 9 |
| 21 | Gloucester City | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -13 | 9 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -19 | 9 |