Blyth Spartans v Kidderminster Harriers preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croft Park (4450 seats)

Blyth Spartans and Kidderminster Harriers are keen to show off their new recruits and flair: It's the first game of the Vanarama National League North season.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

In the previous season, Blyth Spartans's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 23 losses, providing 19th place in the Vanarama National League North. Over these 42 matches they scored 41 goals and let in 76. Playing as the home team in the previous season Blyth Spartans generated 8-3-10 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 30 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Blyth Spartans friendly games in pre-season: Blyth Spartans played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Blyth Spartans scored 5 goals and conceded 3 in these one game.

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Kidderminster Harriers form and stats

Let's have a look at how Kidderminster Harriers performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 72 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 8 and lost 6 with 22/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's one Spartans victory, three draws and five Kidderminster Harriers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Blyth Spartans missing players

Kidderminster Harriers missing players

Blyth Spartans Kidderminster Harriers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Blyth Spartans Last season Kidderminster Harriers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
12 8   Won W   7 21
7 3   Drew D   8 11
23 10   Lost L   6 10
41 23   Scored S   22 72
76 30   Conceded C   23 35
98% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 88%
79% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 71%
55% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 52%
33% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 26%
12% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 12%
48% 48%   BTTS BTTS   52% 40%
21% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 43%
33% 29%   Failed to Score F T   33% 29%
 
4.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5
5.5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.5
1.2 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.1
4 1   Red cards R C   4 4
 
8.9 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 10.8
3.3 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 5
29% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 34%
 
12 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10 7.5
5 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 2.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alfreton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Banbury United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Boston United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Brackley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Chorley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Curzon Ashton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Farsley Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 King's Lynn Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Peterborough Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Scarborough Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Southport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Spennymoor Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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

Read more about Vanarama National League North

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).