Evenly matched teams: Blyth Spartans vs Leamington match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croft Park (4450 seats)

Blyth Spartans want to sell some tickets for this match despite that the season has been back-breaking so far with 9 points and a 20th position in the Vanarama National League North table. Opponents Leamington own 11th place with 15 pts.

Insights:
  • Blyth Spartans is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Leamington have yet to win a game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Blyth Spartans at their home stadium (Croft Park) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. It's trouble wherever Spartans are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Spartans are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus York City. Blyth Spartans were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Heartbreak before that as Spartans lost 1-2 at Bradford Park Avenue's place.

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 four games. Spartans has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.

The Spartans fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Spartans have conceded only 5 goals.

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Leamington form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leamington so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Leamington has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to AFC Telford United (placed 18th) in their previous outing. The Vanarama National League North match ended in a draw 1-1. As mentioned above, Leamington drew the match against AFC Telford United. Manager P. Holleran brought on K. Anderson to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Farsley Celtic.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leamington playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Leamington wins, two draws and four defeats.

A new game in only three days for Leamington, the Vanarama National League North home match versus York City. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Leamington have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Blyth Spartans-Leamington H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Spartans two wins, Leamington three wins, zero draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Blyth SpartansJ. O'Donnell
J. O'Donnell
5 goals
LeamingtonD. Turner
D. Turner
3 goals
SpartansR. Dale
R. Dale
2 goals

Blyth Spartans missing players

Leamington missing players

Blyth Spartans Leamington
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 3 6 11
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 4
3 2 1 Drew D 2 3 3
6 2 0 Lost L 1 3 4
9 6 4 Scored S 2 4 13
20 5 2 Conceded C 4 8 13
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 91%
45% 17% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 45%
27% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 17% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 55%
27% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
45% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 27%
 
4.3 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.5
4.4 4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 5.2
0.9 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 7.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 6.3 7.9
3.3 2.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 3.4
25% 38% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 35%
 
11.6 10.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12 10.8
4.5 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.2 5.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Leamington have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Leamington have yet to win a game away.
  • Leamington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 12 9 2 1 22 8 6 6 0 0 10 2 6 3 2 1 12 6 14 29
2 Brackley Town 10 8 1 1 13 5 4 3 0 1 5 4 6 5 1 0 8 1 8 25
3 Chorley 11 6 3 2 22 9 7 4 2 1 19 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 13 21
4 Boston United 11 7 0 4 17 13 6 5 0 1 13 6 5 2 0 3 4 7 4 21
5 Spennymoor Town 11 6 1 4 20 17 5 3 1 1 13 7 6 3 0 3 7 10 3 19
6 Kidderminster Harriers 11 5 3 3 22 12 6 4 0 2 17 7 5 1 3 1 5 5 10 18
7 York City 11 6 0 5 20 16 7 4 0 3 14 8 4 2 0 2 6 8 4 18
8 Alfreton Town 11 5 2 4 21 15 7 3 2 2 13 8 4 2 0 2 8 7 6 17
9 Gateshead 9 5 2 2 19 13 4 4 0 0 11 3 5 1 2 2 8 10 6 17
10 Curzon Ashton 9 5 2 2 16 10 3 2 1 0 5 3 6 3 1 2 11 7 6 17
11 Leamington 11 4 3 4 13 13 5 4 0 1 9 5 6 0 3 3 4 8 0 15
12 Darlington 12 4 2 6 21 19 7 3 1 3 14 9 5 1 1 3 7 10 2 14
13 Kettering Town 8 3 3 2 9 7 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 12
14 Chester 11 3 3 5 18 22 5 3 1 1 12 9 6 0 2 4 6 13 -4 12
15 Farsley Celtic 12 3 3 6 11 24 5 2 2 1 6 6 7 1 1 5 5 18 -13 12
16 Southport 9 2 3 4 16 17 5 2 3 0 12 8 4 0 0 4 4 9 -1 9
17 Guiseley 10 2 3 5 10 17 6 2 2 2 6 7 4 0 1 3 4 10 -7 9
18 AFC Telford United 11 2 3 6 10 18 5 2 2 1 6 3 6 0 1 5 4 15 -8 9
19 Bradford Park Avenue 11 2 3 6 10 21 4 1 1 2 4 6 7 1 2 4 6 15 -11 9
20 Blyth Spartans 11 2 3 6 9 20 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 0 1 4 3 15 -11 9
21 Hereford 10 1 4 5 7 15 4 0 1 3 2 8 6 1 3 2 5 7 -8 7
22 Gloucester City 12 1 3 8 12 27 5 1 2 2 7 6 7 0 1 6 5 21 -15 6

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).