Vanarama National League North preview: Can Blyth Spartans edge out victory against Scarborough Athletic?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Mon 29.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croft Park (4450 seats)

Scarborough Athletic visit Blyth Spartans and Croft Park loaded with confidence, but the home side is not easy meat. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Vanarama National League North
  • All of Scarborough Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Spartans and Scarborough Athletic.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

Blyth Spartans have played three Vanarama National League North home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

The Blyth Spartans club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Croft Park: A 1-2 defeat against Scarborough Athletic (placed 4th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in three league games.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Buxton with a 2-1 scoreline.

At Croft Park, Blyth Spartans has the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 3 league fixtures.

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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

Scarborough Athletic have six points from their first three away games in the Vanarama National League North, meaning two victories and a loss. Scarborough love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Scarborough Athletic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Blyth Spartans (placed 15th).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Boston United.

Scarborough are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Scarborough Athletic have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; Blyth Spartans - Scarborough Athletic 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

SpartansL. McNall
L. McNall
3 goals
Scarborough AthleticM. Coulson
M. Coulson
3 goals
Blyth SpartansA. Nicholson
A. Nicholson
2 goals

Blyth Spartans missing players

Scarborough Athletic missing players

Blyth Spartans Scarborough Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 2 1 Lost L 1 1 1
6 3 0 Scored S 0 4 8
7 3 1 Conceded C 2 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
33% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 17%
 
4.7 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2 3.5
2 1.3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.3 5.3
1.3 0.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9 10 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.3 11.5
4 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.7 6.2
25% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 22%
 
9 8.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11 12.2
4.3 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.7 6.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Scarborough Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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.
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Scarborough Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Scarborough Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Scarborough Athletic 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 King's Lynn Town 6 5 1 0 12 3 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 3 0 0 7 1 9 16
2 Banbury United 6 4 1 1 10 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 3 5 13
3 Fylde 6 4 0 2 7 7 3 2 0 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 12
4 Scarborough Athletic 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 11
5 Spennymoor Town 6 2 4 0 7 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 10
6 Kidderminster Harriers 6 3 1 2 5 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 10
7 Alfreton Town 6 2 3 1 9 5 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 4 9
8 Chorley 6 2 3 1 8 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 6 2 4 9
9 Leamington 6 2 3 1 7 3 3 2 0 1 5 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 9
10 Gloucester City 6 3 0 3 9 8 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 9
11 Brackley Town 6 3 0 3 6 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 -1 9
12 Darlington 6 2 2 2 7 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 8
13 Chester 6 2 1 3 8 8 3 1 0 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 7
14 Peterborough Sports 6 2 1 3 9 10 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 7
15 Blyth Spartans 6 2 1 3 6 7 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 7
16 Curzon Ashton 6 2 1 3 6 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 7
17 Hereford 6 2 1 3 8 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 7
18 Southport 6 2 1 3 6 11 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 5 8 -5 7
19 Buxton 6 1 3 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2 6
20 AFC Telford United 6 1 3 2 3 8 3 1 1 1 2 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -5 6
21 Kettering Town 6 1 2 3 6 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 5
22 Farsley Celtic 6 1 2 3 5 8 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -3 5
23 Bradford Park Avenue 6 0 3 3 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 3 -3 3
24 Boston United 6 0 3 3 6 13 3 0 1 2 5 10 3 0 2 1 1 3 -7 3

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).