Vanarama National League North match prediction: Little separates Blyth Spartans and Spennymoor Town in quality

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Croft Park (4450 seats)

This game involves two squads residing in the lower parts of the Vanarama National League North, Blyth Spartans having 23rd position and Spennymoor Town lying 19th. A nice chance for one of the contenders to better their position.

Insights:
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Vanarama National League North
  • Spennymoor Town have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Vanarama National League North

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The total Vanarama National League North statistics playing at home this season for Blyth Spartans are 2-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Blyth Spartans hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Buxton, AFC Telford United, Curzon Ashton, Farsley Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town and Boston United), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The followers are hoping that Blyth Spartans will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the Fa Trophy fixture against York City.

A Vanarama National League North defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Chester.

Blyth Spartans are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Blyth Spartans have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

Spennymoor Town have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 2-5-4 (11 played).

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Fa Trophy home loss versus Darlington with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Boston United in the Vanarama National League North.

Spennymoor find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Spennymoor Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games. When Spennymoor Town is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Spennymoor Town, Buxton, AFC Telford United, Curzon Ashton, Farsley Celtic, Kettering Town and Boston United.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Spartans won one game, three matches ended in a draw and Spennymoor Town managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one.

Top Goalscorers

Spennymoor TownG. Taylor
G. Taylor
8 goals
Blyth SpartansL. McNall
L. McNall
4 goals
Blyth SpartansN. Deverdics
N. Deverdics
3 goals

Blyth Spartans missing players

Spennymoor Town missing players

Blyth Spartans Spennymoor Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 11 21
4 2 1 Won W 0 2 5
6 5 1 Drew D 1 5 9
10 3 0 Lost L 1 4 7
20 13 4 Scored S 3 15 25
31 11 1 Conceded C 4 20 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 71%
45% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 52%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 29%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
45% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 57%
15% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 24%
40% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 29%
 
4.6 5.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.9 5.9
3.6 3.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 4.7
1.2 0.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.8 10.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 17.5 10.6 11.2
3.3 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 4.5 3.9
31% 32% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 31% 31%
 
10.3 9.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11 9.1
4.9 4.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.1 3.9
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spennymoor Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spennymoor Town have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Vanarama National League North
  • Spennymoor Town 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 Darlington 23 13 5 5 43 27 11 6 3 2 20 13 12 7 2 3 23 14 16 44
2 Brackley Town 22 12 6 4 28 17 11 9 1 1 18 6 11 3 5 3 10 11 11 42
3 Chester 22 11 7 4 37 21 11 5 3 3 14 8 11 6 4 1 23 13 16 40
4 Scarborough Athletic 22 11 6 5 40 31 11 6 4 1 25 16 11 5 2 4 15 15 9 39
5 King's Lynn Town 19 11 5 3 37 20 9 8 1 0 21 6 10 3 4 3 16 14 17 38
6 Fylde 18 11 3 4 29 19 9 7 1 1 18 8 9 4 2 3 11 11 10 36
7 Banbury United 22 10 5 7 34 25 10 6 3 1 18 8 12 4 2 6 16 17 9 35
8 Peterborough Sports 23 9 6 8 30 29 11 5 5 1 18 11 12 4 1 7 12 18 1 33
9 Southport 21 9 5 7 31 28 11 5 4 2 17 13 10 4 1 5 14 15 3 32
10 Gloucester City 23 10 2 11 34 38 12 6 0 6 23 21 11 4 2 5 11 17 -4 32
11 Chorley 21 8 7 6 29 21 11 6 5 0 19 7 10 2 2 6 10 14 8 31
12 Kidderminster Harriers 22 8 4 10 22 26 11 3 2 6 9 12 11 5 2 4 13 14 -4 28
13 Alfreton Town 20 6 8 6 26 24 10 3 5 2 14 10 10 3 3 4 12 14 2 26
14 Leamington 22 5 11 6 19 20 11 5 3 3 13 9 11 0 8 3 6 11 -1 26
15 Hereford 20 7 4 9 26 26 9 3 3 3 13 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 0 25
16 Bradford Park Avenue 22 7 4 11 20 28 11 5 0 6 11 13 11 2 4 5 9 15 -8 25
17 Boston United 23 7 4 12 33 38 12 5 1 6 21 20 11 2 3 6 12 18 -5 25
18 Buxton 19 6 6 7 21 25 11 3 4 4 13 15 8 3 2 3 8 10 -4 24
19 Spennymoor Town 21 5 9 7 25 30 10 3 4 3 10 10 11 2 5 4 15 20 -5 24
20 Curzon Ashton 20 6 5 9 18 21 10 3 2 5 10 12 10 3 3 4 8 9 -3 23
21 Kettering Town 22 5 6 11 19 36 11 5 3 3 13 11 11 0 3 8 6 25 -17 21
22 Farsley Celtic 20 5 4 11 23 37 11 3 3 5 13 17 9 2 1 6 10 20 -14 19
23 Blyth Spartans 20 4 6 10 20 31 10 2 5 3 13 11 10 2 1 7 7 20 -11 18
24 AFC Telford United 21 2 4 15 14 40 10 2 1 7 8 18 11 0 3 8 6 22 -26 10

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).