Vanarama National League North match prediction and preview for Boston United vs Altrincham clash

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 01.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Jakemans Stadium (6643 seats)

Boston United and Altrincham are both riding high in the Vanarama National League North with their 4th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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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Boston United form and stats

Boston United are steadily winning Vanarama National League North games and points here at The Jakemans Stadium. 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

Boston United's last game was hosting Gateshead and winning 5-3. 1-1 away at Curzon Ashton before that.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Boston have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost two.

Boston have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Jakemans Stadium with 23 goals in 15 league matches. Boston United are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Jakemans Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.

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Altrincham form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Altrincham playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season. Altrincham have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Altrincham have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Two travels in a row for Altrincham, whose manager P. Parkinson could celebrate last time after the Vanarama National League North win against York City. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Chester.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Altrincham in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Altrincham, five draws and three defeats.

The visiting Altrincham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 17 games. Altrincham have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Boston United - Altrincham 5-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Boston won four games, one match ended with a draw and Altrincham has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

AltrinchamJ. Hancock
J. Hancock
16 goals
BostonJ. Thewlis
J. Thewlis
14 goals
AltrinchamJ. Hulme
J. Hulme
14 goals

Boston United missing players

Altrincham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boston United Altrincham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 18 35
18 11 2 Won W 1 6 18
7 3 1 Drew D 2 5 9
8 2 1 Lost L 2 7 8
51 28 5 Scored S 7 21 67
35 14 5 Conceded C 7 24 42
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 91%
52% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 51%
21% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 22% 37%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 23%
48% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 39% 57%
36% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 29%
24% 19% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 28% 14%
 
4.9 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.9
4.1 3.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.1 4.4
1.6 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
287 136 32 Total Shots T S 53 194 364
109 60 12 Shots on Target S O 15 71 148
43% 43% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 30% 41%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Altrincham has the most scored goals in the second half (40)
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Altrincham is in the best form (5-0-1)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 York City 34 19 9 6 52 28 17 9 5 3 24 15 17 10 4 3 28 13 24 66
2 King's Lynn Town 32 19 7 6 63 39 17 11 3 3 34 17 15 8 4 3 29 22 24 64
3 Brackley Town 34 16 12 6 61 25 17 8 8 1 33 9 17 8 4 5 28 16 36 60
4 Boston United 32 17 7 8 46 32 15 10 3 2 23 11 17 7 4 6 23 21 14 58
5 Altrincham 33 16 9 8 62 40 16 11 4 1 43 16 17 5 5 7 19 24 22 57
6 Spennymoor Town 34 15 10 9 63 45 18 12 3 3 45 21 16 3 7 6 18 24 18 55
7 Chester 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 10 3 3 36 16 16 5 6 5 22 22 20 54
8 Gateshead 31 14 10 7 47 31 17 10 3 4 29 15 14 4 7 3 18 16 16 52
9 Guiseley 33 14 8 11 52 41 17 7 3 7 26 20 16 7 5 4 26 21 11 50
10 Farsley Celtic 34 14 6 14 50 45 17 7 4 6 26 22 17 7 2 8 24 23 5 48
11 Darlington 33 14 6 13 43 50 17 9 3 5 25 19 16 5 3 8 18 31 -7 48
12 Southport 32 12 7 13 40 41 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 4 7 16 20 -1 43
13 AFC Telford United 34 11 9 14 51 56 17 6 4 7 30 29 17 5 5 7 21 27 -5 42
14 Alfreton Town 32 12 4 16 48 55 16 7 3 6 31 24 16 5 1 10 17 31 -7 40
15 Hereford 35 9 12 14 39 56 17 4 10 3 20 20 18 5 2 11 19 36 -17 39
16 Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 8 15 39 43 16 3 4 9 18 24 17 7 4 6 21 19 -4 38
17 Leamington 32 9 8 15 39 51 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 3 2 11 20 38 -12 35
18 Curzon Ashton 33 8 10 15 34 42 16 6 3 7 20 17 17 2 7 8 14 25 -8 34
19 Gloucester City 30 9 6 15 39 57 14 6 3 5 21 18 16 3 3 10 18 39 -18 33
20 Kettering Town 31 7 11 13 36 46 15 4 6 5 19 21 16 3 5 8 17 25 -10 32
21 Blyth Spartans 33 6 5 22 32 78 16 3 3 10 16 37 17 3 2 12 16 41 -46 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 33 5 5 23 25 80 17 3 2 12 15 37 16 2 3 11 10 43 -55 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 York City 34 19 9 6 52 28 17 9 5 3 24 15 17 10 4 3 28 13 24 66
2 King's Lynn Town 32 19 7 6 63 39 17 11 3 3 34 17 15 8 4 3 29 22 24 64
3 Brackley Town 34 16 12 6 61 25 17 8 8 1 33 9 17 8 4 5 28 16 36 60
4 Boston United 32 17 7 8 46 32 15 10 3 2 23 11 17 7 4 6 23 21 14 58
5 Altrincham 33 16 9 8 62 40 16 11 4 1 43 16 17 5 5 7 19 24 22 57
6 Spennymoor Town 34 15 10 9 63 45 18 12 3 3 45 21 16 3 7 6 18 24 18 55
7 Chester 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 10 3 3 36 16 16 5 6 5 22 22 20 54
8 Gateshead 31 14 10 7 47 31 17 10 3 4 29 15 14 4 7 3 18 16 16 52
9 Guiseley 33 14 8 11 52 41 17 7 3 7 26 20 16 7 5 4 26 21 11 50
10 Farsley Celtic 34 14 6 14 50 45 17 7 4 6 26 22 17 7 2 8 24 23 5 48
11 Darlington 33 14 6 13 43 50 17 9 3 5 25 19 16 5 3 8 18 31 -7 48
12 Southport 32 12 7 13 40 41 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 4 7 16 20 -1 43
13 AFC Telford United 34 11 9 14 51 56 17 6 4 7 30 29 17 5 5 7 21 27 -5 42
14 Alfreton Town 32 12 4 16 48 55 16 7 3 6 31 24 16 5 1 10 17 31 -7 40
15 Hereford 35 9 12 14 39 56 17 4 10 3 20 20 18 5 2 11 19 36 -17 39
16 Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 8 15 39 43 16 3 4 9 18 24 17 7 4 6 21 19 -4 38
17 Leamington 32 9 8 15 39 51 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 3 2 11 20 38 -12 35
18 Curzon Ashton 33 8 10 15 34 42 16 6 3 7 20 17 17 2 7 8 14 25 -8 34
19 Gloucester City 30 9 6 15 39 57 14 6 3 5 21 18 16 3 3 10 18 39 -18 33
20 Kettering Town 31 7 11 13 36 46 15 4 6 5 19 21 16 3 5 8 17 25 -10 32
21 Blyth Spartans 33 6 5 22 32 78 16 3 3 10 16 37 17 3 2 12 16 41 -46 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 33 5 5 23 25 80 17 3 2 12 15 37 16 2 3 11 10 43 -55 20

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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).