Boston United vs Peterborough Sports: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Jakemans Stadium (6643 seats)

Boston United - Peterborough Sports in Vanarama National League North: Statistics, team selections, results, the latest developments and reports. Check out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Boston United have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Vanarama National League North
  • Boston United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Peterborough Sports have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Boston United form and stats

7-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Boston United so far this season. Boston United has recorded two wins in a row here at The Jakemans Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Boston's last game was hosting Brackley Town (placed 3rd) and winning 1-0.

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

This is expected to be a close game, with Boston United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Boston United as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Boston United has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Lots of goals and action? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 16 latest league games with this side has contained three goals or more.

There will be little rest for Boston United after this match as they are travelling to Chorley for a Vanarama National League North game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Boston in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 17 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Peterborough Sports form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Peterborough Sports so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-9 (win-draw-lose).

Peterborough Sports aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 190 league minutes without a goal.

Peterborough Sports play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Curzon Ashton (placed 11th).

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Fylde.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Peterborough Sports playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Peterborough win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Peterborough Sports are hosting Gloucester City in the Vanarama National League North only three days away.

The attacking power of Peterborough Sports when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Peterborough struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the result Peterborough Sports - Boston United 1-1 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Boston United wins - draws - Peterborough Sports wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Boston UnitedS. Pollock
S. Pollock
14 goals
BostonJ. Wright
J. Wright
7 goals
Peterborough SportsJ. Nicholson
J. Nicholson
6 goals

Boston United missing players

Peterborough Sports missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boston United Peterborough Sports
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 17 6 Played P 4 15 31
9 7 1 Won W 2 4 11
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 7
17 7 4 Lost L 1 9 13
45 29 8 Scored S 5 14 38
54 27 13 Conceded C 5 24 42
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 76% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 84%
59% 65% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 52%
38% 41% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 19%
25% 24% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
59% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 52%
22% 29% 17% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 26%
22% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 29%
 
4 4.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.1 3.8
4.7 3.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.6 4.3
1.8 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.7
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
9.4 10.4 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.3 8.8
4 4.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.7 3.6
35% 37% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 34% 34%
 
10.8 8.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 5.8 8.8 10.7
4.6 4 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.7 4.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Boston United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boston United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Peterborough Sports have scored away.
  • Boston United have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Vanarama National League North
  • Boston United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Boston United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Peterborough Sports have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Peterborough Sports 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 King's Lynn Town 31 18 8 5 55 28 15 12 2 1 31 11 16 6 6 4 24 17 27 62
2 Fylde 30 19 5 6 51 28 15 10 2 3 30 15 15 9 3 3 21 13 23 62
3 Brackley Town 32 16 10 6 42 25 16 11 4 1 29 10 16 5 6 5 13 15 17 58
4 Darlington 32 16 7 9 59 44 17 8 5 4 29 23 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 55
5 Scarborough Athletic 33 15 9 9 57 50 17 8 5 4 34 27 16 7 4 5 23 23 7 54
6 Chester 32 13 14 5 47 30 16 6 6 4 20 14 16 7 8 1 27 16 17 53
7 Chorley 33 13 12 8 42 29 16 8 6 2 22 10 17 5 6 6 20 19 13 51
8 Kidderminster Harriers 34 13 7 14 34 37 17 4 4 9 15 20 17 9 3 5 19 17 -3 46
9 Alfreton Town 31 11 12 8 38 30 16 8 5 3 25 13 15 3 7 5 13 17 8 45
10 Gloucester City 33 12 8 13 52 55 17 8 3 6 34 26 16 4 5 7 18 29 -3 44
11 Curzon Ashton 31 12 7 12 41 37 16 7 3 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 17 4 43
12 Banbury United 29 12 6 11 40 38 13 6 3 4 18 13 16 6 3 7 22 25 2 42
13 Hereford 33 12 6 15 39 38 16 6 4 6 21 17 17 6 2 9 18 21 1 42
14 Spennymoor Town 31 10 12 9 44 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 4 6 5 23 26 -1 42
15 Southport 31 11 8 12 39 40 13 6 4 3 20 16 18 5 4 9 19 24 -1 41
16 Peterborough Sports 31 11 7 13 38 42 16 7 5 4 24 18 15 4 2 9 14 24 -4 40
17 Buxton 33 10 10 13 32 39 17 5 6 6 17 20 16 5 4 7 15 19 -7 40
18 Kettering Town 32 8 11 13 29 44 15 6 6 3 16 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -15 35
19 Leamington 31 6 15 10 25 32 17 6 5 6 16 16 14 0 10 4 9 16 -7 33
20 Boston United 32 9 6 17 45 54 17 7 3 7 29 27 15 2 3 10 16 27 -9 33
21 Bradford Park Avenue 33 8 9 16 33 49 16 6 3 7 16 17 17 2 6 9 17 32 -16 33
22 Farsley Celtic 31 8 9 14 34 51 15 5 5 5 18 20 16 3 4 9 16 31 -17 33
23 Blyth Spartans 33 8 9 16 33 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 16 4 2 10 15 30 -17 33
24 AFC Telford United 34 3 11 20 23 57 17 2 7 8 13 26 17 1 4 12 10 31 -34 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 King's Lynn Town 31 18 8 5 55 28 15 12 2 1 31 11 16 6 6 4 24 17 27 62
2 Fylde 30 19 5 6 51 28 15 10 2 3 30 15 15 9 3 3 21 13 23 62
3 Brackley Town 32 16 10 6 42 25 16 11 4 1 29 10 16 5 6 5 13 15 17 58
4 Darlington 32 16 7 9 59 44 17 8 5 4 29 23 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 55
5 Scarborough Athletic 33 15 9 9 57 50 17 8 5 4 34 27 16 7 4 5 23 23 7 54
6 Chester 32 13 14 5 47 30 16 6 6 4 20 14 16 7 8 1 27 16 17 53
7 Chorley 33 13 12 8 42 29 16 8 6 2 22 10 17 5 6 6 20 19 13 51
8 Kidderminster Harriers 34 13 7 14 34 37 17 4 4 9 15 20 17 9 3 5 19 17 -3 46
9 Alfreton Town 31 11 12 8 38 30 16 8 5 3 25 13 15 3 7 5 13 17 8 45
10 Gloucester City 33 12 8 13 52 55 17 8 3 6 34 26 16 4 5 7 18 29 -3 44
11 Curzon Ashton 31 12 7 12 41 37 16 7 3 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 17 4 43
12 Banbury United 29 12 6 11 40 38 13 6 3 4 18 13 16 6 3 7 22 25 2 42
13 Hereford 33 12 6 15 39 38 16 6 4 6 21 17 17 6 2 9 18 21 1 42
14 Spennymoor Town 31 10 12 9 44 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 4 6 5 23 26 -1 42
15 Southport 31 11 8 12 39 40 13 6 4 3 20 16 18 5 4 9 19 24 -1 41
16 Peterborough Sports 31 11 7 13 38 42 16 7 5 4 24 18 15 4 2 9 14 24 -4 40
17 Buxton 33 10 10 13 32 39 17 5 6 6 17 20 16 5 4 7 15 19 -7 40
18 Kettering Town 32 8 11 13 29 44 15 6 6 3 16 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -15 35
19 Leamington 31 6 15 10 25 32 17 6 5 6 16 16 14 0 10 4 9 16 -7 33
20 Boston United 32 9 6 17 45 54 17 7 3 7 29 27 15 2 3 10 16 27 -9 33
21 Bradford Park Avenue 33 8 9 16 33 49 16 6 3 7 16 17 17 2 6 9 17 32 -16 33
22 Farsley Celtic 31 8 9 14 34 51 15 5 5 5 18 20 16 3 4 9 16 31 -17 33
23 Blyth Spartans 33 8 9 16 33 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 16 4 2 10 15 30 -17 33
24 AFC Telford United 34 3 11 20 23 57 17 2 7 8 13 26 17 1 4 12 10 31 -34 20

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