The Jakemans Stadium: Boston United vs Scarborough Athletic Vanarama National League North pre-match guide

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Jakemans Stadium (6643 seats)

Both Boston United and Scarborough Athletic are thirsting for points in this fixture, despite the guesting team carrying a 19 point advantage so far.

Insights:
  • Boston United have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Vanarama National League North
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Vanarama National League North

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's look for an animated match!

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Boston United form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Boston United have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games.

Boston United drew their last game, also a home match. Gloucester City (placed 8th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score.

Heartbreak before that as Boston lost 1-2 at King's Lynn Town's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Boston United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Goal fest? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has contained three goals or more.

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

Boston have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Jakemans Stadium with 23 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Boston United defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Boston hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Buxton, AFC Telford United, Curzon Ashton, Farsley Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town and Bradford Park Avenue), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

6-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Scarborough Athletic in their Vanarama National League North matches away.

The manager Greening was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Flamingo Land Stadium. Scarborough Athletic suffered a 1-2 loss to Fylde (placed 1st).

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Blyth Spartans.

Scarborough Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 14 league games.

A new game in only three days for Scarborough Athletic, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Brackley Town. Busy days.

Scarborough have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 18 goals have been scored. Scarborough Athletic have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head encounter ended Scarborough Athletic - Boston United 1-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

BostonS. Pollock
S. Pollock
14 goals
Scarborough AthleticM. Coulson
M. Coulson
11 goals
Scarborough AthleticD. Tear
D. Tear
7 goals

Boston United missing players

Scarborough Athletic missing players

Boston United Scarborough Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 14 4 Played P 4 13 27
7 5 0 Won W 3 6 13
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 6
14 7 3 Lost L 1 5 8
36 23 5 Scored S 7 18 49
44 24 11 Conceded C 5 19 44
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 89%
58% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 59%
31% 36% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 44%
27% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 33%
58% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 67%
23% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 19%
23% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 15%
 
4.3 5.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.5 4.6
4.4 3.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.1
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.7 10.9 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 9.8 11.7
3.8 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 5.6
36% 38% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 32% 33%
 
10.4 8.9 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11.5 13
4.6 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.9 5.6
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 the most conceded goals in the first half (23) 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.
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Vanarama National League North
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Vanarama National League North
  • 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 Fylde 24 16 3 5 41 23 12 9 1 2 25 10 12 7 2 3 16 13 18 51
2 King's Lynn Town 23 14 6 3 43 22 11 10 1 0 25 8 12 4 5 3 18 14 21 48
3 Darlington 26 14 5 7 50 35 13 6 3 4 22 19 13 8 2 3 28 16 15 47
4 Brackley Town 25 13 8 4 31 19 13 9 3 1 20 8 12 4 5 3 11 11 12 47
5 Scarborough Athletic 27 13 6 8 49 44 14 7 4 3 31 25 13 6 2 5 18 19 5 45
6 Chester 26 11 11 4 41 25 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 6 6 1 24 14 16 44
7 Chorley 26 10 9 7 36 25 13 6 6 1 19 8 13 4 3 6 17 17 11 39
8 Gloucester City 28 11 6 11 42 44 15 7 2 6 28 24 13 4 4 5 14 20 -2 39
9 Kidderminster Harriers 27 10 7 10 26 28 13 3 4 6 11 14 14 7 3 4 15 14 -2 37
10 Banbury United 25 10 6 9 35 32 11 6 3 2 18 9 14 4 3 7 17 23 3 36
11 Southport 26 10 6 10 36 35 13 6 4 3 20 16 13 4 2 7 16 19 1 36
12 Peterborough Sports 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 21 14 13 4 1 8 13 20 0 36
13 Hereford 26 10 5 11 32 30 12 5 3 4 17 12 14 5 2 7 15 18 2 35
14 Alfreton Town 24 8 10 6 30 24 12 5 5 2 18 10 12 3 5 4 12 14 6 34
15 Spennymoor Town 25 8 10 7 34 35 12 5 4 3 15 13 13 3 6 4 19 22 -1 34
16 Leamington 25 5 14 6 21 22 13 5 5 3 14 10 12 0 9 3 7 12 -1 29
17 Bradford Park Avenue 27 7 8 12 27 36 13 5 2 6 13 15 14 2 6 6 14 21 -9 29
18 Curzon Ashton 25 7 7 11 24 28 13 4 3 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 11 13 -4 28
19 Boston United 26 7 5 14 36 44 14 5 2 7 23 24 12 2 3 7 13 20 -8 26
20 Buxton 27 6 8 13 25 38 15 3 6 6 15 20 12 3 2 7 10 18 -13 26
21 Kettering Town 25 6 8 11 23 39 11 5 3 3 13 11 14 1 5 8 10 28 -16 26
22 Farsley Celtic 25 6 6 13 28 44 13 4 4 5 17 20 12 2 2 8 11 24 -16 24
23 Blyth Spartans 26 5 8 13 27 41 13 3 6 4 15 14 13 2 2 9 12 27 -14 23
24 AFC Telford United 26 3 8 15 19 43 13 2 4 7 10 20 13 1 4 8 9 23 -24 17

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).