Boston United manager Cox looking for three points in Southport showdown

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Jakemans Stadium (6643 seats)

It's the premier fixture of the new campaign for Boston United and Southport. The leaf is empty, the opportunities endless.

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Boston United form and stats

Last season, Boston United's league stats were 18 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, providing 7th place in the Vanarama National League North. From these 42 matches they scored 63 goals and let in 57. Appearing as the host team in the former season Boston United generated 10-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 39 goals and 28 conceded.

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 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Boston United, who have participated in three training matches. Boston United have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Southport form and stats

Let's have a look at how Southport performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 15 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 25/35 goals scored/conceded.

Southport are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

It's a day of discovery for Southport as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Southport have played three with the results W1-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Southport has scored 3 goals and conceded 6 times.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these sides: Boston United won six, Southport were winners in three and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Boston United missing players

Southport missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boston United Southport
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Boston United Last season Southport
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
18 10   Won W   6 14
9 5   Drew D   4 15
15 6   Lost L   11 13
63 39   Scored S   25 60
57 28   Conceded C   35 55
98% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 88%
86% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
60% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 50%
31% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
12% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   19% 21%
67% 81%   BTTS BTTS   48% 50%
26% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 36%
10% 0%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
5.5 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
4.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.2
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
5 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.9 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 9.6
4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.9
37% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 37%
 
8.6 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.6
3.9 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alfreton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Banbury United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Boston United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Brackley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Chorley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Curzon Ashton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Farsley Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 King's Lynn Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Peterborough Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Scarborough Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Southport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Spennymoor Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gateshead 42 29 7 6 99 47 21 18 1 2 53 19 21 11 6 4 46 28 52 94
2 Brackley Town 42 25 12 5 53 23 21 15 3 3 23 9 21 10 9 2 30 14 30 87
3 Fylde 42 24 8 10 68 37 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 10 5 6 32 19 31 80
4 Kidderminster Harriers 42 21 11 10 72 35 21 14 3 4 50 12 21 7 8 6 22 23 37 74
5 York City 42 19 9 14 58 50 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 5 8 26 30 8 66
6 Chorley 42 17 14 11 62 49 21 12 5 4 44 25 21 5 9 7 18 24 13 65
7 Boston United 42 18 9 15 63 57 21 10 5 6 39 28 21 8 4 9 24 29 6 63
8 Kettering Town 42 16 13 13 54 48 21 9 7 5 30 21 21 7 6 8 24 27 6 61
9 Alfreton Town 42 17 10 15 58 59 21 7 9 5 30 26 21 10 1 10 28 33 -1 61
10 Spennymoor Town 42 17 9 16 55 51 21 10 6 5 32 21 21 7 3 11 23 30 4 60
11 Southport 42 14 15 13 60 55 21 8 11 2 35 20 21 6 4 11 25 35 5 57
12 Hereford 42 15 10 17 51 52 21 10 5 6 28 23 21 5 5 11 23 29 -1 55
13 Darlington 42 14 11 17 57 58 21 9 4 8 29 24 21 5 7 9 28 34 -1 53
14 Curzon Ashton 42 13 13 16 51 63 21 7 7 7 24 27 21 6 6 9 27 36 -12 52
15 Leamington 42 12 12 18 39 47 21 10 5 6 25 20 21 2 7 12 14 27 -8 48
16 Chester 42 12 11 19 70 71 21 9 6 6 43 27 21 3 5 13 27 44 -1 47
17 Gloucester City 42 10 16 16 47 60 21 6 9 6 28 24 21 4 7 10 19 36 -13 46
18 Bradford Park Avenue 42 11 11 20 46 70 21 7 6 8 26 32 21 4 5 12 20 38 -24 44
19 Blyth Spartans 42 12 7 23 41 76 21 8 3 10 23 30 21 4 4 13 18 46 -35 43
20 AFC Telford United 42 7 16 19 48 65 21 7 7 7 31 25 21 0 9 12 17 40 -17 37
21 Farsley Celtic 42 9 10 23 37 78 21 7 6 8 23 34 21 2 4 15 14 44 -41 37
22 Guiseley 42 9 8 25 31 69 21 6 6 9 18 33 21 3 2 16 13 36 -38 35

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 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alfreton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Banbury United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Boston United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Brackley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Chorley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Curzon Ashton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Farsley Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 King's Lynn Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Peterborough Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Scarborough Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Southport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Spennymoor Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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).