Brackley Town vs Alfreton Town preview: Away team in for a difficult task at St. James' Park

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 22.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (3500 seats)

Vanarama National League North: Top level vs subpar, at least that's what the table says. Brackley Town - Alfreton Town. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Vanarama National League North
  • Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Brackley Town form and stats

12-2-1 is the performance here at St. James' Park so far in the Vanarama National League North, giving Brackley Town a total of 38 from their 15 games here. Outstanding results! Brackley Town haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Kettering Town, 79 days ago.

The Brackley Town supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kidderminster Harriers and win 1-0.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting AFC Telford United in a game that was won 2-1.

There will be little rest for Brackley after this match as they are travelling to Spennymoor Town for a Vanarama National League North game in only four days.

The Brackley Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. Defensively Brackley have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (7 in 15 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Alfreton Town have produced an overall stat of 6-1-8 so far.

Alfreton Town lost away at Fylde (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Boston United.

After this away game Alfreton Town return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Southport. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Alfreton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Alfreton struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games. More than 60 percent of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

Brackley Town and Alfreton Town have faced each other earlier this season: Alfreton Town - Brackley Town 0-1. Brackley Town-Alfreton Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Brackley Town six wins, Alfreton Town two wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BrackleyM. Lowe
M. Lowe
11 goals
Brackley TownL. Ndlovu
L. Ndlovu
11 goals
Alfreton TownB. Hobson
B. Hobson
9 goals

Brackley Town missing players

Alfreton Town missing players

Brackley Town Alfreton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
21 12 5 Won W 0 6 10
7 2 0 Drew D 0 1 7
3 1 0 Lost L 4 8 13
45 20 10 Scored S 1 21 40
18 7 3 Conceded C 8 28 49
84% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
52% 40% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 87% 73%
35% 33% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 53%
19% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
10% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 33%
29% 27% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 50%
68% 73% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
19% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 40% 40%
 
5.1 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.1
4.1 3.7 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.7 4.3
1.1 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 12.5 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 9.9 10.2
4.6 5.1 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 4 4.3
32% 26% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 35% 31%
 
7.5 6.7 3.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.8 9.5
2.7 2.6 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 4.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brackley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the most clean sheets (21) in Vanarama National League North

  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 32 23 4 5 73 36 15 13 0 2 36 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 37 73
2 Brackley Town 31 21 7 3 45 18 15 12 2 1 20 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 27 70
3 Fylde 32 18 6 8 54 30 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 8 4 4 27 15 24 60
4 Kidderminster Harriers 31 17 6 8 53 28 14 10 1 3 34 10 17 7 5 5 19 18 25 57
5 Chorley 30 14 9 7 49 35 15 9 3 3 34 18 15 5 6 4 15 17 14 51
6 Southport 31 13 10 8 49 37 16 8 7 1 32 16 15 5 3 7 17 21 12 49
7 York City 30 14 6 10 47 38 16 8 3 5 27 17 14 6 3 5 20 21 9 48
8 Boston United 31 13 6 12 47 46 17 9 3 5 34 22 14 4 3 7 13 24 1 45
9 Hereford 32 12 8 12 37 38 17 8 4 5 21 17 15 4 4 7 16 21 -1 44
10 Curzon Ashton 30 11 10 9 42 37 15 6 5 4 21 17 15 5 5 5 21 20 5 43
11 Spennymoor Town 31 12 7 12 43 44 14 6 5 3 24 17 17 6 2 9 19 27 -1 43
12 Darlington 32 11 8 13 50 47 16 7 3 6 25 18 16 4 5 7 25 29 3 41
13 Kettering Town 30 11 7 12 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 16 16 6 2 8 21 25 2 40
14 Leamington 32 10 10 12 33 38 17 9 4 4 22 17 15 1 6 8 11 21 -5 40
15 Alfreton Town 30 10 7 13 40 49 15 4 6 5 19 21 15 6 1 8 21 28 -9 37
16 Chester 32 9 7 16 54 58 17 7 5 5 36 24 15 2 2 11 18 34 -4 34
17 Bradford Park Avenue 31 9 6 16 38 55 16 7 2 7 26 27 15 2 4 9 12 28 -17 33
18 Gloucester City 32 7 11 14 32 48 15 3 6 6 16 17 17 4 5 8 16 31 -16 32
19 Blyth Spartans 32 9 3 20 29 59 16 6 2 8 17 21 16 3 1 12 12 38 -30 30
20 AFC Telford United 33 6 10 17 40 56 17 6 4 7 25 20 16 0 6 10 15 36 -16 28
21 Guiseley 30 7 5 18 24 47 16 5 4 7 15 23 14 2 1 11 9 24 -23 26
22 Farsley Celtic 31 6 7 18 28 65 14 4 4 6 17 28 17 2 3 12 11 37 -37 25

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).