Home advantage could prove decisive in Brackley Town - Bishop's Stortford battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 15.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (3500 seats)

Let's look at this entertaining match in the Vanarama National League North. Brackley Town is in the 8th place after completing two matches. They receive Bishop's Stortford who are placed 4th after two games.

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

The hosts won their first Vanarama National League North game here at St. James' Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Brackley Town last season were 13 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses from 23 games.

Brackley's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Buxton (placed 18th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Some amazing scenes last match, when Newton scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time.

Before that, Brackley Town played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Chorley.

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 Brackley Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Brackley Town are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League North match at Darlington awaits in four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Brackley Town's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Bishop's Stortford form and stats

One match played away so far in the Vanarama National League North for Bishop's Stortford and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 14 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from 21 games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gloucester City (placed 19th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Chester.

We have checked recent matches where Stortford have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Farsley Celtic in just four days.

{1 goals} so far away for Bishop's Stortford, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Brackley Town two wins, one draw and Bishop's Stortford zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Brackley TownA. Bates
A. Bates
1 goals
Brackley TownR. Calder
R. Calder
1 goals
Brackley TownD. Newton
D. Newton
1 goals

Brackley Town missing players

Bishop's Stortford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brackley Town Bishop's Stortford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 0 1 3
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 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%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 2.5
2.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4.5
4 6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 7
6.5 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.5
23% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 60%
 
11 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 8
3.5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.5
Brackley Town Last season Bishop's Stortford
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
49 25   Played P   21 42
19 13   Won W   14 27
16 8   Drew D   1 7
14 4   Lost L   6 8
60 40   Scored S   33 75
51 21   Conceded C   17 33
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
73% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 76%
41% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
16% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 21%
2% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 14%
49% 52%   BTTS BTTS   24% 33%
35% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 57%
22% 8%   Failed to Score F T   14% 12%
 
5.5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   2.2 2.3
3.4 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   0.9 1.3
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.2 0.2
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.4 10   Shots (avg) S (   5.2 5.6
3.7 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 2
33% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   76% 100%
 
7.3 6.6   Shots against (avg) S A   2.2 2.6
3.4 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.1 0.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blyth Spartans 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Curzon Ashton 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
3 Boston United 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Bishop's Stortford 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Farsley Celtic 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Scunthorpe United 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Hereford 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Brackley Town 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Peterborough Sports 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Tamworth 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
11 Warrington Town 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 3
12 Scarborough Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
13 Chester 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
14 Alfreton Town 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
15 Spennymoor Town 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 3
16 South Shields 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
17 Chorley 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
18 Buxton 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Gloucester City 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 1
20 Rushall Olympic 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 King's Lynn Town 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
22 Darlington 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
23 Southport 2 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -6 0
24 Banbury United 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 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 Fylde 46 29 8 9 80 44 23 15 3 5 49 27 23 14 5 4 31 17 36 95
2 King's Lynn Town 46 27 12 7 84 43 23 17 3 3 48 20 23 10 9 4 36 23 41 93
3 Chester 46 22 18 6 72 41 23 9 9 5 34 21 23 13 9 1 38 20 31 84
4 Brackley Town 46 18 15 13 57 47 23 13 7 3 38 17 23 5 8 10 19 30 10 69
5 Alfreton Town 46 17 18 11 54 44 23 12 6 5 35 20 23 5 12 6 19 24 10 69
6 Kidderminster Harriers 46 19 12 15 49 42 23 7 7 9 23 21 23 12 5 6 26 21 7 69
7 Gloucester City 46 19 11 16 75 68 23 11 6 6 45 32 23 8 5 10 30 36 7 68
8 Scarborough Athletic 46 18 14 14 74 69 23 9 6 8 41 37 23 9 8 6 33 32 5 68
9 Spennymoor Town 46 18 14 14 68 67 23 11 8 4 36 28 23 7 6 10 32 39 1 68
10 Darlington 46 18 13 15 72 64 23 9 7 7 36 32 23 9 6 8 36 32 8 67
11 Buxton 46 18 13 15 55 54 23 10 7 6 29 25 23 8 6 9 26 29 1 67
12 Chorley 46 17 15 14 62 50 23 11 7 5 32 19 23 6 8 9 30 31 12 66
13 Curzon Ashton 46 18 11 17 58 55 23 10 5 8 33 27 23 8 6 9 25 28 3 65
14 Peterborough Sports 46 15 12 19 50 55 23 9 5 9 30 26 23 6 7 10 20 29 -5 57
15 Boston United 46 15 11 20 68 66 23 10 4 9 39 31 23 5 7 11 29 35 2 56
16 Hereford 46 15 10 21 47 56 23 7 8 8 26 23 23 8 2 13 21 33 -9 55
17 Banbury United 46 13 15 18 55 62 23 6 10 7 25 24 23 7 5 11 30 38 -7 54
18 Southport 46 13 11 22 50 62 23 7 7 9 27 30 23 6 4 13 23 32 -12 50
19 Blyth Spartans 46 12 14 20 49 62 23 5 10 8 26 28 23 7 4 12 23 34 -13 50
20 Farsley Celtic 46 12 14 20 51 75 23 8 8 7 27 28 23 4 6 13 24 47 -24 50
21 Kettering Town 46 11 16 19 41 63 23 9 10 4 25 18 23 2 6 15 16 45 -22 49
22 Leamington 46 10 18 18 41 60 23 9 6 8 25 22 23 1 12 10 16 38 -19 48
23 Bradford Park Avenue 46 11 13 22 43 65 23 9 4 10 24 25 23 2 9 12 19 40 -22 46
24 AFC Telford United 46 6 14 26 35 76 23 3 8 12 20 36 23 3 6 14 15 40 -41 32
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 Bishop's Stortford 42 27 7 8 75 33 21 13 6 2 42 16 21 14 1 6 33 17 42 88
2 AFC Hornchurch 42 25 9 8 98 49 21 15 3 3 53 22 21 10 6 5 45 27 49 84
3 Canvey Island 42 24 9 9 80 44 21 12 4 5 45 27 21 12 5 4 35 17 36 81
4 Aveley 42 23 9 10 64 42 21 11 5 5 26 18 21 12 4 5 38 24 22 78
5 Cray Wanderers 42 20 14 8 78 48 21 12 5 4 45 24 21 8 9 4 33 24 30 74
6 Lewes 42 20 14 8 82 54 21 12 8 1 41 17 21 8 6 7 41 37 28 74
7 Horsham 42 20 12 10 84 57 21 14 4 3 55 24 21 6 8 7 29 33 27 72
8 Hastings United 42 20 11 11 63 42 21 10 7 4 33 22 21 10 4 7 30 20 21 71
9 Enfield Town 42 19 12 11 73 49 21 9 8 4 33 21 21 10 4 7 40 28 24 69
10 Billericay Town 42 19 8 15 66 59 21 14 2 5 44 28 21 5 6 10 22 31 7 65
11 Carshalton Athletic 42 18 10 14 53 53 21 13 3 5 30 22 21 5 7 9 23 31 0 64
12 Folkestone Invicta 42 18 5 19 73 65 21 11 3 7 44 31 21 7 2 12 29 34 8 59
13 Potters Bar Town 42 16 5 21 56 86 21 8 3 10 28 37 21 8 2 11 28 49 -30 53
14 Bognor Regis Town 42 15 7 20 70 72 21 9 4 8 30 30 21 6 3 12 40 42 -2 52
15 Haringey Borough 42 13 12 17 67 75 21 8 4 9 38 35 21 5 8 8 29 40 -8 51
16 Wingate & Finchley 42 12 12 18 53 64 21 7 5 9 34 34 21 5 7 9 19 30 -11 48
17 Margate 42 11 11 20 48 65 21 5 7 9 30 32 21 6 4 11 18 33 -17 44
18 Kingstonian 42 10 9 23 43 77 21 5 4 12 21 40 21 5 5 11 22 37 -34 39
19 Bowers & Pitsea 42 8 9 25 44 78 21 6 6 9 22 31 21 2 3 16 22 47 -34 33
20 Herne Bay 42 8 9 25 60 101 21 5 5 11 31 47 21 3 4 14 29 54 -41 33
21 Corinthian-Casuals 42 7 5 30 37 87 21 4 3 14 20 40 21 3 2 16 17 47 -50 26
22 Brightlingsea Regent 42 5 9 28 41 108 21 5 5 11 23 42 21 0 4 17 18 66 -67 24

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 Blyth Spartans 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Curzon Ashton 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
3 Boston United 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Bishop's Stortford 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 Farsley Celtic 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Scunthorpe United 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Hereford 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Brackley Town 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Peterborough Sports 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Tamworth 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 3
11 Warrington Town 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 3
12 Scarborough Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
13 Chester 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
14 Alfreton Town 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
15 Spennymoor Town 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 3
16 South Shields 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
17 Chorley 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
18 Buxton 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Gloucester City 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 1
20 Rushall Olympic 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 King's Lynn Town 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
22 Darlington 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
23 Southport 2 0 0 2 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -6 0
24 Banbury United 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 0

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