Home advantage could prove decisive in Brackley Town - Buxton battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (3500 seats)

With the nervous opening match out of the way it’s time for the second Vanarama National League North duel of the season. Brackley Town eagerly anticipate Buxton in front of their home fans.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Brackley Town form and stats

Last season, Brackley Town's league stats were 18 wins, 15 draws and 13 losses, ending with 4th position in the Vanarama National League North. In these 46 matches they scored {57 goals} and conceded 47. Appearing as the home side in the previous season Brackley Town produced 13-7-3 (win-draw-lost) with {38 goals} and 17 conceded.

An away draw last time out for Brackley Town, facing Chorley in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against Kidderminster Harriers with the scoreline 0-2.

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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Brackley Town, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Bishop's Stortford is only three days away.

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Buxton form and stats

Let's have a look at how Buxton performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 13 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 26/29 goals scored/conceded.

Buxton delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Boston United (placed 14th) in their previous fixture.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Brackley Town.

Buxton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

The schedule is very tough for Buxton now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League North game at Warrington Town is waiting in only three days.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former three meetings): Brackley won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Buxton managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.

Top Goalscorers

BuxtonJ. Burrow
J. Burrow
1 goals

Brackley Town missing players

Buxton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brackley Town Buxton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
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%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 9
1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 7
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Brackley Town Last season Buxton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
49 25   Played P   23 46
19 13   Won W   8 18
16 8   Drew D   6 13
14 4   Lost L   9 15
60 40   Scored S   26 55
51 21   Conceded C   29 54
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 93%
73% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 67%
41% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 46%
16% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 24%
2% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 7%
49% 52%   BTTS BTTS   43% 46%
35% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 30%
22% 8%   Failed to Score F T   35% 30%
 
5.5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.1
3.4 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.5
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.4 10   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 9
3.7 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.9
33% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 31%
 
7.3 6.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.4
3.4 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.9

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

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

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