Vanarama National League North preview: Can Brackley Town edge out victory against Curzon Ashton?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (3500 seats)

The Vanarama National League North match summary, better known as a league table, tells a tale about these sides so far, with Brackley Town leading Curzon Ashton by 14 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Brackley Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North
  • Curzon Ashton have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Vanarama National League North

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brackley Town and Curzon Ashton.

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Brackley Town form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 9 Vanarama National League North games here at St. James' Park for Brackley Town. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Brackley Town has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at St. James' Park. We remember; it was Fylde.

Brackley Town drew their last game, 2-2 away at Southport (placed 7th).

Ahead of that match, Brackley won a home game hosting Kettering Town (3-0).

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 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

A decent goal production from Brackley in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Brackley Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. James' Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

3-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Curzon Ashton, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Vanarama National League North, in their Vanarama National League North matches away.

Curzon's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Leamington that finished 0-0.

Ahead of that, 0-0 at home against Cambridge United in the FA Cup. Curzon Ashton 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, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Cambridge United.

It's not easy to score on Curzon Ashton as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Brackley have avoided defeat in the last 13 games (6-7-0) against Curzon Ashton.

Top Goalscorers

Brackley TownC. Stead
C. Stead
8 goals
Curzon AshtonT. Peers
T. Peers
5 goals
Curzon AshtonJ. Hancock
J. Hancock
5 goals

Brackley Town missing players

Curzon Ashton missing players

Brackley Town Curzon Ashton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 1 8 15
10 7 2 Won W 1 3 5
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
4 1 1 Lost L 0 2 5
24 15 4 Scored S 3 8 15
15 5 3 Conceded C 0 5 13
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 80%
72% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 60%
39% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 40%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 47%
50% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 47%
22% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 27%
 
5.4 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.5
2.9 2.9 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.9
1.1 0.8 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.7
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.4 10.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 19 10 8.5
3.8 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.8 3.6
35% 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 21% 28%
 
6.5 5.1 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 9.6
3.3 2.9 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 4.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Brackley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Brackley Town have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the most clean sheets (9) in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town have the most points (22) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Brackley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Brackley Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North
  • Curzon Ashton have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Vanarama National League North
  • Curzon Ashton have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Curzon Ashton have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 Darlington 18 10 4 4 30 20 9 6 2 1 17 9 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 34
2 Brackley Town 18 10 4 4 24 15 9 7 1 1 15 5 9 3 3 3 9 10 9 34
3 King's Lynn Town 15 9 4 2 31 16 7 6 1 0 16 5 8 3 3 2 15 11 15 31
4 Scarborough Athletic 17 8 5 4 32 24 9 5 4 0 22 12 8 3 1 4 10 12 8 29
5 Chester 17 7 6 4 28 19 9 4 2 3 12 7 8 3 4 1 16 12 9 27
6 Gloucester City 18 8 2 8 27 27 9 6 0 3 18 10 9 2 2 5 9 17 0 26
7 Southport 17 8 2 7 25 26 8 4 2 2 11 11 9 4 0 5 14 15 -1 26
8 Chorley 17 6 6 5 23 17 9 4 5 0 14 7 8 2 1 5 9 10 6 24
9 Alfreton Town 17 6 6 5 25 21 8 3 3 2 13 9 9 3 3 3 12 12 4 24
10 Leamington 18 5 9 4 18 14 9 5 2 2 13 7 9 0 7 2 5 7 4 24
11 Fylde 14 7 3 4 19 16 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 24
12 Kidderminster Harriers 17 7 3 7 19 18 9 3 2 4 9 9 8 4 1 3 10 9 1 24
13 Banbury United 17 6 5 6 24 23 8 4 3 1 14 8 9 2 2 5 10 15 1 23
14 Peterborough Sports 17 6 5 6 24 23 9 4 4 1 16 10 8 2 1 5 8 13 1 23
15 Hereford 15 6 3 6 22 20 6 3 2 1 11 7 9 3 1 5 11 13 2 21
16 Buxton 15 5 6 4 16 17 7 2 4 1 8 7 8 3 2 3 8 10 -1 21
17 Curzon Ashton 15 5 5 5 15 13 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 3 3 2 8 5 2 20
18 Spennymoor Town 18 4 8 6 20 25 9 2 4 3 7 8 9 2 4 3 13 17 -5 20
19 Boston United 17 5 4 8 23 28 9 3 1 5 15 19 8 2 3 3 8 9 -5 19
20 Kettering Town 18 5 4 9 17 31 9 5 2 2 13 10 9 0 2 7 4 21 -14 19
21 Farsley Celtic 16 4 4 8 21 30 9 2 3 4 11 15 7 2 1 4 10 15 -9 16
22 Bradford Park Avenue 17 4 3 10 14 24 9 3 0 6 8 12 8 1 3 4 6 12 -10 15
23 Blyth Spartans 16 3 5 8 17 26 9 2 4 3 12 10 7 1 1 5 5 16 -9 14
24 AFC Telford United 16 1 4 11 11 32 7 1 1 5 5 14 9 0 3 6 6 18 -21 7

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).