Balanced ball game between Bradford Park Avenue and Blyth Spartans expected

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Mon 20.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Horsfall Stadium

Bradford Park Avenue - Blyth Spartans: Vanarama National League North cellar dwellers hungry for points and triumph. Read all the relevant numbers and tables before the game!

Insights:
  • Bradford Park Avenue have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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 Bradford Park Avenue and Blyth Spartans.

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Bradford Park Avenue form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Bradford Park Avenue have to build on here at Horsfall Stadium in the Vanarama National League North. When Bradford Park Avenue hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Buxton, AFC Telford United, Farsley Celtic, Kettering Town, Leamington, Bradford Park Avenue and Boston United), they have won 3 of 5 matches!

In their previous game, the manager Bower led his Bradford Park Avenue to a defeat away at Brackley Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Horsfall Stadium.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Leamington.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The Bradford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Bradford Park Avenue have conceded 16 goals.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Blyth Spartans so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-10 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Chiabi secured the home win 1-0 against Kettering Town in their previous game.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Peterborough Sports.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. When Blyth Spartans is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Buxton, AFC Telford United, Farsley Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town, Leamington and Boston United.

Head 2 Head

Bradford have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when facing Blyth Spartans.

Bradford Park Avenue and Blyth Spartans have faced each other earlier this season: Blyth Spartans - Bradford Park Avenue 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford Park AvenueJ. Blyth
J. Blyth
6 goals
Bradford Park AvenueW. Longbottom
W. Longbottom
6 goals
Bradford Park AvenueB. Dockerty
B. Dockerty
4 goals

Bradford Park Avenue missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Bradford Park Avenue Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 4 15 32
8 6 3 Won W 2 3 7
9 3 2 Drew D 0 2 9
15 6 0 Lost L 2 10 16
33 16 8 Scored S 5 14 32
48 16 4 Conceded C 8 30 50
91% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
62% 60% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 75%
50% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 50%
31% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 25%
16% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 6%
62% 60% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 50%
19% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 13% 22%
28% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 31%
 
3.7 4.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.2 4.6
4.9 5.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.2 4.5
1.9 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
6.8 8.4 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.6 9.5
2.8 3.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.3
36% 31% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 33% 30%
 
10.6 9.8 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 12.8 10.8
4.6 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 6.2 5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Bradford Park Avenue have the most dropped points from leading position (24) 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 Fylde 29 19 5 5 50 25 14 10 2 2 29 12 15 9 3 3 21 13 25 62
2 King's Lynn Town 30 17 8 5 54 28 15 12 2 1 31 11 15 5 6 4 23 17 26 59
3 Brackley Town 31 16 10 5 42 24 16 11 4 1 29 10 15 5 6 4 13 14 18 58
4 Darlington 31 16 6 9 58 43 16 8 4 4 28 22 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 54
5 Chester 31 13 13 5 46 29 16 6 6 4 20 14 15 7 7 1 26 15 17 52
6 Scarborough Athletic 32 14 9 9 55 50 16 7 5 4 32 27 16 7 4 5 23 23 5 51
7 Chorley 32 12 12 8 41 29 15 7 6 2 21 10 17 5 6 6 20 19 12 48
8 Kidderminster Harriers 33 13 7 13 34 36 17 4 4 9 15 20 16 9 3 4 19 16 -2 46
9 Alfreton Town 30 11 12 7 38 28 16 8 5 3 25 13 14 3 7 4 13 15 10 45
10 Gloucester City 32 12 7 13 51 54 16 8 2 6 33 25 16 4 5 7 18 29 -3 43
11 Banbury United 28 12 6 10 40 37 12 6 3 3 18 12 16 6 3 7 22 25 3 42
12 Spennymoor Town 31 10 12 9 44 45 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 4 6 5 23 26 -1 42
13 Southport 31 11 8 12 39 40 13 6 4 3 20 16 18 5 4 9 19 24 -1 41
14 Curzon Ashton 30 11 7 12 38 37 15 6 3 6 22 20 15 5 4 6 16 17 1 40
15 Peterborough Sports 30 11 7 12 38 39 16 7 5 4 24 18 14 4 2 8 14 21 -1 40
16 Hereford 32 11 6 15 36 37 16 6 4 6 21 17 16 5 2 9 15 20 -1 39
17 Buxton 32 10 9 13 31 38 17 5 6 6 17 20 15 5 3 7 14 18 -7 39
18 Kettering Town 31 8 10 13 29 44 14 6 5 3 16 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -15 34
19 Bradford Park Avenue 32 8 9 15 33 48 15 6 3 6 16 16 17 2 6 9 17 32 -15 33
20 Leamington 30 6 14 10 24 31 17 6 5 6 16 16 13 0 9 4 8 15 -7 32
21 Farsley Celtic 30 8 8 14 34 51 15 5 5 5 18 20 15 3 3 9 16 31 -17 32
22 Boston United 31 8 6 17 44 54 16 6 3 7 28 27 15 2 3 10 16 27 -10 30
23 Blyth Spartans 32 7 9 16 32 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 15 3 2 10 14 30 -18 30
24 AFC Telford United 33 3 10 20 22 56 16 2 6 8 12 25 17 1 4 12 10 31 -34 19

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).