Buxton - Alfreton Town in Vanarama National League North: Numbers, team lineups, matches, tendencies and news. Get our comprehensive preview!
- Buxton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Buxton form and stats
Buxton have collected 13 points from their Vanarama National League North home games so far after 3-4-4.
Buxton are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Alfreton Town.
Before that, Buxton had a home game versus Peterborough Sports which ended with a victory 3-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Buxton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Buxton as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Buxton has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.
The Buxton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Buxton have conceded 15 goals.
Alfreton Town form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Vanarama National League North. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Alfreton's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Buxton in their previous game. That win felt good as this side had gone five league games without winning.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Kidderminster Harriers.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Alfreton Town in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Alfreton Town, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Alfreton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Alfreton Town have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; Alfreton Town - Buxton 3-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Buxton victory, zero draws and two Alfreton Town wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Hobson 6 goals |   J. Gilchrist 5 goals | M. Rhead 5 goals |
Buxton missing players
Alfreton Town missing players
| Buxton | Alfreton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 86% |
| 75% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 70% | 76% |
| 45% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 52% |
| 20% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | 33% |
| 10% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 45% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | 52% |
| 25% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 33% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 29% |
| 3 | 3.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 9.4 | 10.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 29% | 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| 9.7 | 8.7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10.8 | 8.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Buxton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 44 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | Scarborough Athletic | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | King's Lynn Town | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 41 |
| 5 | Chester | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 41 |
| 6 | Fylde | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 7 | Banbury United | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 36 |
| 8 | Chorley | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| 9 | Southport | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Peterborough Sports | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Gloucester City | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Kidderminster Harriers | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Alfreton Town | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 29 |
| 14 | Leamington | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 15 | Spennymoor Town | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 27 |
| 16 | Bradford Park Avenue | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 26 |
| 17 | Hereford | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 18 | Boston United | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Curzon Ashton | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 20 | Buxton | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 21 | Kettering Town | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -16 | 24 |
| 22 | Farsley Celtic | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 20 |
| 23 | Blyth Spartans | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -13 | 18 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -26 | 11 |
