Top-ranking Brackley Town come to Buxton after their 3-0-result versus Darlington. Get out our thorough match preview!
- Buxton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Brackley Town are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
The hosts Buxton saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Derbyshire Senior Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Derby County CC.
Buxton form and stats
The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Buxton at their home stadium (The Silverlands) is 9 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Buxton, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The Buxton goalkeeper Theo Richardson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 269 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vanarama National League North.
Buxton are returning here after visiting Derby County CC in a Derbyshire Senior Cup match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Scarborough Athletic and winning 1-0.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 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Buxton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 22 games. 24 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Brackley Town form and stats
As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Brackley Town have produced an overall stat of 5-8-9 so far.
Bates, Walker and Robinson scored in Brackley Town's previous match, the home game against Darlington that ended 3-0. Eureka; their first victory in the league after nine rounds not winning.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hereford that ended 2-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Brackley Town in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Brackley Town, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Take note! Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.
The visitors have scored 18 goals from 22 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Brackley Town have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have battled previously this season: Brackley Town - Buxton 2-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Buxton wins - draws - Brackley Town wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. One of the profiles has been Stead with 2 goals scored against Buxton in these 2 games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Stead 13 goals |  D. De Girolamo 8 goals | S. Osborne 7 goals |
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| Buxton | Brackley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 22 | 44 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 52 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 55 |
| 49 | 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 27 | 43 |
| 93% | 91% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 86% | 93% |
| 66% | 64% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 59% | 73% |
| 43% | 45% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 41% | 41% |
| 20% | 23% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 18% | 14% |
| 7% | 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| 45% | 45% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 45% | 48% |
| 32% | 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 27% | 36% |
| 30% | 27% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 41% | 23% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 9.5 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9 | 9.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 32% |
| 10.4 | 9.2 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- 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 | King's Lynn Town | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 79 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 37 | 87 |
| 2 | Fylde | 43 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 43 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 28 | 86 |
| 3 | Chester | 44 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 67 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 26 | 78 |
| 4 | Brackley Town | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 55 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 68 |
| 5 | Scarborough Athletic | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 70 | 65 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 66 |
| 6 | Alfreton Town | 43 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 52 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 65 |
| 7 | Gloucester City | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 63 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 7 | 65 |
| 8 | Darlington | 44 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 70 | 61 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 64 |
| 9 | Curzon Ashton | 43 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 49 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 64 |
| 10 | Buxton | 44 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 52 | 49 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 64 |
| 11 | Chorley | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 58 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 63 |
| 12 | Kidderminster Harriers | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 41 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 63 |
| 13 | Spennymoor Town | 44 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 65 | 66 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | -1 | 62 |
| 14 | Peterborough Sports | 44 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 53 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -3 | 57 |
| 15 | Hereford | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 51 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 28 | -4 | 54 |
| 16 | Banbury United | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 52 | 58 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 35 | -6 | 53 |
| 17 | Boston United | 44 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 62 | 63 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 33 | -1 | 52 |
| 18 | Southport | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 48 | 57 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 30 | -9 | 50 |
| 19 | Kettering Town | 44 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 41 | 59 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 42 | -18 | 49 |
| 20 | Farsley Celtic | 44 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 70 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 45 | -22 | 48 |
| 21 | Leamington | 44 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 38 | 54 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 33 | -16 | 45 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 44 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 33 | -19 | 45 |
| 23 | Bradford Park Avenue | 43 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 63 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 40 | -23 | 42 |
| 24 | AFC Telford United | 44 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 71 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 36 | -38 | 31 |
