Buxton favourites for feisty fight facing Gloucester City

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Silverlands (5200 seats)

Gloucester City go on their trip to Buxton and The Silverlands full of confidence, but the hosting team is no muppet. More news on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Buxton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gloucester City have the most points from losing position (22) in Vanarama National League North

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Buxton form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Buxton at their home stadium (The Silverlands) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Buxton.

Buxton drew their last game, 1-1 away at King's Lynn Town (placed 2nd). Girolamo was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against King's Lynn Town after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Preceding that game was the away draw at Chorley that finished 2-2.

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 Buxton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained two goals or less.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fylde are coming to town in three days.

Buxton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gloucester City form and stats

5-5-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gloucester City in their Vanarama National League North matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Gloucester City, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Peterborough Sports (placed 17th) last time out.

Before that, Gloucester secured a home win against Spennymoor Town with the score 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Gloucester City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 2 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 10 of this club's latest 13 league fixtures.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kettering Town in just three days.

Gloucester have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Gloucester City have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Gloucester City - Buxton 0-1 was the outcome when these squads formerly did battle, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Gloucester CityK. Phillips
K. Phillips
11 goals
Gloucester CityD. McHale
D. McHale
11 goals
BuxtonD. De Girolamo
D. De Girolamo
6 goals

Buxton missing players

Gloucester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Buxton Gloucester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
10 5 2 Won W 3 5 14
12 6 2 Drew D 1 5 8
13 6 1 Lost L 2 7 13
35 17 5 Scored S 10 20 56
42 20 4 Conceded C 10 30 56
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
66% 59% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 89%
40% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 59% 60%
17% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 34%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 17%
43% 41% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 65% 63%
31% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 12% 17%
34% 35% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 20%
 
4.3 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.8 4.7
5.6 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 4.9
1.6 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.1 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.7 9.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 5.6 8.7
3.8 4.4 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.2 4.5
27% 24% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 35%
 
10.2 9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.1 11
4 4 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Buxton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gloucester City have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City have the most points from losing position (22) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gloucester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 32 20 6 6 57 32 17 11 3 3 36 19 15 9 3 3 21 13 25 66
2 King's Lynn Town 33 18 10 5 59 32 16 12 3 1 32 12 17 6 7 4 27 20 27 64
3 Chester 34 15 14 5 51 32 16 6 6 4 20 14 18 9 8 1 31 18 19 59
4 Brackley Town 33 16 10 7 42 26 16 11 4 1 29 10 17 5 6 6 13 16 16 58
5 Scarborough Athletic 35 16 10 9 61 51 18 9 5 4 38 28 17 7 5 5 23 23 10 58
6 Darlington 33 16 8 9 59 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 56
7 Chorley 35 13 13 9 46 34 18 8 7 3 26 15 17 5 6 6 20 19 12 52
8 Gloucester City 35 14 8 13 56 56 18 9 3 6 36 26 17 5 5 7 20 30 0 50
9 Alfreton Town 32 12 12 8 39 30 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 4 7 5 14 17 9 48
10 Kidderminster Harriers 35 13 8 14 34 37 17 4 4 9 15 20 18 9 4 5 19 17 -3 47
11 Hereford 35 13 6 16 41 40 17 6 4 7 22 19 18 7 2 9 19 21 1 45
12 Banbury United 31 12 8 11 44 42 15 6 5 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 22 25 2 44
13 Curzon Ashton 33 12 7 14 41 39 17 7 3 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 16 18 2 43
14 Spennymoor Town 32 10 12 10 44 47 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 6 6 23 28 -3 42
15 Buxton 35 10 12 13 35 42 17 5 6 6 17 20 18 5 6 7 18 22 -7 42
16 Southport 32 11 8 13 39 41 14 6 4 4 20 17 18 5 4 9 19 24 -2 41
17 Peterborough Sports 33 11 8 14 39 44 17 7 5 5 25 20 16 4 3 9 14 24 -5 41
18 Kettering Town 34 10 11 13 31 44 17 8 6 3 18 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -13 41
19 Boston United 34 10 7 17 48 56 18 7 4 7 29 27 16 3 3 10 19 29 -8 37
20 Blyth Spartans 34 9 9 16 34 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 17 5 2 10 16 30 -16 36
21 Leamington 33 6 16 11 28 38 17 6 5 6 16 16 16 0 11 5 12 22 -10 34
22 Bradford Park Avenue 35 8 10 17 34 51 18 6 4 8 17 19 17 2 6 9 17 32 -17 34
23 Farsley Celtic 33 8 10 15 37 56 15 5 5 5 18 20 18 3 5 10 19 36 -19 34
24 AFC Telford United 35 3 11 21 23 58 18 2 7 9 13 27 17 1 4 12 10 31 -35 20

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 Fylde 32 20 6 6 57 32 17 11 3 3 36 19 15 9 3 3 21 13 25 66
2 King's Lynn Town 33 18 10 5 59 32 16 12 3 1 32 12 17 6 7 4 27 20 27 64
3 Chester 34 15 14 5 51 32 16 6 6 4 20 14 18 9 8 1 31 18 19 59
4 Brackley Town 33 16 10 7 42 26 16 11 4 1 29 10 17 5 6 6 13 16 16 58
5 Scarborough Athletic 35 16 10 9 61 51 18 9 5 4 38 28 17 7 5 5 23 23 10 58
6 Darlington 33 16 8 9 59 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 56
7 Chorley 35 13 13 9 46 34 18 8 7 3 26 15 17 5 6 6 20 19 12 52
8 Gloucester City 35 14 8 13 56 56 18 9 3 6 36 26 17 5 5 7 20 30 0 50
9 Alfreton Town 32 12 12 8 39 30 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 4 7 5 14 17 9 48
10 Kidderminster Harriers 35 13 8 14 34 37 17 4 4 9 15 20 18 9 4 5 19 17 -3 47
11 Hereford 35 13 6 16 41 40 17 6 4 7 22 19 18 7 2 9 19 21 1 45
12 Banbury United 31 12 8 11 44 42 15 6 5 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 22 25 2 44
13 Curzon Ashton 33 12 7 14 41 39 17 7 3 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 16 18 2 43
14 Spennymoor Town 32 10 12 10 44 47 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 6 6 23 28 -3 42
15 Buxton 35 10 12 13 35 42 17 5 6 6 17 20 18 5 6 7 18 22 -7 42
16 Southport 32 11 8 13 39 41 14 6 4 4 20 17 18 5 4 9 19 24 -2 41
17 Peterborough Sports 33 11 8 14 39 44 17 7 5 5 25 20 16 4 3 9 14 24 -5 41
18 Kettering Town 34 10 11 13 31 44 17 8 6 3 18 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -13 41
19 Boston United 34 10 7 17 48 56 18 7 4 7 29 27 16 3 3 10 19 29 -8 37
20 Blyth Spartans 34 9 9 16 34 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 17 5 2 10 16 30 -16 36
21 Leamington 33 6 16 11 28 38 17 6 5 6 16 16 16 0 11 5 12 22 -10 34
22 Bradford Park Avenue 35 8 10 17 34 51 18 6 4 8 17 19 17 2 6 9 17 32 -17 34
23 Farsley Celtic 33 8 10 15 37 56 15 5 5 5 18 20 18 3 5 10 19 36 -19 34
24 AFC Telford United 35 3 11 21 23 58 18 2 7 9 13 27 17 1 4 12 10 31 -35 20

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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).