Alfreton Town expected to fight losing battle when facing Curzon Ashton Alfreton Town manager B. Heath looking for maximum points from Curzon Ashton trip

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Mon 05.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tameside Stadium (4000 seats)

This is the Vanarama National League North season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Curzon Ashton or Alfreton Town get that important first win?

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 Curzon Ashton and Alfreton Town.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

Curzon are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Tameside Stadium with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. eleven earlier games are comparable to this one, and Curzon Ashton has won two times, drawn two and lost seven. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Curzon Ashton has won by at least two goals zero times when in this position.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Curzon Ashton, who have participated in four training matches. Curzon have won 1 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 1 game.

Last season, Curzon Ashton's league statistics were 8 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 18th position in the Vanarama National League North. Over these 33 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Curzon Ashton managed 6-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 17 conceded.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

Nobody expects Alfreton to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath eleven times before, with the overall statistics of won five, draw one and lost five. When defeated, three matches have been lost by two or more goals.

Just as the home team, Alfreton have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Alfreton Town wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how Alfreton Town performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 4 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 10 with 17/31 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Curzon victories, two draws and four Alfreton Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Curzon Ashton missing players

Alfreton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Curzon Ashton Alfreton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Curzon Ashton Last season Alfreton Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   16 32
8 6   Won W   5 12
10 3   Drew D   1 4
15 7   Lost L   10 16
34 20   Scored S   17 48
42 17   Conceded C   31 55
88% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
67% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 84%
42% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 59%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 38%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 25%
42% 31%   BTTS BTTS   44% 50%
30% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 25%
39% 44%   Failed to Score F T   38% 25%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
271 149   Total Shots T S   109 286
106 59   Shots on Target S O   37 117
32% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alfreton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boston United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Brackley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Chorley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Curzon Ashton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Farsley Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Guiseley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Southport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Spennymoor Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 York City 34 19 9 6 52 28 17 9 5 3 24 15 17 10 4 3 28 13 24 66
2 King's Lynn Town 32 19 7 6 63 39 17 11 3 3 34 17 15 8 4 3 29 22 24 64
3 Brackley Town 34 16 12 6 61 25 17 8 8 1 33 9 17 8 4 5 28 16 36 60
4 Boston United 32 17 7 8 46 32 15 10 3 2 23 11 17 7 4 6 23 21 14 58
5 Altrincham 33 16 9 8 62 40 16 11 4 1 43 16 17 5 5 7 19 24 22 57
6 Spennymoor Town 34 15 10 9 63 45 18 12 3 3 45 21 16 3 7 6 18 24 18 55
7 Chester 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 10 3 3 36 16 16 5 6 5 22 22 20 54
8 Gateshead 31 14 10 7 47 31 17 10 3 4 29 15 14 4 7 3 18 16 16 52
9 Guiseley 33 14 8 11 52 41 17 7 3 7 26 20 16 7 5 4 26 21 11 50
10 Farsley Celtic 34 14 6 14 50 45 17 7 4 6 26 22 17 7 2 8 24 23 5 48
11 Darlington 33 14 6 13 43 50 17 9 3 5 25 19 16 5 3 8 18 31 -7 48
12 Southport 32 12 7 13 40 41 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 4 7 16 20 -1 43
13 AFC Telford United 34 11 9 14 51 56 17 6 4 7 30 29 17 5 5 7 21 27 -5 42
14 Alfreton Town 32 12 4 16 48 55 16 7 3 6 31 24 16 5 1 10 17 31 -7 40
15 Hereford 35 9 12 14 39 56 17 4 10 3 20 20 18 5 2 11 19 36 -17 39
16 Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 8 15 39 43 16 3 4 9 18 24 17 7 4 6 21 19 -4 38
17 Leamington 32 9 8 15 39 51 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 3 2 11 20 38 -12 35
18 Curzon Ashton 33 8 10 15 34 42 16 6 3 7 20 17 17 2 7 8 14 25 -8 34
19 Gloucester City 30 9 6 15 39 57 14 6 3 5 21 18 16 3 3 10 18 39 -18 33
20 Kettering Town 31 7 11 13 36 46 15 4 6 5 19 21 16 3 5 8 17 25 -10 32
21 Blyth Spartans 33 6 5 22 32 78 16 3 3 10 16 37 17 3 2 12 16 41 -46 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 33 5 5 23 25 80 17 3 2 12 15 37 16 2 3 11 10 43 -55 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 AFC Telford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alfreton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Blyth Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boston United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Brackley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bradford Park Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Chester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Chorley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Curzon Ashton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Darlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Farsley Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Gateshead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Gloucester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Guiseley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Leamington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Southport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Spennymoor Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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).