It's a new Vanarama National League North campaign and Curzon Ashton are longing to get on the pitch here at Tameside Stadium. Banbury United are coming to visit and this should be a compelling season kickoff.
Curzon Ashton form and stats
The previous season, Curzon Ashton's league statistics were 13 wins, 13 draws and 16 losses, results that produced 14th place in the Vanarama National League North. From these 42 matches they scored 51 goals and let in 63. Appearing as the home side in the previous season Curzon Ashton generated 7-7-7 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 27 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Curzon Ashton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Curzon Ashton as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Curzon Ashton has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 7.
Curzon have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Curzon Ashton have scored 5 goals and conceded 6 times.
Banbury United form and stats
A job perfectly done for Banbury United last season as they secured promotion from Non League Premier: Southern. With a grand total of 32 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 17 were in away matches.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Banbury United in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Banbury United, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Banbury have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Curzon Ashton missing players
Banbury United missing players
| Curzon Ashton | Banbury United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curzon Ashton | Last season | Banbury United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 17 | 32 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Scored | S | 48 | 92 | ||
| 63 | 27 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 83% | 81% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 98% | ||
| 74% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | ||
| 26% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 38% | ||
| 14% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 50% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 5% | 2% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 50% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | Banbury United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Blyth Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Boston United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Brackley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Buxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Chester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Curzon Ashton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Darlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Farsley Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Fylde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Gloucester City | 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 | King's Lynn Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Leamington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Peterborough Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Scarborough Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Southport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Spennymoor Town | 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 | Gateshead | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 99 | 47 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 52 | 94 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 30 | 87 |
| 3 | Fylde | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 31 | 80 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 72 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 37 | 74 |
| 5 | York City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 66 |
| 6 | Chorley | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 49 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 65 |
| 7 | Boston United | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 63 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 63 |
| 8 | Kettering Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 61 |
| 9 | Alfreton Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 33 | -1 | 61 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 60 |
| 11 | Southport | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 60 | 55 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 57 |
| 12 | Hereford | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | -1 | 55 |
| 13 | Darlington | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 58 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 34 | -1 | 53 |
| 14 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 63 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 36 | -12 | 52 |
| 15 | Leamington | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 27 | -8 | 48 |
| 16 | Chester | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 70 | 71 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 44 | -1 | 47 |
| 17 | Gloucester City | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 47 | 60 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -13 | 46 |
| 18 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 46 | 70 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 38 | -24 | 44 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 41 | 76 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 46 | -35 | 43 |
| 20 | AFC Telford United | 42 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 65 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | -17 | 37 |
| 21 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 78 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 44 | -41 | 37 |
| 22 | Guiseley | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 69 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 36 | -38 | 35 |
| 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 | Banbury United | 40 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 92 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 14 | 60 | 102 |
| 2 | Peterborough Sports | 40 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 94 | 46 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 48 | 79 |
| 3 | Coalville Town | 40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 86 | 47 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 39 | 78 |
| 4 | Rushall Olympic | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 80 | 54 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 69 |
| 5 | Alvechurch | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 65 |
| 6 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 57 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 65 |
| 7 | Leiston | 40 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 65 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 42 | -6 | 60 |
| 8 | Royston Town | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 51 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 14 | 59 |
| 9 | Hednesford Town | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 64 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 2 | 54 |
| 10 | Tamworth | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 54 |
| 11 | Stourbridge | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 71 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 42 | -10 | 53 |
| 12 | Needham Market | 40 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 66 | 69 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 41 | -3 | 49 |
| 13 | Stratford Town | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 70 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 42 | -22 | 47 |
| 14 | St Ives Town | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 90 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 43 | -33 | 47 |
| 15 | Redditch United | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 50 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 24 | -12 | 45 |
| 16 | Nuneaton Town | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 62 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 36 | -11 | 42 |
| 17 | Hitchin Town | 40 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 27 | -11 | 42 |
| 18 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 40 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 59 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -23 | 42 |
| 19 | Barwell | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 57 | 78 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 41 | -21 | 41 |
| 20 | Biggleswade Town | 40 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 64 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 38 | -17 | 34 |
| 21 | Lowestoft Town | 40 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 49 | 93 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 59 | -44 | 33 |