Curzon Ashton vs Blyth Spartans match preview: Even contest expected at Tameside Stadium

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Mon 01.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tameside Stadium (4000 seats)

Curzon Ashton and Blyth Spartans have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the 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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Curzon Ashton form and stats

When playing at home, Curzon Ashton have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 17 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Tameside Stadium.

In their previous game, the manager M. Bradshaw led his Curzon Ashton to a defeat in the Vanarama National League North match away at Boston United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tameside Stadium. Heartbreak before that as Curzon Ashton lost 0-1 at Guiseley's place.

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 one game. Curzon Ashton has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Curzon Ashton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 17 goals in 17 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.

Last season, Curzon Ashton's league statistics were 11 wins, 14 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 19th position in the Vanarama National League North. Over these 42 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 66. Playing at home last season Curzon Ashton managed 8-8-5 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 23 conceded.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The visitors are W6-D9-L6 on the road this term.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to AFC Telford United in their previous outing. The Vanarama National League North match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Ashton United with the score of 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Blyth Spartans in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Blyth Spartans, 8 draws and 8 defeats.

Blyth Spartans find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 25 goals from 18 away fixtures. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Blyth Spartans have conceded 29 goals on the road.

Let's have a look at how Blyth Spartans performed last season in the Vanarama National League North. They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 2 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 76 and conceded 69 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 37/45 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Blyth Spartans - Curzon Ashton 3-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Curzon Ashton 0 wins, 1 draw and Blyth Spartans 4 victories.

Top Goalscorers

D. Maguire
15 goals
S. Reid
11 goals
O. Crankshaw
8 goals

Curzon Ashton missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Curzon Ashton Blyth Spartans
Total Home Statistic Away Total
36 17 Played 18 35
41 17 Scored 25 57
54 29 Conceded 29 58
97% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
72% 71% Over 1.5 94% 91%
42% 41% Over 2.5 56% 63%
28% 29% Over 3.5 39% 40%
17% 18% Over 4.5 6% 17%
53% 53% Both teams to score 67% 69%
19% 12% Clean Sheet 11% 11%
31% 35% Failed To Score 22% 20%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Chorley 37 22 8 7 74 32 18 13 2 3 39 12 19 9 8 4 35 20 42 74
2 Stockport County 36 21 9 6 64 31 19 12 5 2 37 17 17 9 8 4 27 14 33 72
3 Brackley Town 36 18 10 8 64 37 18 11 5 2 39 19 18 7 8 6 25 18 27 64
4 Bradford Park Avenue 37 17 11 9 67 51 19 8 6 5 28 24 18 9 8 4 39 27 16 62
5 Spennymoor Town 36 17 10 9 64 40 18 8 6 4 32 22 18 9 7 5 32 18 24 61
6 Altrincham 35 17 8 10 67 48 18 8 5 5 32 20 17 9 7 5 35 28 19 59
7 AFC Telford United 36 16 10 10 58 50 18 10 5 3 29 19 18 6 8 7 29 31 8 58
8 Kidderminster Harriers 37 15 8 14 60 56 18 9 3 6 35 29 19 6 7 8 25 27 4 53
9 Chester 36 14 11 11 50 50 18 10 6 2 35 17 18 4 8 9 15 33 0 53
10 Boston United 37 15 7 15 58 52 19 7 3 9 27 28 18 8 7 6 31 24 6 52
11 Blyth Spartans 35 13 9 13 57 58 17 7 3 7 32 29 18 6 9 6 25 29 -1 48
12 Alfreton Town 36 13 9 14 47 51 17 5 5 7 23 26 19 8 6 7 24 25 -4 48
13 York City 37 13 9 15 49 57 18 8 4 6 28 24 19 5 7 9 21 33 -8 48
14 Curzon Ashton 36 13 9 14 41 54 17 5 4 8 17 29 19 8 7 6 24 25 -13 48
15 Southport 37 11 13 13 51 50 19 5 8 6 28 27 18 6 8 7 23 23 1 46
16 Hereford 36 11 12 13 42 50 18 7 4 7 23 26 18 4 11 6 19 24 -8 45
17 Leamington 37 10 13 14 47 56 19 6 7 6 24 24 18 4 9 8 23 32 -9 43
18 Darlington 37 9 13 15 50 60 18 5 5 8 21 20 19 4 10 7 29 40 -10 40
19 Guiseley 36 7 16 13 40 51 19 4 9 6 23 28 17 3 11 7 17 23 -11 37
20 United of Manchester 37 7 10 20 45 74 19 1 7 11 24 43 18 6 6 9 21 31 -29 31
21 Ashton United 37 8 6 23 37 79 18 3 4 11 13 38 19 5 4 12 24 41 -42 30
22 Nuneaton Town 36 4 7 25 35 80 18 1 3 14 14 43 18 3 7 11 21 37 -45 19

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