Vanarama National League North: Curzon Ashton - Blyth Spartans news and the hard facts

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tameside Stadium (4000 seats)

With their 7 point edge in the league standings, Curzon Ashton supporters hope to see their adored players collect maximum points from this fixture hosting Blyth Spartans.

Insights:
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (36) in Vanarama National League North

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Curzon Ashton have to build on here at Tameside Stadium in the Vanarama National League North. Two draws in a row at home now for Curzon.

Curzon are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-4 away versus Chorley. A goal frenzy last time out for Curzon, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Chorley. Fun stuff to watch!

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Southport that ended 0-0.

There will be little rest for Curzon after this match as they are travelling to AFC Telford United for a Vanarama National League North game in only three days.

Curzon has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Curzon Ashton have conceded only 8 goals.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

Blyth Spartans have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 0-1-7 (8 played). Bitter travels for Blyth Spartans as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Farsley Celtic match.

Spartans are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Vanarama National League North against Gateshead (placed 2nd).

Before that, Blyth Spartans secured a home win against Spennymoor Town with the score 3-1.

Spartans are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 8 away games. Spartans can't defend away. 25 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Curzon, one draw and nine wins for Blyth Spartans. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Blyth SpartansJ. O'Donnell
J. O'Donnell
8 goals
Curzon AshtonA. Thomas
A. Thomas
6 goals
Curzon AshtonA. Curran
A. Curran
3 goals

Curzon Ashton missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Curzon Ashton Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 8 19
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 5
7 4 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 0 Lost L 2 7 11
25 9 3 Scored S 0 4 17
21 8 2 Conceded C 8 25 36
83% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
78% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 84%
61% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 53%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 32%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
61% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 42%
28% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 21%
28% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 42%
 
5.4 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4.1
5.6 5.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.2 5.6
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
9.1 8.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 7.5 8.3
4.3 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.2
32% 27% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 28%
 
9.9 9.8 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 20.5 14.1 12.3
4.1 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 6.1 4.9
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Blyth Spartans's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Blyth Spartans have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest points (1) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (25) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals (36) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have yet to win a game away.
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Curzon Ashton have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blyth Spartans have scored 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 Brackley Town 19 12 4 3 26 14 7 5 1 1 8 4 12 7 3 2 18 10 12 40
2 Gateshead 17 12 2 3 36 21 7 7 0 0 17 4 10 5 2 3 19 17 15 38
3 Fylde 19 11 4 4 35 20 9 7 1 1 18 8 10 4 3 3 17 12 15 37
4 Chorley 19 10 6 3 35 18 10 7 2 1 27 10 9 3 4 2 8 8 17 36
5 Kidderminster Harriers 16 9 4 3 35 16 7 5 0 2 20 7 9 4 4 1 15 9 19 31
6 Southport 18 8 6 4 33 20 10 6 4 0 24 9 8 2 2 4 9 11 13 30
7 Boston United 19 9 1 9 29 33 11 6 1 4 21 16 8 3 0 5 8 17 -4 28
8 Alfreton Town 19 8 3 8 31 28 9 3 3 3 15 13 10 5 0 5 16 15 3 27
9 York City 18 8 2 8 24 23 10 5 1 4 17 11 8 3 1 4 7 12 1 26
10 Kettering Town 17 7 4 6 28 23 9 3 3 3 14 11 8 4 1 3 14 12 5 25
11 Curzon Ashton 18 6 7 5 25 21 9 3 4 2 9 8 9 3 3 3 16 13 4 25
12 Leamington 21 6 7 8 22 25 11 5 3 3 15 14 10 1 4 5 7 11 -3 25
13 Spennymoor Town 20 7 4 9 29 33 9 4 2 3 19 14 11 3 2 6 10 19 -4 25
14 Darlington 20 6 6 8 32 31 11 4 3 4 19 15 9 2 3 4 13 16 1 24
15 Chester 20 6 6 8 34 35 11 5 4 2 23 16 9 1 2 6 11 19 -1 24
16 Hereford 17 6 5 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 11 10 8 2 3 3 7 9 -1 23
17 Gloucester City 19 4 6 9 21 33 9 3 3 3 12 9 10 1 3 6 9 24 -12 18
18 Blyth Spartans 19 5 3 11 17 36 11 5 2 4 13 11 8 0 1 7 4 25 -19 18
19 Guiseley 19 4 5 10 14 26 11 2 4 5 8 14 8 2 1 5 6 12 -12 17
20 Farsley Celtic 18 4 5 9 15 34 8 3 3 2 10 10 10 1 2 7 5 24 -19 17
21 Bradford Park Avenue 17 3 6 8 17 31 7 2 2 3 8 12 10 1 4 5 9 19 -14 15
22 AFC Telford United 19 2 6 11 19 35 9 2 3 4 10 11 10 0 3 7 9 24 -16 12

Read more about Vanarama National League North

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).