Soccer betting preview: Curzon Ashton welcomes Hereford in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tameside Stadium (4000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Tameside Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Curzon Ashton languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Hereford will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

The visiting Hereford played their last game only four days ago, a Vanarama National League North match.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Curzon Ashton have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

The Curzon Ashton goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 243 minutes without conceding a goal.

The points were shared in Curzon Ashton's previous game, also at home. Visiting Kettering Town (placed 19th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Curzon Ashton won a home game hosting Kidderminster Harriers (3-0).

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 five games. Curzon Ashton has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Curzon Ashton has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Hereford form and stats

Hereford have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 3-1-6 (10 played).

Hereford delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against York City (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Vanarama National League North game. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Farsley Celtic.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hereford playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 1 Hereford win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Hereford find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. The Hereford manager R. Slade has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 Curzon Ashton victory, 0 draws and 1 Hereford win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

 S. Miller
S. Miller
7 goals
 P. Vincenti
P. Vincenti
4 goals
 J. Nicholson
J. Nicholson
3 goals

Curzon Ashton missing players

Hereford missing players

Curzon Ashton Hereford
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 10 1 Played P 5 10 19
4 4 1 Won W 2 3 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 6
9 4 0 Lost L 2 6 7
20 13 2 Scored S 6 12 23
28 12 1 Conceded C 8 21 30
89% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 89%
67% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 74%
56% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 60% 53%
39% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 37%
17% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 40% 21%
50% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 58%
22% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 40% 37%
39% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 16%
 
4.7 4.8 9 Corners For (avg) C F 4.6 4.2 3.8
4.6 4.8 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.8 6.1
2.1 1.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.4 1.8
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
148 88 8 Total Shots T S 47 79 164
48 28 2 Shots on Target S O 18 30 63
42% 46% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 27% 25%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Hereford have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 King's Lynn Town 19 12 5 2 43 29 10 7 3 0 26 13 9 5 2 2 17 16 14 41
2 York City 19 11 7 1 31 12 9 5 4 0 12 4 10 6 3 1 19 8 19 40
3 Chester 18 9 7 2 37 20 9 6 2 1 22 9 9 3 5 1 15 11 17 34
4 Southport 19 9 4 6 25 16 10 6 2 2 17 8 9 3 2 4 8 8 9 31
5 Brackley Town 18 8 6 4 36 13 9 5 4 0 21 4 9 3 2 4 15 9 23 30
6 Spennymoor Town 18 8 6 4 31 21 8 6 1 1 20 10 10 2 5 3 11 11 10 30
7 Boston United 17 8 4 5 27 19 7 5 2 0 14 3 10 3 2 5 13 16 8 28
8 Farsley Celtic 19 8 4 7 30 27 9 4 2 3 14 15 10 4 2 4 16 12 3 28
9 Guiseley 17 7 4 6 32 27 8 4 2 2 14 8 9 3 2 4 18 19 5 25
10 Alfreton Town 18 8 1 9 29 27 8 4 1 3 16 11 10 4 0 6 13 16 2 25
11 Gateshead 17 6 6 5 19 17 9 5 2 2 13 7 8 1 4 3 6 10 2 24
12 Hereford 19 6 6 7 23 30 9 3 5 1 11 9 10 3 1 6 12 21 -7 24
13 Gloucester City 18 6 5 7 28 35 9 4 3 2 16 12 9 2 2 5 12 23 -7 23
14 AFC Telford United 18 6 4 8 28 32 10 3 3 4 17 19 8 3 1 4 11 13 -4 22
15 Leamington 18 6 4 8 27 33 9 4 2 3 13 10 9 2 2 5 14 23 -6 22
16 Darlington 18 6 3 9 20 29 10 5 2 3 13 9 8 1 1 6 7 20 -9 21
17 Altrincham 15 5 5 5 27 23 7 5 1 1 21 8 8 0 4 4 6 15 4 20
18 Kidderminster Harriers 18 5 4 9 24 26 10 2 2 6 12 16 8 3 2 3 12 10 -2 19
19 Kettering Town 18 4 5 9 26 34 9 3 2 4 17 18 9 1 3 5 9 16 -8 17
20 Curzon Ashton 18 4 5 9 20 28 10 4 2 4 13 12 8 0 3 5 7 16 -8 17
21 Blyth Spartans 18 3 4 11 16 40 9 2 2 5 10 20 9 1 2 6 6 20 -24 13
22 Bradford Park Avenue 19 2 3 14 12 53 10 1 2 7 8 26 9 1 1 7 4 27 -41 9

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).