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

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tameside Stadium (4000 seats)

Curzon Ashton open their doors to Kettering Town for another appealing Vanarama National League North game here at Tameside Stadium.

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 and Kettering Town.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

Curzon Ashton's first Vanarama National League North home game here at Tameside Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 21 matches.

Curzon Ashton enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kidderminster Harriers's place. The match ended 2-1 with Hayhurst and Matthews scoring. Finally, a league victory after three matches without one.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Buxton.

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 3 and lost 8.

At Tameside Stadium, Curzon Ashton has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Kettering Town form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Vanarama National League North ended in defeat. Last season Kettering Town had these away match statistics: Played 21; won 7, drew 6 and lost 8.

Kettering are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against AFC Telford United (placed 15th). Yippee; their first three points in the league after seven games not winning.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Bradford Park Avenue.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kettering Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Kettering Town wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Kettering Town has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Previous five meetings featuring these teams: Curzon Ashton won one, Kettering Town triumphed in one and we saw three draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kettering TownA. Oluwabori
A. Oluwabori
2 goals
Curzon AshtonT. Peers
T. Peers
1 goals
CurzonW. Hayhurst
W. Hayhurst
1 goals

Curzon Ashton missing players

Kettering Town missing players

Curzon Ashton Kettering Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 1 4
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 3
3.3 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 5.3
2.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.3 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 8
2 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
50% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 36%
 
10.3 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 26 13.3
5.3 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 3.7
Curzon Ashton Last season Kettering Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
13 7   Won W   7 16
13 7   Drew D   6 13
16 7   Lost L   8 13
51 24   Scored S   24 54
63 27   Conceded C   27 48
83% 81%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 90%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 74%
62% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 48%
26% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
14% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
50% 57%   BTTS BTTS   48% 52%
31% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 36%
36% 33%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
4.7 5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.6
6.5 6.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.3
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
7 5   Red cards R C   3 5
 
8.5 9   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 10.2
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 4
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 32%
 
11.6 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 8.3
4.7 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.4

  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 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
2 Banbury United 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
3 Gloucester City 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 6
4 Southport 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 6
5 Fylde 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Leamington 3 1 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 5
7 Buxton 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
8 Peterborough Sports 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 4
9 Chester 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
10 Darlington 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
11 Kettering Town 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 4
12 Hereford 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
13 Kidderminster Harriers 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
14 Scarborough Athletic 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
15 AFC Telford United 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
16 Spennymoor Town 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 3
17 Alfreton Town 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
18 Brackley Town 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -1 3
19 Curzon Ashton 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 3
20 Bradford Park Avenue 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 2
21 Chorley 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
22 Blyth Spartans 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 1
23 Boston United 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 -4 1
24 Farsley Celtic 3 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 1
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

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).