Balanced ball game between Curzon Ashton and Spennymoor Town expected

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tameside Stadium (4000 seats)

Curzon Ashton and Spennymoor Town have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golfing expression. The teams both reside in mid-table spots in the Vanarama National League North.

Insights:
  • All of Spennymoor Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Curzon Ashton have to build on here at Tameside Stadium in the Vanarama National League North. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Curzon Ashton to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 190 minutes without scoring a league goal. Peers was the last player to find the net.

Curzon Ashton faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kidderminster Harriers (0-5).

Heartbreak before that as Curzon lost 0-4 at Gateshead's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Curzon Ashton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost seven.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Curzon, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs Brackley Town is only three days away.

Curzon Ashton has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

Playing away, Spennymoor Town have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 9 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.

There were no winners in Spennymoor's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Brackley Town (placed 2nd).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Fylde.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spennymoor Town playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were zero Spennymoor Town wins, three draws and nine defeats.

A new game in only three days for Spennymoor Town, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Bradford Park Avenue. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Spennymoor have scored 19 goals in 17 league games away. Spennymoor Town's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head meeting ended Spennymoor Town - Curzon Ashton 2-2, earlier this season. Stats for the former seven meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Curzon Ashton, three draws and two wins for Spennymoor Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Spennymoor TownG. Taylor
G. Taylor
21 goals
Curzon AshtonA. Curran
A. Curran
10 goals
CurzonA. Thomas
A. Thomas
6 goals

Curzon Ashton missing players

Spennymoor Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Curzon Ashton Spennymoor Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 2 Played P 5 17 33
11 6 2 Won W 3 6 12
10 5 0 Drew D 1 2 8
11 4 0 Lost L 1 9 13
42 21 5 Scored S 8 19 44
46 17 1 Conceded C 5 27 46
81% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
75% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
66% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 48%
25% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 24%
16% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
53% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 53% 58%
31% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 21%
34% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 27%
 
4.8 5.4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 4.9 4.8
6.5 6.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6.5 5.8
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.4
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 5 7
 
9 9.5 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.6 10.5
4.2 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4 4.3
31% 33% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 28% 31%
 
12.5 11.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.8 12.3
4.9 4.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.4 4.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Spennymoor Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Spennymoor Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Gateshead 34 24 5 5 77 36 17 14 1 2 40 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 41 77
2 Brackley Town 33 22 8 3 47 19 16 13 2 1 21 7 17 9 6 2 26 12 28 74
3 Fylde 34 19 6 9 55 31 16 10 2 4 27 15 18 9 4 5 28 16 24 63
4 Kidderminster Harriers 33 18 7 8 59 29 16 11 2 3 40 11 17 7 5 5 19 18 30 61
5 Chorley 32 14 10 8 51 38 15 9 3 3 34 18 17 5 7 5 17 20 13 52
6 York City 32 15 6 11 48 39 18 9 3 6 28 18 14 6 3 5 20 21 9 51
7 Southport 33 13 11 9 51 40 16 8 7 1 32 16 17 5 4 8 19 24 11 50
8 Hereford 34 13 9 12 42 40 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 5 5 7 21 23 2 48
9 Boston United 33 14 6 13 49 48 17 9 3 5 34 22 16 5 3 8 15 26 1 48
10 Darlington 34 13 8 13 53 48 18 9 3 6 28 19 16 4 5 7 25 29 5 47
11 Kettering Town 32 12 8 12 46 43 16 6 6 4 25 18 16 6 2 8 21 25 3 44
12 Spennymoor Town 33 12 8 13 44 46 16 6 6 4 25 19 17 6 2 9 19 27 -2 44
13 Curzon Ashton 32 11 10 11 42 46 15 6 5 4 21 17 17 5 5 7 21 29 -4 43
14 Leamington 34 10 10 14 33 40 17 9 4 4 22 17 17 1 6 10 11 23 -7 40
15 Chester 34 10 8 16 59 61 17 7 5 5 36 24 17 3 3 11 23 37 -2 38
16 Alfreton Town 32 10 8 14 42 52 16 4 7 5 21 23 16 6 1 9 21 29 -10 38
17 Bradford Park Avenue 33 10 7 16 41 56 16 7 2 7 26 27 17 3 5 9 15 29 -15 37
18 Gloucester City 34 8 12 14 36 51 17 4 7 6 20 20 17 4 5 8 16 31 -15 36
19 AFC Telford United 35 6 12 17 41 57 17 6 4 7 25 20 18 0 8 10 16 37 -16 30
20 Blyth Spartans 34 9 3 22 31 66 18 6 2 10 19 28 16 3 1 12 12 38 -35 30
21 Farsley Celtic 33 7 8 18 30 66 16 5 5 6 19 29 17 2 3 12 11 37 -36 29
22 Guiseley 32 7 6 19 24 49 18 5 5 8 15 25 14 2 1 11 9 24 -25 27

Table
  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 34 24 5 5 77 36 17 14 1 2 40 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 41 77
2 Brackley Town 33 22 8 3 47 19 16 13 2 1 21 7 17 9 6 2 26 12 28 74
3 Fylde 34 19 6 9 55 31 16 10 2 4 27 15 18 9 4 5 28 16 24 63
4 Kidderminster Harriers 33 18 7 8 59 29 16 11 2 3 40 11 17 7 5 5 19 18 30 61
5 Chorley 32 14 10 8 51 38 15 9 3 3 34 18 17 5 7 5 17 20 13 52
6 York City 32 15 6 11 48 39 18 9 3 6 28 18 14 6 3 5 20 21 9 51
7 Southport 33 13 11 9 51 40 16 8 7 1 32 16 17 5 4 8 19 24 11 50
8 Hereford 34 13 9 12 42 40 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 5 5 7 21 23 2 48
9 Boston United 33 14 6 13 49 48 17 9 3 5 34 22 16 5 3 8 15 26 1 48
10 Darlington 34 13 8 13 53 48 18 9 3 6 28 19 16 4 5 7 25 29 5 47
11 Kettering Town 32 12 8 12 46 43 16 6 6 4 25 18 16 6 2 8 21 25 3 44
12 Spennymoor Town 33 12 8 13 44 46 16 6 6 4 25 19 17 6 2 9 19 27 -2 44
13 Curzon Ashton 32 11 10 11 42 46 15 6 5 4 21 17 17 5 5 7 21 29 -4 43
14 Leamington 34 10 10 14 33 40 17 9 4 4 22 17 17 1 6 10 11 23 -7 40
15 Chester 34 10 8 16 59 61 17 7 5 5 36 24 17 3 3 11 23 37 -2 38
16 Alfreton Town 32 10 8 14 42 52 16 4 7 5 21 23 16 6 1 9 21 29 -10 38
17 Bradford Park Avenue 33 10 7 16 41 56 16 7 2 7 26 27 17 3 5 9 15 29 -15 37
18 Gloucester City 34 8 12 14 36 51 17 4 7 6 20 20 17 4 5 8 16 31 -15 36
19 AFC Telford United 35 6 12 17 41 57 17 6 4 7 25 20 18 0 8 10 16 37 -16 30
20 Blyth Spartans 34 9 3 22 31 66 18 6 2 10 19 28 16 3 1 12 12 38 -35 30
21 Farsley Celtic 33 7 8 18 30 66 16 5 5 6 19 29 17 2 3 12 11 37 -36 29
22 Guiseley 32 7 6 19 24 49 18 5 5 8 15 25 14 2 1 11 9 24 -25 27

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