Vanarama National League North preview: Can Gateshead edge out victory against Alfreton Town?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gateshead International Stadium (11800 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Gateshead in 11th and Alfreton Town in 10th place.

It's no vacation for neither Gateshead nor Alfreton Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Gateshead form and stats

Gateshead, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Vanarama National League North, have collected 17 points from their Vanarama National League North home games so far after 5-2-2.

The home team returns to Gateshead International Stadium after sharing the points with Kidderminster Harriers (placed 18th) on their last time out; the Vanarama National League North game ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting King's Lynn Town (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gateshead handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L0.

Gateshead are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Gateshead are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gateshead International Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Alfreton Town form and stats

4-0-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alfreton Town in their Vanarama National League North matches away.

The manager B. Heath was unhappy after their last game, a Fa Trophy match played at their home ground The Impact Arena. Alfreton Town suffered a 1-3 loss to Blyth Spartans (placed 21st). A 0-1 defeat away at York City before that.

We have checked recent matches where Alfreton Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W3-D3-L3.

Alfreton Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Alfreton Town have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Gateshead victories, 2 draws and 3 Alfreton Town wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Alfreton TownA. Morgan-Smith
A. Morgan-Smith
13 goals
GatesheadJ. O'Donnell
J. O'Donnell
5 goals
GatesheadJ. Kayode
J. Kayode
5 goals

Gateshead missing players

Alfreton Town missing players

Gateshead Alfreton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 10 18
6 5 1 Won W 2 4 8
6 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 2 2 Lost L 0 6 9
19 13 3 Scored S 6 13 29
17 7 6 Conceded C 3 16 27
88% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 78%
41% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 61%
6% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 33%
6% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 28%
41% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
41% 67% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 28%
29% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 22%
 
5.3 6.2 8 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.8
4.6 5.2 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5.7 5.3
1.1 1.1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
151 92 45 Total Shots T S 6 72 148
51 33 17 Shots on Target S O 4 26 60
29% 30% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 42% 45%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Alfreton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gateshead has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Gateshead has the most clean sheets (6) at home
  • Gateshead have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 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).