Match preview: Home crowd has big expectations when Gateshead take on Curzon Ashton

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 22.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Gateshead International Stadium (11800 seats)

The hosts, Gateshead, should be front runners in this match, but Curzon Ashton have proven both flair and courage. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Gateshead have the most scored goals (73) in Vanarama National League North
  • Curzon Ashton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Gateshead and Curzon Ashton.

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Gateshead form and stats

Gateshead have been outstanding at home so far in the Vanarama National League North with 13 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses. After failing to beat Fylde here at Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A good away victory last time out for Gateshead, who won 2-1 against Boston United (placed 8th).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Gloucester City and winning 4-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Gateshead home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bradford Park Avenue are coming to town in four days.

Gateshead can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 36 times. Gateshead have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Curzon Ashton playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Curzon Ashton have a lot to play for after their unexpected defeat (1-2) to Farsley Celtic in their previous game, played at home.

Before that, Curzon Ashton travelled to York City and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Curzon have another fixture away in just four sleeps, a Vanarama National League North match versus Kidderminster Harriers. A hard diary for them!

The visiting Curzon Ashton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Curzon Ashton have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Curzon Ashton - Gateshead 0-1 was the result in these participants' last h2h fixture, played this season. Stats for the last four meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Gateshead, zero draws and zero wins for Curzon Ashton. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

GatesheadM. Langstaff
M. Langstaff
22 goals
GatesheadC. Scott
C. Scott
20 goals
GatesheadP. Blackett
P. Blackett
10 goals

Gateshead missing players

Curzon Ashton missing players

Gateshead Curzon Ashton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 5 15 30
23 13 4 Won W 1 5 11
4 0 0 Drew D 3 5 10
5 2 0 Lost L 1 5 9
73 36 11 Scored S 4 21 42
36 12 4 Conceded C 4 20 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 40% 80% 80%
94% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 73% 73%
72% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 67% 63%
41% 40% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 20%
19% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 13%
66% 53% 100% BTTS BTTS 20% 47% 57%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 40% 33%
9% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 33% 30%
 
6.3 5.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 4.3 4.9
3.4 3.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.5 6.3
1.4 1.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
13.6 13.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.7 9.1
5.9 6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 4.2
39% 40% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 33%
 
7.2 7.1 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13 12.1
3 2.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Curzon Ashton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gateshead have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gateshead have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gateshead have the most points (39) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Gateshead have the most scored goals (73) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gateshead have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gateshead have the the best goal difference (+37) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gateshead haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 32 23 4 5 73 36 15 13 0 2 36 12 17 10 4 3 37 24 37 73
2 Brackley Town 31 21 7 3 45 18 15 12 2 1 20 7 16 9 5 2 25 11 27 70
3 Fylde 32 18 6 8 54 30 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 8 4 4 27 15 24 60
4 Kidderminster Harriers 31 17 6 8 53 28 14 10 1 3 34 10 17 7 5 5 19 18 25 57
5 Chorley 30 14 9 7 49 35 15 9 3 3 34 18 15 5 6 4 15 17 14 51
6 Southport 31 13 10 8 49 37 16 8 7 1 32 16 15 5 3 7 17 21 12 49
7 York City 30 14 6 10 47 38 16 8 3 5 27 17 14 6 3 5 20 21 9 48
8 Boston United 31 13 6 12 47 46 17 9 3 5 34 22 14 4 3 7 13 24 1 45
9 Hereford 32 12 8 12 37 38 17 8 4 5 21 17 15 4 4 7 16 21 -1 44
10 Curzon Ashton 30 11 10 9 42 37 15 6 5 4 21 17 15 5 5 5 21 20 5 43
11 Spennymoor Town 31 12 7 12 43 44 14 6 5 3 24 17 17 6 2 9 19 27 -1 43
12 Darlington 32 11 8 13 50 47 16 7 3 6 25 18 16 4 5 7 25 29 3 41
13 Kettering Town 30 11 7 12 43 41 14 5 5 4 22 16 16 6 2 8 21 25 2 40
14 Leamington 32 10 10 12 33 38 17 9 4 4 22 17 15 1 6 8 11 21 -5 40
15 Alfreton Town 30 10 7 13 40 49 15 4 6 5 19 21 15 6 1 8 21 28 -9 37
16 Chester 32 9 7 16 54 58 17 7 5 5 36 24 15 2 2 11 18 34 -4 34
17 Bradford Park Avenue 31 9 6 16 38 55 16 7 2 7 26 27 15 2 4 9 12 28 -17 33
18 Gloucester City 32 7 11 14 32 48 15 3 6 6 16 17 17 4 5 8 16 31 -16 32
19 Blyth Spartans 32 9 3 20 29 59 16 6 2 8 17 21 16 3 1 12 12 38 -30 30
20 AFC Telford United 33 6 10 17 40 56 17 6 4 7 25 20 16 0 6 10 15 36 -16 28
21 Guiseley 30 7 5 18 24 47 16 5 4 7 15 23 14 2 1 11 9 24 -23 26
22 Farsley Celtic 31 6 7 18 28 65 14 4 4 6 17 28 17 2 3 12 11 37 -37 25

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).