Vanarama National League North: Gloucester City - Boston United match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Meadow Park

This season has been hard for Gloucester City so far, while Boston United have taken lots of points. Will the visiting team chalk up another victory at New Meadow Park?

Insights:
  • Gloucester City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Vanarama National League North
  • Boston United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Gloucester City and Boston United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gloucester City form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Gloucester City at their home stadium (New Meadow Park) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 218 minutes.

A strong away win for Gloucester City against Leamington the last match.

In the match before that, Gloucester hosted Leamington and drew the game 0-0.

Gloucester has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Gloucester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Boston United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League North travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. It's a growing despair in Boston United as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Vanarama National League North home defeat versus Alfreton Town with 2-3 on the scoreboard.

A 1-3 loss hosting Brackley Town before that.

Boston are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Boston, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Gloucester wins - draws - Boston United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Boston UnitedD. Elliott
D. Elliott
8 goals
Boston UnitedJ. Wright
J. Wright
6 goals
Gloucester CityM. McClure
M. McClure
4 goals

Gloucester City missing players

Boston United missing players

Gloucester City Boston United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 3 8 19
4 3 0 Won W 2 3 9
6 3 0 Drew D 0 0 1
9 3 1 Lost L 1 5 9
21 12 1 Scored S 3 8 29
33 9 3 Conceded C 5 17 33
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 89%
53% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 74%
37% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 42%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 21%
42% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 68%
32% 56% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 16%
37% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 16%
 
4.6 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.4 5.2
4.9 4.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 5.4 5.1
2.2 2.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
8.6 12.2 5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 7.8 10.6
3.5 5.3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.8
31% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 40%
 
11.1 9.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 7.9 8.6
4.7 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 4.5
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Boston United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Boston United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gloucester City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City have won significantly more corners at 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 Brackley Town 19 12 4 3 26 14 7 5 1 1 8 4 12 7 3 2 18 10 12 40
2 Gateshead 17 12 2 3 36 21 7 7 0 0 17 4 10 5 2 3 19 17 15 38
3 Fylde 19 11 4 4 35 20 9 7 1 1 18 8 10 4 3 3 17 12 15 37
4 Chorley 19 10 6 3 35 18 10 7 2 1 27 10 9 3 4 2 8 8 17 36
5 Kidderminster Harriers 16 9 4 3 35 16 7 5 0 2 20 7 9 4 4 1 15 9 19 31
6 Southport 18 8 6 4 33 20 10 6 4 0 24 9 8 2 2 4 9 11 13 30
7 Boston United 19 9 1 9 29 33 11 6 1 4 21 16 8 3 0 5 8 17 -4 28
8 Alfreton Town 19 8 3 8 31 28 9 3 3 3 15 13 10 5 0 5 16 15 3 27
9 York City 18 8 2 8 24 23 10 5 1 4 17 11 8 3 1 4 7 12 1 26
10 Kettering Town 17 7 4 6 28 23 9 3 3 3 14 11 8 4 1 3 14 12 5 25
11 Curzon Ashton 18 6 7 5 25 21 9 3 4 2 9 8 9 3 3 3 16 13 4 25
12 Leamington 21 6 7 8 22 25 11 5 3 3 15 14 10 1 4 5 7 11 -3 25
13 Spennymoor Town 20 7 4 9 29 33 9 4 2 3 19 14 11 3 2 6 10 19 -4 25
14 Darlington 20 6 6 8 32 31 11 4 3 4 19 15 9 2 3 4 13 16 1 24
15 Chester 20 6 6 8 34 35 11 5 4 2 23 16 9 1 2 6 11 19 -1 24
16 Hereford 17 6 5 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 11 10 8 2 3 3 7 9 -1 23
17 Gloucester City 19 4 6 9 21 33 9 3 3 3 12 9 10 1 3 6 9 24 -12 18
18 Blyth Spartans 19 5 3 11 17 36 11 5 2 4 13 11 8 0 1 7 4 25 -19 18
19 Guiseley 19 4 5 10 14 26 11 2 4 5 8 14 8 2 1 5 6 12 -12 17
20 Farsley Celtic 18 4 5 9 15 34 8 3 3 2 10 10 10 1 2 7 5 24 -19 17
21 Bradford Park Avenue 17 3 6 8 17 31 7 2 2 3 8 12 10 1 4 5 9 19 -14 15
22 AFC Telford United 19 2 6 11 19 35 9 2 3 4 10 11 10 0 3 7 9 24 -16 12

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).