Vanarama National League North match prediction: Little separates Gloucester City and Hereford in quality

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Meadow Park

Here's everything you need to know, and some more, going into the Gloucester City - Hereford game!

Insights:
  • Hereford have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at New Meadow Park after three straight home wins.

The Gloucester City fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Hereford and win 1-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at Kettering Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Gloucester City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gloucester as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Gloucester City has won six of these, drawn six and lost zero.

Gloucester City has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Gloucester have conceded 21 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hereford form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Hereford playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Hereford have lost on their last two travels.

Hereford are travelling again after losing away to Gloucester City in their previous match (0-1).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus AFC Telford United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Hereford in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Hereford, three draws and three defeats.

The visiting Hereford have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 18 games. 25 goals have been conceded by Hereford in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head encounter ended Hereford - Gloucester 2-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Gloucester City one win, zero draws and Hereford two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

HerefordT. Owen-Evans
T. Owen-Evans
13 goals
Gloucester CityO. Hulbert
O. Hulbert
9 goals
GloucesterM. McClure
M. McClure
7 goals

Gloucester City missing players

Hereford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gloucester City Hereford
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 7 19 38
10 6 1 Won W 4 5 14
12 7 2 Drew D 3 5 9
16 6 3 Lost L 0 9 15
42 25 5 Scored S 14 22 45
55 21 7 Conceded C 4 26 45
84% 79% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 89% 95%
63% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 68% 71%
50% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 42% 37%
29% 37% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 26% 18%
13% 16% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 21% 13%
45% 37% 33% BTTS BTTS 43% 37% 39%
32% 47% 33% Clean Sheets C S 57% 26% 32%
39% 37% 50% Failed to Score F T 29% 47% 34%
 
4.9 5.2 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.9 4.3 4.6
5 4.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.1 5.3
2.2 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.1 1.1
5 3 3 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.1 11.2 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 8.3 9.7
3.5 4.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 3.6 4.3
32% 29% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 27%
 
10.9 10.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.7 8.9
4.5 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4 4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Hereford have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 37 26 5 6 87 40 18 15 1 2 44 15 19 11 4 4 43 25 47 83
2 Brackley Town 37 24 10 3 49 19 18 15 2 1 23 7 19 9 8 2 26 12 30 82
3 Fylde 37 21 7 9 60 33 18 12 2 4 32 17 19 9 5 5 28 16 27 70
4 Kidderminster Harriers 37 19 9 9 67 32 18 12 2 4 46 12 19 7 7 5 21 20 35 66
5 Chorley 37 16 12 9 58 43 19 11 4 4 41 23 18 5 8 5 17 20 15 60
6 York City 36 16 7 13 51 44 19 10 3 6 29 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 7 55
7 Boston United 37 16 7 14 57 52 19 10 4 5 37 24 18 6 3 9 20 28 5 55
8 Kettering Town 37 15 9 13 51 46 19 8 6 5 28 20 18 7 3 8 23 26 5 54
9 Southport 37 13 13 11 52 48 19 8 9 2 33 18 18 5 4 9 19 30 4 52
10 Darlington 37 14 9 14 54 50 19 9 3 7 28 21 18 5 6 7 26 29 4 51
11 Hereford 37 14 9 14 45 44 19 9 4 6 23 19 18 5 5 8 22 25 1 51
12 Spennymoor Town 37 14 8 15 48 49 18 7 6 5 26 21 19 7 2 10 22 28 -1 50
13 Alfreton Town 36 13 9 14 47 54 17 4 8 5 21 23 19 9 1 9 26 31 -7 48
14 Curzon Ashton 36 12 11 13 44 53 18 6 6 6 21 24 18 6 5 7 23 29 -9 47
15 Leamington 38 10 12 16 34 43 19 9 5 5 22 18 19 1 7 11 12 25 -9 42
16 Bradford Park Avenue 37 11 9 17 44 58 18 7 4 7 26 27 19 4 5 10 18 31 -14 42
17 Chester 36 10 9 17 64 67 18 7 6 5 38 26 18 3 3 12 26 41 -3 39
18 Gloucester City 37 9 12 16 41 55 18 5 7 6 24 21 19 4 5 10 17 34 -14 39
19 Blyth Spartans 37 10 5 22 36 70 19 7 2 10 21 29 18 3 3 12 15 41 -34 35
20 AFC Telford United 38 7 13 18 45 61 19 7 5 7 29 23 19 0 8 11 16 38 -16 34
21 Farsley Celtic 37 8 9 20 34 72 18 6 6 6 21 30 19 2 3 14 13 42 -38 33
22 Guiseley 37 8 6 23 27 62 19 5 5 9 15 31 18 3 1 14 12 31 -35 30

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 37 26 5 6 87 40 18 15 1 2 44 15 19 11 4 4 43 25 47 83
2 Brackley Town 37 24 10 3 49 19 18 15 2 1 23 7 19 9 8 2 26 12 30 82
3 Fylde 37 21 7 9 60 33 18 12 2 4 32 17 19 9 5 5 28 16 27 70
4 Kidderminster Harriers 37 19 9 9 67 32 18 12 2 4 46 12 19 7 7 5 21 20 35 66
5 Chorley 37 16 12 9 58 43 19 11 4 4 41 23 18 5 8 5 17 20 15 60
6 York City 36 16 7 13 51 44 19 10 3 6 29 18 17 6 4 7 22 26 7 55
7 Boston United 37 16 7 14 57 52 19 10 4 5 37 24 18 6 3 9 20 28 5 55
8 Kettering Town 37 15 9 13 51 46 19 8 6 5 28 20 18 7 3 8 23 26 5 54
9 Southport 37 13 13 11 52 48 19 8 9 2 33 18 18 5 4 9 19 30 4 52
10 Darlington 37 14 9 14 54 50 19 9 3 7 28 21 18 5 6 7 26 29 4 51
11 Hereford 37 14 9 14 45 44 19 9 4 6 23 19 18 5 5 8 22 25 1 51
12 Spennymoor Town 37 14 8 15 48 49 18 7 6 5 26 21 19 7 2 10 22 28 -1 50
13 Alfreton Town 36 13 9 14 47 54 17 4 8 5 21 23 19 9 1 9 26 31 -7 48
14 Curzon Ashton 36 12 11 13 44 53 18 6 6 6 21 24 18 6 5 7 23 29 -9 47
15 Leamington 38 10 12 16 34 43 19 9 5 5 22 18 19 1 7 11 12 25 -9 42
16 Bradford Park Avenue 37 11 9 17 44 58 18 7 4 7 26 27 19 4 5 10 18 31 -14 42
17 Chester 36 10 9 17 64 67 18 7 6 5 38 26 18 3 3 12 26 41 -3 39
18 Gloucester City 37 9 12 16 41 55 18 5 7 6 24 21 19 4 5 10 17 34 -14 39
19 Blyth Spartans 37 10 5 22 36 70 19 7 2 10 21 29 18 3 3 12 15 41 -34 35
20 AFC Telford United 38 7 13 18 45 61 19 7 5 7 29 23 19 0 8 11 16 38 -16 34
21 Farsley Celtic 37 8 9 20 34 72 18 6 6 6 21 30 19 2 3 14 13 42 -38 33
22 Guiseley 37 8 6 23 27 62 19 5 5 9 15 31 18 3 1 14 12 31 -35 30

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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).