Vanarama National League North news and preview: Gloucester City odds-on expected to top Leamington

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Meadow Park

Gloucester City have some lost ground to recover from their 18th position, and they have a chance against Leamington. Read more!

Insights:
  • Gloucester City have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Vanarama National League North
  • Leamington haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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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Gloucester City form and stats

The overall Vanarama National League North statistics playing at home this season for Gloucester City are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Gloucester in their previous match, an away game at Wrexham that ended in defeat 0-5. Gloucester City were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

1-1 away at Alfreton Town before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gloucester have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gloucester City as they are travelling to their away game against Hereford in the Vanarama National League North. That match is two days after this one.

A decent goal production from Gloucester in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Gloucester have conceded 9 goals.

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Leamington form and stats

Leamington have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 1-3-5 (9 played). Leamington has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Leamington might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Kettering Town proved too strong as Leamington slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at The Phillips 66 Community Stadium. Leamington lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

A draw for Leamington before that, at their own venue hosting Bradford Park Avenue (1-1).

Leamington are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

A new game in only two days for Leamington, the Vanarama National League North home match versus AFC Telford United. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Leamington as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Leamington in these games.

Head 2 Head

Gloucester City-Leamington H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Gloucester City four wins, Leamington two wins, two draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GloucesterM. McClure
M. McClure
4 goals
LeamingtonK. Mooney
K. Mooney
4 goals
LeamingtonD. Turner
D. Turner
4 goals

Gloucester City missing players

Leamington missing players

Gloucester City Leamington
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 4 9 18
3 3 2 Won W 1 1 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
9 3 1 Lost L 2 5 7
20 12 7 Scored S 4 7 20
33 9 2 Conceded C 5 11 22
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 89%
59% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 22% 39%
41% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 50%
24% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 22%
35% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 28%
 
4.3 5.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.4 4.7
5.1 4.6 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 5.1
2.3 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.5 12.2 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 6.4 8.3
3.5 5.4 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 3.3
33% 28% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 34%
 
11.4 10.2 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.9 10.7
4.8 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.7 4.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • 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.
  • Leamington 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 Brackley Town 17 11 4 2 22 10 7 5 1 1 8 4 10 6 3 1 14 6 12 37
2 Fylde 17 11 3 3 32 16 8 7 1 0 17 6 9 4 2 3 15 10 16 36
3 Gateshead 15 11 2 2 32 18 7 7 0 0 17 4 8 4 2 2 15 14 14 35
4 Kidderminster Harriers 16 9 4 3 35 16 7 5 0 2 20 7 9 4 4 1 15 9 19 31
5 Chorley 17 8 6 3 29 14 9 6 2 1 23 7 8 2 4 2 6 7 15 30
6 Boston United 17 9 1 7 26 27 9 6 1 2 18 10 8 3 0 5 8 17 -1 28
7 Southport 16 7 5 4 29 20 9 5 4 0 20 9 7 2 1 4 9 11 9 26
8 Curzon Ashton 16 6 6 4 22 17 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 3 2 13 9 5 24
9 Alfreton Town 17 7 3 7 28 25 9 3 3 3 15 13 8 4 0 4 13 12 3 24
10 York City 17 7 2 8 23 23 9 4 1 4 16 11 8 3 1 4 7 12 0 23
11 Hereford 17 6 5 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 11 10 8 2 3 3 7 9 -1 23
12 Spennymoor Town 17 7 2 8 26 28 8 4 1 3 18 13 9 3 1 5 8 15 -2 23
13 Leamington 18 6 5 7 20 22 9 5 2 2 13 11 9 1 3 5 7 11 -2 23
14 Darlington 17 6 4 7 29 26 9 4 2 3 17 11 8 2 2 4 12 15 3 22
15 Kettering Town 16 6 4 6 25 22 8 2 3 3 11 10 8 4 1 3 14 12 3 22
16 Chester 17 5 4 8 28 31 9 5 2 2 20 13 8 0 2 6 8 18 -3 19
17 Farsley Celtic 16 4 4 8 15 30 8 3 3 2 10 10 8 1 1 6 5 20 -15 16
18 Gloucester City 17 3 5 9 20 33 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 0 3 6 8 24 -13 14
19 Bradford Park Avenue 16 3 5 8 15 29 7 2 2 3 8 12 9 1 3 5 7 17 -14 14
20 Guiseley 16 3 3 10 11 24 9 2 2 5 6 12 7 1 1 5 5 12 -13 12
21 Blyth Spartans 17 3 3 11 12 34 9 3 2 4 8 9 8 0 1 7 4 25 -22 12
22 AFC Telford United 15 2 4 9 15 28 7 2 3 2 9 7 8 0 1 7 6 21 -13 10

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).