Vanarama National League North preview: Can Hereford edge out victory against Farsley Celtic?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 10.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Edgar Street Athletic Ground (5075 seats)

Vanarama National League North: What this fixture might lack in style it should pay back in guts and dedication. Get ready for Hereford - Farsley Celtic!

Insights:
  • Hereford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Farsley Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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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Hereford form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Hereford have to build on here at Edgar Street Athletic Ground in the Vanarama National League North.

The Hereford regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Scarborough Athletic and win 2-0. What a relief, as that was the first league win after failing to win six consecutive fixtures.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Kidderminster Harriers that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hereford handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

There will be little rest for Hereford after this match as they are travelling to Gloucester City for a Vanarama National League North game in only four days.

Hereford has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Farsley Celtic form and stats

There's been little loot from Farsley Celtic's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Farsley Celtic only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

Two away games in a row for Farsley Celtic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Alfreton Town. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Bradford Park Avenue.

Farsley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

A new game in only four days for Farsley Celtic, the Fa Trophy home match versus Marske United. Busy days.

Farsley Celtic have the goal stats of 11-22 (for/against) from 11 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Hereford-Farsley Celtic H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Hereford two wins, Farsley Celtic one win, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

HerefordT. Barnett
T. Barnett
8 goals
Farsley CelticF. Mulhern
F. Mulhern
6 goals
HerefordR. McLean
R. McLean
5 goals

Hereford missing players

Farsley Celtic missing players

Hereford Farsley Celtic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 5 11 23
8 4 2 Won W 1 2 5
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 6
10 4 0 Lost L 4 7 12
29 15 5 Scored S 3 11 26
28 12 0 Conceded C 11 22 41
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
70% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 83%
43% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 45% 48%
22% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 36% 35%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 13%
52% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 20% 36% 43%
26% 36% 100% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 22%
26% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 45% 39%
 
4.5 5.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.8 3.9
4.8 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.7 4.6
1.7 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.2 8.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.4 10.6
3.9 4.1 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 4.6
33% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 26% 25%
 
9.3 7.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 10.6
4.1 3.3 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.3 4.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Farsley Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Hereford 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 Darlington 26 14 5 7 50 35 13 6 3 4 22 19 13 8 2 3 28 16 15 47
2 Brackley Town 25 13 8 4 31 19 13 9 3 1 20 8 12 4 5 3 11 11 12 47
3 King's Lynn Town 22 13 6 3 41 21 10 9 1 0 23 7 12 4 5 3 18 14 20 45
4 Chester 25 11 10 4 39 23 12 5 4 3 15 9 13 6 6 1 24 14 16 43
5 Fylde 21 13 3 5 36 21 11 8 1 2 24 10 10 5 2 3 12 11 15 42
6 Scarborough Athletic 25 12 6 7 45 40 12 6 4 2 27 21 13 6 2 5 18 19 5 42
7 Chorley 24 10 7 7 34 23 12 6 5 1 19 8 12 4 2 6 15 15 11 37
8 Southport 24 10 6 8 35 32 12 6 4 2 19 14 12 4 2 6 16 18 3 36
9 Banbury United 25 10 6 9 35 32 11 6 3 2 18 9 14 4 3 7 17 23 3 36
10 Peterborough Sports 25 10 6 9 33 32 13 6 5 2 21 14 12 4 1 7 12 18 1 36
11 Gloucester City 26 10 5 11 38 42 13 6 1 6 24 22 13 4 4 5 14 20 -4 35
12 Alfreton Town 23 8 9 6 30 24 12 5 5 2 18 10 11 3 4 4 12 14 6 33
13 Kidderminster Harriers 25 9 6 10 24 27 12 3 3 6 10 13 13 6 3 4 14 14 -3 33
14 Spennymoor Town 24 7 10 7 31 33 11 4 4 3 12 11 13 3 6 4 19 22 -2 31
15 Hereford 23 8 5 10 29 28 11 4 3 4 15 12 12 4 2 6 14 16 1 29
16 Leamington 25 5 14 6 21 22 13 5 5 3 14 10 12 0 9 3 7 12 -1 29
17 Bradford Park Avenue 25 7 7 11 24 32 13 5 2 6 13 15 12 2 5 5 11 17 -8 28
18 Curzon Ashton 23 7 6 10 22 25 12 4 3 5 13 14 11 3 3 5 9 11 -3 27
19 Boston United 26 7 5 14 36 44 14 5 2 7 23 24 12 2 3 7 13 20 -8 26
20 Buxton 22 6 7 9 22 30 12 3 5 4 13 15 10 3 2 5 9 15 -8 25
21 Kettering Town 24 6 7 11 22 38 11 5 3 3 13 11 13 1 4 8 9 27 -16 25
22 Farsley Celtic 23 5 6 12 26 41 12 3 4 5 15 19 11 2 2 7 11 22 -15 21
23 Blyth Spartans 23 4 7 12 22 36 12 2 6 4 14 14 11 2 1 8 8 22 -14 19
24 AFC Telford United 24 2 7 15 16 42 12 2 3 7 9 19 12 0 4 8 7 23 -26 13

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).