Possible nail-biting contest in Hereford - Scarborough Athletic game

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Edgar Street Athletic Ground (5075 seats)

This season has been demanding for Hereford up to now, while Scarborough Athletic have played well. Will the guests triumph again at Edgar Street Athletic Ground?

Insights:
  • Hereford is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Vanarama National League North

Hereford and Scarborough Athletic 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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Hereford form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Hereford at their home stadium (Edgar Street Athletic Ground) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. When Hereford hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Chester, Brackley Town, Banbury United, King's Lynn Town, Darlington, Fylde and Southport), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Hereford travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kidderminster Harriers that ended 1-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Kidderminster Harriers (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hereford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Farsley Celtic are coming to town in three days.

The Hereford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded. When Hereford hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Buxton, AFC Telford United, Curzon Ashton, Farsley Celtic, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town and Boston United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Scarborough Athletic form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Scarborough Athletic have produced an overall stat of 6-2-4 so far.

Scarborough Athletic's previous game was their home loss versus Darlington (2-5). That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. As you can tell from the result, the match against Darlington was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Darlington at their stadium, the result 3-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Scarborough Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 5 Scarborough Athletic wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored in 10 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures.

Scarborough has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. Scarborough Athletic have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Scarborough Athletic - Hereford 1-0 was the product when these two sides last met, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Scarborough AthleticM. Coulson
M. Coulson
11 goals
HerefordT. Barnett
T. Barnett
8 goals
Scarborough AthleticD. Tear
D. Tear
7 goals

Hereford missing players

Scarborough Athletic missing players

Hereford Scarborough Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 4 12 24
7 3 1 Won W 3 6 12
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 6
10 4 1 Lost L 1 4 6
27 13 3 Scored S 7 18 45
28 12 3 Conceded C 5 17 38
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 88%
45% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 58%
23% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 46%
9% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 33%
55% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 67%
23% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 21%
27% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 12%
 
4.6 5.5 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.6 4.6
4.9 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.8 5.3
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8 8.5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.3 11.5
3.9 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 5.6
32% 32% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 33% 33%
 
9.5 7.7 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11.5 13
4.2 3.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 5 5.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Hereford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hereford is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Vanarama National League North
  • Scarborough Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Vanarama National League North
  • Scarborough Athletic 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 Darlington 25 14 5 6 50 32 12 6 3 3 22 16 13 8 2 3 28 16 18 47
2 Brackley Town 24 13 7 4 30 18 12 9 2 1 19 7 12 4 5 3 11 11 12 46
3 King's Lynn Town 21 13 5 3 41 21 10 9 1 0 23 7 11 4 4 3 18 14 20 44
4 Chester 24 11 9 4 38 22 12 5 4 3 15 9 12 6 5 1 23 13 16 42
5 Scarborough Athletic 24 12 6 6 45 38 12 6 4 2 27 21 12 6 2 4 18 17 7 42
6 Fylde 20 12 3 5 31 21 10 7 1 2 19 10 10 5 2 3 12 11 10 39
7 Banbury United 24 10 6 8 35 27 11 6 3 2 18 9 13 4 3 6 17 18 8 36
8 Southport 23 10 6 7 34 30 12 6 4 2 19 14 11 4 2 5 15 16 4 36
9 Chorley 23 9 7 7 31 23 12 6 5 1 19 8 11 3 2 6 12 15 8 34
10 Gloucester City 25 10 4 11 36 40 13 6 1 6 24 22 12 4 3 5 12 18 -4 34
11 Peterborough Sports 24 9 6 9 31 31 12 5 5 2 19 13 12 4 1 7 12 18 0 33
12 Kidderminster Harriers 24 9 5 10 24 27 12 3 3 6 10 13 12 6 2 4 14 14 -3 32
13 Alfreton Town 22 7 9 6 29 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 11 3 4 4 12 14 5 30
14 Spennymoor Town 23 7 9 7 30 32 11 4 4 3 12 11 12 3 5 4 18 21 -2 30
15 Leamington 24 5 13 6 21 22 12 5 4 3 14 10 12 0 9 3 7 12 -1 28
16 Bradford Park Avenue 24 7 6 11 23 31 12 5 1 6 12 14 12 2 5 5 11 17 -8 27
17 Hereford 22 7 5 10 27 28 10 3 3 4 13 12 12 4 2 6 14 16 -1 26
18 Buxton 21 6 7 8 21 28 12 3 5 4 13 15 9 3 2 4 8 13 -7 25
19 Boston United 25 7 4 14 34 42 13 5 1 7 21 22 12 2 3 7 13 20 -8 25
20 Curzon Ashton 22 6 6 10 20 24 11 3 3 5 11 13 11 3 3 5 9 11 -4 24
21 Kettering Town 23 6 6 11 21 37 11 5 3 3 13 11 12 1 3 8 8 26 -16 24
22 Farsley Celtic 22 5 6 11 26 40 12 3 4 5 15 19 10 2 2 6 11 21 -14 21
23 Blyth Spartans 22 4 6 12 22 36 11 2 5 4 14 14 11 2 1 8 8 22 -14 18
24 AFC Telford United 23 2 6 15 15 41 11 2 2 7 8 18 12 0 4 8 7 23 -26 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).