It's a clean slate in Vanarama National League North - the first fixture of the season. Read our full guide and see how Hereford and Spennymoor Town did in their pre-season friendlies!
Hereford form and stats
Last season, Hereford's league stats were 15 wins, 10 draws and 17 losses, ending with 12th position in the Vanarama National League North. During these 42 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 52. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Hereford delivered 10-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 23 conceded.
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 2, drawn 8 and lost 2.
Hereford have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Hereford have scored 9 goals and conceded 1 time.
Spennymoor Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Spennymoor Town performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 9 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 23/30 goals scored/conceded.
That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league rounds without victory.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Spennymoor Town in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Spennymoor Town, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
It's a day of discovery for Spennymoor Town as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Spennymoor have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Spennymoor Town has scored 1 goal and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
Hereford-Spennymoor Town H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Hereford one win, Spennymoor Town four wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). Taylor likes to meet Hereford and have scored 6 goals in these matches.
Hereford missing players
Spennymoor Town missing players
| Hereford | Spennymoor Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hereford | Last season | Spennymoor Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Scored | S | 23 | 55 | ||
| 52 | 23 | Conceded | C | 30 | 51 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 71% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 81% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 43% | ||
| 21% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 19% | ||
| 14% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 10% | ||
| 43% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 48% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 29% | ||
| 33% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Telford United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Alfreton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Banbury United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Blyth Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Boston United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Brackley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Buxton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Chester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Curzon Ashton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Darlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Farsley Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Fylde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Gloucester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Hereford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kettering Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | King's Lynn Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Leamington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Peterborough Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Scarborough Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Southport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Spennymoor Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 99 | 47 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 52 | 94 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 30 | 87 |
| 3 | Fylde | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 31 | 80 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 72 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 37 | 74 |
| 5 | York City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 66 |
| 6 | Chorley | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 49 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 65 |
| 7 | Boston United | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 63 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 63 |
| 8 | Kettering Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 54 | 48 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 61 |
| 9 | Alfreton Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 33 | -1 | 61 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 51 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 60 |
| 11 | Southport | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 60 | 55 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 57 |
| 12 | Hereford | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | -1 | 55 |
| 13 | Darlington | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 58 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 34 | -1 | 53 |
| 14 | Curzon Ashton | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 63 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 36 | -12 | 52 |
| 15 | Leamington | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 27 | -8 | 48 |
| 16 | Chester | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 70 | 71 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 44 | -1 | 47 |
| 17 | Gloucester City | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 47 | 60 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -13 | 46 |
| 18 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 46 | 70 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 38 | -24 | 44 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 41 | 76 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 46 | -35 | 43 |
| 20 | AFC Telford United | 42 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 65 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | -17 | 37 |
| 21 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 78 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 44 | -41 | 37 |
| 22 | Guiseley | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 69 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 36 | -38 | 35 |