An important duel in the bottom section of the Vanarama National League North, with both Kettering Town and Blyth Spartans experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 22nd place.
- Kettering Town has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans has the most conceded goals (23) in Vanarama National League North
It's no vacation for neither Kettering nor Blyth Spartans as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kettering Town form and stats
Kettering Town have collected 4 points from their Vanarama National League North home games so far after 1-1-2.
A strong away win for Kettering against Kidderminster Harriers the last match, as L. Graham and C. Kennedy were on target. Before that, Kettering played out a draw 3-3 when visiting Hereford.
The manager P. Cox will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to York City in only three days.
Kettering has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Kettering have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Blyth Spartans form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Blyth Spartans, who have the most conceded goals (23) in Vanarama National League North, playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.
P. Blackett was the last player to score for the away team. Spartans haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Vanarama National League North home defeat versus York City with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Hereford.
A new game in only three days for Spartans, the Vanarama National League North home match versus Boston United. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Spartans have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Blyth Spartans can't defend away. 12 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Kettering victory, three draws and one Blyth Spartans win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Kennedy 5 goals | L. Graham 1 goals |  K. Thackray 1 goals |
Kettering Town missing players
Blyth Spartans missing players
| Kettering Town | Blyth Spartans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 11 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 4 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 41% | 24% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 40% |
- All of Blyth Spartans's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blyth Spartans has the fewest points (3) away in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans has the most conceded goals (23) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans has the the worst goal difference (-17) in Vanarama National League North
- Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kettering Town has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Vanarama National League North
- Kettering Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Kettering Town have scored more than double the goals of Blyth Spartans.
- Kettering Town 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 | Gloucester City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Fylde | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Kidderminster Harriers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | AFC Telford United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Gateshead | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Chester | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Southport | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Farsley Celtic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Leamington | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Bradford Park Avenue | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Spennymoor Town | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Curzon Ashton | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | York City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 | Boston United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 | Darlington | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 | Hereford | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | Alfreton Town | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 18 | Kettering Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Guiseley | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 20 | Brackley Town | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Chorley | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 22 | Blyth Spartans | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -17 | 5 |