Early betting lines indicate Kettering Town superiority against Blyth Spartans

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Latimer Park

Very important face-off in the lower part of the Vanarama National League North, with both Kettering Town and Blyth Spartans experiencing more worry than happiness. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 15th and the visitors in 21st place.

Insights:
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Vanarama National League North

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Kettering Town form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vanarama National League North this season. Kettering Town have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Latimer Park.

The Kettering fans got no joy from their last match, a Vanarama National League North game also here at Latimer Park: A 1-3 defeat against Darlington (placed 12th).

Heartbreak before that as Kettering lost 1-3 at Buxton (after extra-time)'s place.

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kettering here at Latimer Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Kettering have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League North travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. With the Spartans losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Spartans aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 226 league minutes without a goal. J. O'Donnell was the last player to find the net.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Vanarama National League North home defeat versus Leamington with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting York City's place.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Vanarama National League North trip to Hereford.

The attacking power of Spartans when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Spartans can't defend away. 15 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 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

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Kettering Town two wins, three draws and Blyth Spartans one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KetteringC. Powell
C. Powell
5 goals
Blyth SpartansJ. O'Donnell
J. O'Donnell
5 goals
Blyth SpartansR. Dale
R. Dale
2 goals

Kettering Town missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Kettering Town Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 6 1 Played P 1 5 12
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 2
3 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
10 5 1 Scored S 1 3 9
10 7 0 Conceded C 2 15 22
89% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
78% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 42%
22% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 8%
56% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 33%
44% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
11% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 50%
 
6.1 5.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.1
5.4 5.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9 4.8 4.2
2.3 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.6 12.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.6 8.2
4.6 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4 3.2
24% 17% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 15% 23%
 
8.9 9.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.6 11.4
2.6 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.2 4.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Blyth Spartans's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Blyth Spartans have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blyth Spartans have yet to win a game away.
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Blyth Spartans is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fylde 13 9 2 2 23 10 6 6 0 0 10 2 7 3 2 2 13 8 13 29
2 Brackley Town 12 9 2 1 15 5 5 4 0 1 7 4 7 5 2 0 8 1 10 29
3 Chorley 13 6 4 3 22 10 7 4 2 1 19 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 12 22
4 Leamington 13 6 3 4 17 13 6 5 0 1 11 5 7 1 3 3 6 8 4 21
5 Boston United 12 7 0 5 17 17 6 5 0 1 13 6 6 2 0 4 4 11 0 21
6 Alfreton Town 12 6 2 4 23 15 7 3 2 2 13 8 5 3 0 2 10 7 8 20
7 Curzon Ashton 10 6 2 2 18 11 4 3 1 0 7 4 6 3 1 2 11 7 7 20
8 Spennymoor Town 13 6 1 6 20 21 6 3 1 2 13 9 7 3 0 4 7 12 -1 19
9 Kidderminster Harriers 11 5 3 3 22 12 6 4 0 2 17 7 5 1 3 1 5 5 10 18
10 York City 12 6 0 6 20 18 7 4 0 3 14 8 5 2 0 3 6 10 2 18
11 Gateshead 9 5 2 2 19 13 4 4 0 0 11 3 5 1 2 2 8 10 6 17
12 Darlington 13 5 2 6 24 20 7 3 1 3 14 9 6 2 1 3 10 11 4 17
13 Chester 12 4 3 5 22 22 6 4 1 1 16 9 6 0 2 4 6 13 0 15
14 Farsley Celtic 13 3 4 6 11 24 6 2 3 1 6 6 7 1 1 5 5 18 -13 13
15 Kettering Town 9 3 3 3 10 10 6 1 3 2 5 7 3 2 0 1 5 3 0 12
16 Bradford Park Avenue 12 3 3 6 13 23 5 2 1 2 7 8 7 1 2 4 6 15 -10 12
17 Southport 10 2 4 4 16 17 6 2 4 0 12 8 4 0 0 4 4 9 -1 10
18 Hereford 11 2 4 5 8 15 5 1 1 3 3 8 6 1 3 2 5 7 -7 10
19 Guiseley 10 2 3 5 10 17 6 2 2 2 6 7 4 0 1 3 4 10 -7 9
20 AFC Telford United 12 2 3 7 12 21 5 2 2 1 6 3 7 0 1 6 6 18 -9 9
21 Blyth Spartans 12 2 3 7 9 22 7 2 2 3 6 7 5 0 1 4 3 15 -13 9
22 Gloucester City 12 1 3 8 12 27 5 1 2 2 7 6 7 0 1 6 5 21 -15 6

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).