Evenly matched teams: Kettering Town vs Curzon Ashton match preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 28.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Latimer Park

Kettering Town have some lost ground to recover from their 18th place, and the task starts vs Curzon Ashton. Read more!

Insights:
  • Curzon Ashton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Kettering nor Curzon Ashton 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.

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Kettering Town form and stats

7 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Kettering Town have to build on here at Latimer Park in the Vanarama National League North.

The Kettering Town goalkeeper Owen Mason is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 245 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vanarama National League North.

The Kettering Town followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Brackley Town and win 1-0. At last, a league win after four fixtures without.

In the match before that, Kettering Town hosted Farsley Celtic and drew the game 0-0.

Low on goals? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

Kettering are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League North match at Hereford awaits in four days.

The Kettering Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kettering are not conceding a lot of goals here at Latimer Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Curzon Ashton form and stats

Playing away, Curzon Ashton have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season. Curzon Ashton has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Curzon's previous game was their home loss versus Alfreton Town (0-1). That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points.

Before that, Curzon Ashton secured a home win against Peterborough Sports with the score 3-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Curzon Ashton manager Lakeland as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Leamington.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Curzon have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. As opposed to that, Curzon Ashton have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Curzon Ashton - Kettering Town 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Kettering one win, three draws and Curzon Ashton two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Curzon AshtonT. Peers
T. Peers
13 goals
Curzon AshtonJ. Hancock
J. Hancock
9 goals
Kettering TownS. Bennett
S. Bennett
5 goals

Kettering Town missing players

Curzon Ashton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kettering Town Curzon Ashton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 15 32
9 7 2 Won W 1 5 12
11 6 2 Drew D 1 4 7
13 3 2 Lost L 2 6 13
30 17 4 Scored S 3 16 41
44 13 5 Conceded C 4 17 38
85% 69% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 91%
67% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 72%
39% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 50%
21% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 16%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
36% 31% 17% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 47%
30% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 31%
48% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 31%
 
3.8 3.4 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.5 4
5.5 5.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 4.7 4.3
1.4 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.6 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
7.9 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.8 8.1
3 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.5 3.6
30% 33% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 30% 36%
 
12.2 10.4 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15 10.3 9
4.8 3.5 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.1 4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Curzon Ashton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 King's Lynn Town 32 18 9 5 58 31 15 12 2 1 31 11 17 6 7 4 27 20 27 63
2 Fylde 31 19 6 6 54 31 16 10 3 3 33 18 15 9 3 3 21 13 23 63
3 Brackley Town 33 16 10 7 42 26 16 11 4 1 29 10 17 5 6 6 13 16 16 58
4 Scarborough Athletic 34 16 9 9 61 51 18 9 5 4 38 28 16 7 4 5 23 23 10 57
5 Chester 33 14 14 5 49 31 16 6 6 4 20 14 17 8 8 1 29 17 18 56
6 Darlington 33 16 8 9 59 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 56
7 Chorley 34 13 13 8 44 31 17 8 7 2 24 12 17 5 6 6 20 19 13 52
8 Alfreton Town 32 12 12 8 39 30 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 4 7 5 14 17 9 48
9 Gloucester City 34 13 8 13 54 55 18 9 3 6 36 26 16 4 5 7 18 29 -1 47
10 Kidderminster Harriers 35 13 8 14 34 37 17 4 4 9 15 20 18 9 4 5 19 17 -3 47
11 Hereford 34 13 6 15 40 38 16 6 4 6 21 17 18 7 2 9 19 21 2 45
12 Curzon Ashton 32 12 7 13 41 38 17 7 3 7 25 21 15 5 4 6 16 17 3 43
13 Banbury United 30 12 7 11 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 15 16 6 3 7 22 25 2 43
14 Spennymoor Town 32 10 12 10 44 47 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 6 6 23 28 -3 42
15 Southport 32 11 8 13 39 41 14 6 4 4 20 17 18 5 4 9 19 24 -2 41
16 Peterborough Sports 32 11 8 13 38 42 16 7 5 4 24 18 16 4 3 9 14 24 -4 41
17 Buxton 34 10 11 13 34 41 17 5 6 6 17 20 17 5 5 7 17 21 -7 41
18 Kettering Town 33 9 11 13 30 44 16 7 6 3 17 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -14 38
19 Blyth Spartans 34 9 9 16 34 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 17 5 2 10 16 30 -16 36
20 Boston United 33 9 7 17 45 54 18 7 4 7 29 27 15 2 3 10 16 27 -9 34
21 Farsley Celtic 32 8 10 14 36 53 15 5 5 5 18 20 17 3 5 9 18 33 -17 34
22 Leamington 32 6 15 11 26 36 17 6 5 6 16 16 15 0 10 5 10 20 -10 33
23 Bradford Park Avenue 34 8 9 17 34 51 17 6 3 8 17 19 17 2 6 9 17 32 -17 33
24 AFC Telford United 35 3 11 21 23 58 18 2 7 9 13 27 17 1 4 12 10 31 -35 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 King's Lynn Town 32 18 9 5 58 31 15 12 2 1 31 11 17 6 7 4 27 20 27 63
2 Fylde 31 19 6 6 54 31 16 10 3 3 33 18 15 9 3 3 21 13 23 63
3 Brackley Town 33 16 10 7 42 26 16 11 4 1 29 10 17 5 6 6 13 16 16 58
4 Scarborough Athletic 34 16 9 9 61 51 18 9 5 4 38 28 16 7 4 5 23 23 10 57
5 Chester 33 14 14 5 49 31 16 6 6 4 20 14 17 8 8 1 29 17 18 56
6 Darlington 33 16 8 9 59 44 18 8 6 4 29 23 15 8 2 5 30 21 15 56
7 Chorley 34 13 13 8 44 31 17 8 7 2 24 12 17 5 6 6 20 19 13 52
8 Alfreton Town 32 12 12 8 39 30 16 8 5 3 25 13 16 4 7 5 14 17 9 48
9 Gloucester City 34 13 8 13 54 55 18 9 3 6 36 26 16 4 5 7 18 29 -1 47
10 Kidderminster Harriers 35 13 8 14 34 37 17 4 4 9 15 20 18 9 4 5 19 17 -3 47
11 Hereford 34 13 6 15 40 38 16 6 4 6 21 17 18 7 2 9 19 21 2 45
12 Curzon Ashton 32 12 7 13 41 38 17 7 3 7 25 21 15 5 4 6 16 17 3 43
13 Banbury United 30 12 7 11 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 15 16 6 3 7 22 25 2 43
14 Spennymoor Town 32 10 12 10 44 47 16 6 6 4 21 19 16 4 6 6 23 28 -3 42
15 Southport 32 11 8 13 39 41 14 6 4 4 20 17 18 5 4 9 19 24 -2 41
16 Peterborough Sports 32 11 8 13 38 42 16 7 5 4 24 18 16 4 3 9 14 24 -4 41
17 Buxton 34 10 11 13 34 41 17 5 6 6 17 20 17 5 5 7 17 21 -7 41
18 Kettering Town 33 9 11 13 30 44 16 7 6 3 17 13 17 2 5 10 13 31 -14 38
19 Blyth Spartans 34 9 9 16 34 50 17 4 7 6 18 20 17 5 2 10 16 30 -16 36
20 Boston United 33 9 7 17 45 54 18 7 4 7 29 27 15 2 3 10 16 27 -9 34
21 Farsley Celtic 32 8 10 14 36 53 15 5 5 5 18 20 17 3 5 9 18 33 -17 34
22 Leamington 32 6 15 11 26 36 17 6 5 6 16 16 15 0 10 5 10 20 -10 33
23 Bradford Park Avenue 34 8 9 17 34 51 17 6 3 8 17 19 17 2 6 9 17 32 -17 33
24 AFC Telford United 35 3 11 21 23 58 18 2 7 9 13 27 17 1 4 12 10 31 -35 20

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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).