Kettering Town v Fylde preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 14.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Latimer Park

Kettering Town come from a 0-0 score against Buxton last fixture, a match to learn from. Next up is this strong Fylde team.

Insights:
  • Fylde is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Kettering Town form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Kettering Town have to build on here at Latimer Park in the Vanarama National League North. When Kettering Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Kidderminster Harriers, Chester, Scarborough Athletic, Brackley Town, King's Lynn Town, Chorley and Darlington), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Kettering are confident in defense, having played 236 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw versus Buxton last time out and are looking for a victory here.

In the game before, 0-0 away to Cogenhoe United (Northamptonshire Senior Cup).

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

The Kettering Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Kettering Town have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Fylde form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Fylde have produced an overall stat of 7-2-3 so far. A great winning streak in away games for Fylde as they have managed to win six matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Hereford have they travelled home without three points.

It's the second away game in a row for Fylde, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus AFC Telford United (placed 24th) last time out.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Curzon Ashton.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fylde manager Murray as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Peterborough Sports.

Fylde are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Fylde have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Fylde have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Kettering.

The latest registered history featuring both these sides is the Fylde - Kettering Town 2-1 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

FyldeN. Haughton
N. Haughton
15 goals
FyldeM. Faal
M. Faal
7 goals
Kettering TownS. Bennett
S. Bennett
5 goals

Kettering Town missing players

Fylde missing players

Kettering Town Fylde
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 13 2 Played P 3 13 27
8 6 1 Won W 2 8 18
9 4 0 Drew D 0 2 4
12 3 1 Lost L 1 3 5
29 16 1 Scored S 6 19 48
43 13 3 Conceded C 3 13 25
90% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
76% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 78%
45% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 63%
24% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 26%
10% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
41% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 69% 63%
24% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 33%
45% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 7%
 
4 3.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 5
5.3 5.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.4 4.2
1.4 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
8.5 10.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11 12.7
3.3 3.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 5.3
30% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 34% 33%
 
12.7 11.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 10.2 9
5 3.8 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Fylde have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fylde is in the best form (5-1-0) in Vanarama National League North

  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 27 16 7 4 50 26 12 11 1 0 27 9 15 5 6 4 23 17 24 55
2 Fylde 26 17 4 5 45 25 14 10 2 2 29 12 12 7 2 3 16 13 20 55
3 Darlington 29 16 6 7 56 38 16 8 4 4 28 22 13 8 2 3 28 16 18 54
4 Brackley Town 28 14 9 5 35 21 14 10 3 1 24 8 14 4 6 4 11 13 14 51
5 Scarborough Athletic 30 14 8 8 52 46 15 7 5 3 31 25 15 7 3 5 21 21 6 50
6 Chester 29 11 13 5 44 29 15 5 6 4 19 14 14 6 7 1 25 15 15 46
7 Chorley 30 12 10 8 40 28 15 7 6 2 21 10 15 5 4 6 19 18 12 46
8 Kidderminster Harriers 30 12 7 11 31 31 15 4 4 7 14 16 15 8 3 4 17 15 0 43
9 Gloucester City 30 12 6 12 47 49 16 8 2 6 33 25 14 4 4 6 14 24 -2 42
10 Alfreton Town 28 10 11 7 37 28 15 7 5 3 24 13 13 3 6 4 13 15 9 41
11 Spennymoor Town 29 10 11 8 41 41 14 6 5 3 18 15 15 4 6 5 23 26 0 41
12 Southport 30 11 8 11 39 39 13 6 4 3 20 16 17 5 4 8 19 23 0 41
13 Banbury United 27 11 6 10 38 37 12 6 3 3 18 12 15 5 3 7 20 25 1 39
14 Peterborough Sports 28 11 6 11 37 36 15 7 5 3 24 16 13 4 1 8 13 20 1 39
15 Hereford 30 11 5 14 36 35 14 6 3 5 21 15 16 5 2 9 15 20 1 38
16 Curzon Ashton 28 9 7 12 32 34 14 5 3 6 18 17 14 4 4 6 14 17 -2 34
17 Buxton 29 8 8 13 29 38 16 4 6 6 16 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -9 32
18 Kettering Town 28 8 8 12 29 43 12 6 3 3 16 13 16 2 5 9 13 30 -14 32
19 Bradford Park Avenue 30 7 9 14 29 43 14 5 3 6 13 15 16 2 6 8 16 28 -14 30
20 Leamington 27 5 14 8 21 26 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 0 9 3 7 12 -5 29
21 Farsley Celtic 28 7 7 14 32 50 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 2 3 9 14 30 -18 28
22 Boston United 29 7 6 16 41 52 15 5 3 7 25 26 14 2 3 9 16 26 -11 27
23 Blyth Spartans 30 6 8 16 30 49 15 3 6 6 16 19 15 3 2 10 14 30 -19 26
24 AFC Telford United 30 3 10 17 22 49 15 2 6 7 12 22 15 1 4 10 10 27 -27 19

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).