Soccer betting preview: Kettering Town welcomes Hereford in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 10.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Latimer Park

An important duel in the bottom section of the Vanarama National League North, with both Kettering Town and Hereford experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 16th place.

It's no vacation for neither Kettering Town nor Hereford 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

4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Kettering Town have to build on here at Latimer Park in the Vanarama National League North. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Kettering Town. Kettering Town have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Kettering Town drew their last game, also a home match. Gloucester City (placed 20th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Altrincham the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kettering Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kettering Town as a small favourite), we find five games. Kettering Town has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.

Kettering Town are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League North match at AFC Telford United awaits in four days.

Kettering Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Kettering Town have conceded 21 from these games.

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Hereford form and stats

There's been little loot from Hereford's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the Vanarama National League North. Hereford only have 5 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Hereford are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Hereford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Farsley Celtic (placed 11th). Preceding that game was the away victory against York City with the score of 4-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Hereford in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Hereford, one draw and three defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Hereford now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League North game at Spennymoor Town is waiting in only four days.

Hereford have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. For Hereford, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Kettering Town and Hereford have met before this season: Hereford - Kettering Town 1-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Kettering Town wins - draws - Hereford wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kettering Town
T. Mitford
5 goals
 
K. Mooney
5 goals
 
T. Owen-Evans
5 goals

Kettering Town missing players

Hereford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kettering Town Hereford
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 6 16 33
7 4 1 Won W 3 5 9
10 5 3 Drew D 0 1 11
12 5 1 Lost L 3 10 13
35 19 12 Scored S 8 19 39
43 21 10 Conceded C 8 32 52
90% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
79% 79% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 82%
48% 43% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 52%
21% 21% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 33%
10% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 31% 15%
59% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 61%
21% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 24%
31% 36% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 31% 24%
 
4.9 5.1 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 4.2
4.4 4.6 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.2 5.3
1.9 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 1.8
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
333 192 74 Total Shots T S 62 148 302
121 66 31 Shots on Target S O 24 54 116
29% 29% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 28%
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Hereford 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 York City 34 19 9 6 52 28 17 9 5 3 24 15 17 10 4 3 28 13 24 66
2 King's Lynn Town 30 19 7 4 63 37 15 11 3 1 34 15 15 8 4 3 29 22 26 64
3 Boston United 32 17 7 8 46 32 15 10 3 2 23 11 17 7 4 6 23 21 14 58
4 Brackley Town 33 15 12 6 57 23 17 8 8 1 33 9 16 7 4 5 24 14 34 57
5 Altrincham 33 16 9 8 62 40 16 11 4 1 43 16 17 5 5 7 19 24 22 57
6 Chester 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 10 3 3 36 16 16 5 6 5 22 22 20 54
7 Gateshead 31 14 10 7 47 31 17 10 3 4 29 15 14 4 7 3 18 16 16 52
8 Spennymoor Town 33 14 10 9 59 45 17 11 3 3 41 21 16 3 7 6 18 24 14 52
9 Darlington 32 14 6 12 41 46 16 9 3 4 23 15 16 5 3 8 18 31 -5 48
10 Guiseley 32 13 8 11 51 41 17 7 3 7 26 20 15 6 5 4 25 21 10 47
11 Farsley Celtic 32 13 6 13 45 41 17 7 4 6 26 22 15 6 2 7 19 19 4 45
12 Southport 32 12 7 13 40 41 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 4 7 16 20 -1 43
13 Alfreton Town 31 12 4 15 46 51 15 7 3 5 29 20 16 5 1 10 17 31 -5 40
14 AFC Telford United 33 10 9 14 48 55 16 5 4 7 27 28 17 5 5 7 21 27 -7 39
15 Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 8 15 39 43 16 3 4 9 18 24 17 7 4 6 21 19 -4 38
16 Hereford 33 9 11 13 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 16 5 1 10 19 32 -13 38
17 Leamington 32 9 8 15 39 51 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 3 2 11 20 38 -12 35
18 Kettering Town 29 7 10 12 35 43 14 4 5 5 19 21 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 31
19 Curzon Ashton 32 7 10 15 32 42 16 6 3 7 20 17 16 1 7 8 12 25 -10 31
20 Gloucester City 29 8 6 15 37 56 13 5 3 5 19 17 16 3 3 10 18 39 -19 30
21 Blyth Spartans 33 6 5 22 32 78 16 3 3 10 16 37 17 3 2 12 16 41 -46 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 31 4 5 22 24 78 16 3 2 11 15 35 15 1 3 11 9 43 -54 17

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 York City 34 19 9 6 52 28 17 9 5 3 24 15 17 10 4 3 28 13 24 66
2 King's Lynn Town 30 19 7 4 63 37 15 11 3 1 34 15 15 8 4 3 29 22 26 64
3 Boston United 32 17 7 8 46 32 15 10 3 2 23 11 17 7 4 6 23 21 14 58
4 Brackley Town 33 15 12 6 57 23 17 8 8 1 33 9 16 7 4 5 24 14 34 57
5 Altrincham 33 16 9 8 62 40 16 11 4 1 43 16 17 5 5 7 19 24 22 57
6 Chester 32 15 9 8 58 38 16 10 3 3 36 16 16 5 6 5 22 22 20 54
7 Gateshead 31 14 10 7 47 31 17 10 3 4 29 15 14 4 7 3 18 16 16 52
8 Spennymoor Town 33 14 10 9 59 45 17 11 3 3 41 21 16 3 7 6 18 24 14 52
9 Darlington 32 14 6 12 41 46 16 9 3 4 23 15 16 5 3 8 18 31 -5 48
10 Guiseley 32 13 8 11 51 41 17 7 3 7 26 20 15 6 5 4 25 21 10 47
11 Farsley Celtic 32 13 6 13 45 41 17 7 4 6 26 22 15 6 2 7 19 19 4 45
12 Southport 32 12 7 13 40 41 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 4 7 16 20 -1 43
13 Alfreton Town 31 12 4 15 46 51 15 7 3 5 29 20 16 5 1 10 17 31 -5 40
14 AFC Telford United 33 10 9 14 48 55 16 5 4 7 27 28 17 5 5 7 21 27 -7 39
15 Kidderminster Harriers 33 10 8 15 39 43 16 3 4 9 18 24 17 7 4 6 21 19 -4 38
16 Hereford 33 9 11 13 39 52 17 4 10 3 20 20 16 5 1 10 19 32 -13 38
17 Leamington 32 9 8 15 39 51 16 6 6 4 19 13 16 3 2 11 20 38 -12 35
18 Kettering Town 29 7 10 12 35 43 14 4 5 5 19 21 15 3 5 7 16 22 -8 31
19 Curzon Ashton 32 7 10 15 32 42 16 6 3 7 20 17 16 1 7 8 12 25 -10 31
20 Gloucester City 29 8 6 15 37 56 13 5 3 5 19 17 16 3 3 10 18 39 -19 30
21 Blyth Spartans 33 6 5 22 32 78 16 3 3 10 16 37 17 3 2 12 16 41 -46 23
22 Bradford Park Avenue 31 4 5 22 24 78 16 3 2 11 15 35 15 1 3 11 9 43 -54 17

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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).