Delightful dogfight as daring Kettering Town duel with determined Southport

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Latimer Park

Kettering Town have had trouble finding points this season. Can the team get something when Southport visit Latimer Park?

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

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

Kettering Town have played 8 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Kettering enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Leamington's place. The match ended 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Kettering Town played a great game against Leamington and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, Kettering played out a draw 2-2 when visiting AFC Telford United.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kettering have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won three times, drawn five and lost four.

The Kettering fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Southport form and stats

Southport have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 2-1-4 (7 played). The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Southport hope to make it five in this match.

It's the second away game in a row for Southport, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Farsley Celtic (placed 17th) in the Fa Trophy last time out.

Prior to that result Southport won their away game at Blyth Spartans in the Vanarama National League North. The scoreline was 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Southport have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were three victories, two draws and six defeats.

Southport have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Southport have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Kettering Town-Southport H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Kettering Town three wins, Southport two wins, two draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SouthportM. Carver
M. Carver
12 goals
Kettering TownC. Powell
C. Powell
8 goals
SouthportJ. Archer
J. Archer
5 goals

Kettering Town missing players

Southport missing players

Kettering Town Southport
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 7 16
6 2 0 Won W 2 2 7
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 5
6 3 1 Lost L 0 4 4
25 11 3 Scored S 4 9 29
22 10 4 Conceded C 1 11 20
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 88%
62% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 56%
44% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 38%
6% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 25%
56% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 62%
38% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 31%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 12%
 
6.1 6.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6 4.9
5.4 5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.6 5.8
2.1 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 13.6 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.3 10.4
4.7 5.8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 4.2
33% 24% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 43%
 
9.2 8.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.6 12.7
3.8 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.6 4.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Southport have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Southport have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Southport haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brackley Town 17 11 4 2 22 10 7 5 1 1 8 4 10 6 3 1 14 6 12 37
2 Fylde 17 11 3 3 32 16 8 7 1 0 17 6 9 4 2 3 15 10 16 36
3 Gateshead 15 11 2 2 32 18 7 7 0 0 17 4 8 4 2 2 15 14 14 35
4 Kidderminster Harriers 16 9 4 3 35 16 7 5 0 2 20 7 9 4 4 1 15 9 19 31
5 Chorley 17 8 6 3 29 14 9 6 2 1 23 7 8 2 4 2 6 7 15 30
6 Boston United 17 9 1 7 26 27 9 6 1 2 18 10 8 3 0 5 8 17 -1 28
7 Southport 16 7 5 4 29 20 9 5 4 0 20 9 7 2 1 4 9 11 9 26
8 Curzon Ashton 16 6 6 4 22 17 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 3 3 2 13 9 5 24
9 Alfreton Town 17 7 3 7 28 25 9 3 3 3 15 13 8 4 0 4 13 12 3 24
10 York City 17 7 2 8 23 23 9 4 1 4 16 11 8 3 1 4 7 12 0 23
11 Hereford 17 6 5 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 11 10 8 2 3 3 7 9 -1 23
12 Spennymoor Town 17 7 2 8 26 28 8 4 1 3 18 13 9 3 1 5 8 15 -2 23
13 Leamington 18 6 5 7 20 22 9 5 2 2 13 11 9 1 3 5 7 11 -2 23
14 Darlington 17 6 4 7 29 26 9 4 2 3 17 11 8 2 2 4 12 15 3 22
15 Kettering Town 16 6 4 6 25 22 8 2 3 3 11 10 8 4 1 3 14 12 3 22
16 Chester 17 5 4 8 28 31 9 5 2 2 20 13 8 0 2 6 8 18 -3 19
17 Farsley Celtic 16 4 4 8 15 30 8 3 3 2 10 10 8 1 1 6 5 20 -15 16
18 Gloucester City 17 3 5 9 20 33 8 3 2 3 12 9 9 0 3 6 8 24 -13 14
19 Bradford Park Avenue 16 3 5 8 15 29 7 2 2 3 8 12 9 1 3 5 7 17 -14 14
20 Guiseley 16 3 3 10 11 24 9 2 2 5 6 12 7 1 1 5 5 12 -13 12
21 Blyth Spartans 17 3 3 11 12 34 9 3 2 4 8 9 8 0 1 7 4 25 -22 12
22 AFC Telford United 15 2 4 9 15 28 7 2 3 2 9 7 8 0 1 7 6 21 -13 10

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).