Soccer match preview: Home fans have high expectations when King's Lynn Town take on Gloucester City

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Walks (5733 seats)

The host team, King's Lynn Town, should be odds-on favourites in this match, but Gloucester City have shown both talent and determination. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • King's Lynn Town have the the best goal difference (+26) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Vanarama National League North

These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Vanarama National League North. Thankfully the previous game, versus AFC Telford United, was also a home game here at The Walks. The away team is better rested.

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King's Lynn Town form and stats

12-1-1 is the performance here at The Walks so far in the Vanarama National League North, giving King's Lynn Town a total of 37 from their 14 games here. Outstanding results!

A nice win for King's Lynn Town last time playing, versus AFC Telford United. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Agbomoagan (2) and Cosgrove scoring for the victors. Finally, a league win after three games without.

Ahead of that match, King's Lynn Town lost 0-1 at home to Chester.

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

Goals decide football matches and King's Lynn Town are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 14 league matches. King's have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gloucester City form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Gloucester City have produced an overall stat of 4-4-7 so far. Gloucester City has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Gloucester City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 3-4 versus Curzon Ashton (placed 16th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Curzon Ashton was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Bradford Park Avenue.

After this away game Gloucester return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Chester. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting Gloucester City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 15 games. Gloucester City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams get together this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Gloucester City - King's Lynn Town 2-1. King's-Gloucester City H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: King's Lynn Town four wins, Gloucester City two wins, two draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

King's Lynn TownG. Omotayo Agbomoagan
G. Omotayo Agbomoagan
10 goals
Gloucester CityD. McHale
D. McHale
10 goals
Gloucester CityK. Phillips
K. Phillips
8 goals

King's Lynn Town missing players

Gloucester City missing players

King's Lynn Town Gloucester City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 15 31
17 12 4 Won W 1 4 12
7 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 1 0 Lost L 3 7 13
53 30 10 Scored S 3 17 50
27 10 5 Conceded C 11 28 53
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 87% 87%
59% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 60% 65%
21% 14% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 39%
10% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 19%
52% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 60% 61%
34% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 16%
17% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 27% 23%
 
4.8 4.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 4.6
4 5 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5 4.5
1.7 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.8 2.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13 14 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.7 8.9
5.6 5.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 4.7
33% 36% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 36% 34%
 
8.1 7.6 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.5 11.4
3.2 2.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.1 4.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Gloucester City have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gloucester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • King's Lynn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • King's Lynn Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • King's Lynn Town have the most points (37) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • King's Lynn Town have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • King's Lynn Town have the the best goal difference (+26) in Vanarama National League North
  • King's Lynn Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Fylde 28 18 5 5 48 25 14 10 2 2 29 12 14 8 3 3 19 13 23 59
2 King's Lynn Town 29 17 7 5 53 27 14 12 1 1 30 10 15 5 6 4 23 17 26 58
3 Brackley Town 30 15 10 5 38 23 15 10 4 1 25 9 15 5 6 4 13 14 15 55
4 Darlington 30 16 6 8 57 41 16 8 4 4 28 22 14 8 2 4 29 19 16 54
5 Scarborough Athletic 31 14 8 9 53 48 16 7 5 4 32 27 15 7 3 5 21 21 5 50
6 Chester 30 12 13 5 45 29 15 5 6 4 19 14 15 7 7 1 26 15 16 49
7 Chorley 31 12 11 8 41 29 15 7 6 2 21 10 16 5 5 6 20 19 12 47
8 Kidderminster Harriers 32 13 7 12 34 34 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 9 3 4 19 16 0 46
9 Alfreton Town 29 10 12 7 37 28 15 7 5 3 24 13 14 3 7 4 13 15 9 42
10 Gloucester City 31 12 6 13 50 53 16 8 2 6 33 25 15 4 4 7 17 28 -3 42
11 Southport 30 11 8 11 39 39 13 6 4 3 20 16 17 5 4 8 19 23 0 41
12 Spennymoor Town 30 10 11 9 42 43 15 6 5 4 19 17 15 4 6 5 23 26 -1 41
13 Peterborough Sports 29 11 7 11 38 37 15 7 5 3 24 16 14 4 2 8 14 21 1 40
14 Banbury United 27 11 6 10 38 37 12 6 3 3 18 12 15 5 3 7 20 25 1 39
15 Hereford 31 11 6 14 36 35 15 6 4 5 21 15 16 5 2 9 15 20 1 39
16 Curzon Ashton 29 10 7 12 36 37 15 6 3 6 22 20 14 4 4 6 14 17 -1 37
17 Buxton 31 9 9 13 30 38 16 4 6 6 16 20 15 5 3 7 14 18 -8 36
18 Kettering Town 30 8 10 12 29 43 14 6 5 3 16 13 16 2 5 9 13 30 -14 34
19 Bradford Park Avenue 31 8 9 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 16 16 16 2 6 8 16 28 -12 33
20 Farsley Celtic 29 8 7 14 34 51 14 5 4 5 18 20 15 3 3 9 16 31 -17 31
21 Boston United 30 8 6 16 44 53 16 6 3 7 28 27 14 2 3 9 16 26 -9 30
22 Leamington 29 5 14 10 22 30 16 5 5 6 14 15 13 0 9 4 8 15 -8 29
23 Blyth Spartans 31 6 9 16 31 50 16 3 7 6 17 20 15 3 2 10 14 30 -19 27
24 AFC Telford United 32 3 10 19 22 55 16 2 6 8 12 25 16 1 4 11 10 30 -33 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).