Southport are putting faith in their home crowd to aid them to do well in this game hosting Alfreton Town. Who triumphs at Haig Avenue?
- Southport have not yet lost a game at home.
- Alfreton Town 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.
Southport form and stats
When playing at home in the Vanarama National League North, Southport have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 7 games.
An away draw last time out for Southport, facing Leamington in a game that ended 1-1.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Boston United in a game that was won 4-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Southport have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost five.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Darlington are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Southport are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Southport's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alfreton Town form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Alfreton Town playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League North this season.
The manager B. Heath was unhappy after their last game, a Vanarama National League North match played at their home ground The Impact Arena. Alfreton suffered a 1-4 loss to Kidderminster Harriers (placed 4th).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Gateshead's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Alfreton Town in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Alfreton, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Fa Trophy trip to Leamington.
The travelling fans enjoy Alfreton Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. Alfreton Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Southport, one draw and six wins for Alfreton Town. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Carver 10 goals |  B. Hobson 5 goals |  D. Southwell 5 goals |
Southport missing players
Alfreton Town missing players
| Southport | Alfreton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 57% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 43% |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 75% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 17% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 21% |
| 5 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 6.3 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 42% | 50% | 88% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 41% | 34% |
| 14.2 | 13.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
- Alfreton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Alfreton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Alfreton Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Southport have not yet lost a game at home.
- Southport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Southport have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | Fylde | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Brackley Town | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Chorley | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | Kidderminster Harriers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 | Gateshead | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Curzon Ashton | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 | Leamington | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Boston United | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Alfreton Town | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Darlington | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | York City | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Hereford | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Kettering Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 15 | Chester | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Farsley Celtic | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Southport | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 18 | Bradford Park Avenue | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 20 | Gloucester City | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -13 | 10 |
| 21 | Guiseley | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 9 |
| 22 | AFC Telford United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -13 | 9 |