The Vanarama National League North season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Southport and Boston United promises to be an interesting one.
The visiting Boston United played their last game only four days ago, a Vanarama National League North match.
Southport form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Southport's two home games in the Vanarama National League North so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Haig Avenue.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Dan Hanford not having conceded a league goal in 293 minutes.
A strong away win for Southport against Blyth Spartans the last match, as M. Carver, D. Vassallo and G. Newell were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Chorley in a game that was won 1-0.
There will be little rest for Southport after this match as they are travelling to Kettering Town for a Vanarama National League North game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Southport's 2 home games: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Boston United form and stats
Only one away game in the Vanarama National League North so far for Boston United and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 4 draws and 6 losses from 17 travels.
Boston United's last game was the home draw against Guiseley (1-1). That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus AFC Telford United.
The schedule is very tough for Boston now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Vanarama National League North game at Bradford Park Avenue is waiting in only two days.
Boston United have the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Southport wins - draws - Boston United wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Vassallo 2 goals |  S. Garner 2 goals | J. Thewlis 2 goals |
Southport missing players
Boston United missing players
| Southport | Boston United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 37 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 40% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 53% |
- Southport has the most clean sheets (3) in Vanarama National League North
| Southport | Last season | Boston United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 51 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 74% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 41% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 47% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 35% | ||
| 34% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 347 | 191 | Total Shots | T S | 151 | 298 | ||
| 149 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 112 | ||
| 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gloucester City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Chester | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Boston United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Southport | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | AFC Telford United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Spennymoor Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Kidderminster Harriers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Fylde | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | York City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Curzon Ashton | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Guiseley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Hereford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Kettering Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Bradford Park Avenue | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Alfreton Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Brackley Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Farsley Celtic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Blyth Spartans | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
| 20 | Darlington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 21 | Leamington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 22 | Chorley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 64 |
| 3 | Brackley Town | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 36 | 60 |
| 4 | Boston United | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 58 |
| 5 | Altrincham | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 57 |
| 6 | Spennymoor Town | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 55 |
| 7 | Chester | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 54 |
| 8 | Gateshead | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 9 | Guiseley | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 10 | Farsley Celtic | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 48 |
| 11 | Darlington | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -7 | 48 |
| 12 | Southport | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 43 |
| 13 | AFC Telford United | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 51 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -5 | 42 |
| 14 | Alfreton Town | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -7 | 40 |
| 15 | Hereford | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 39 |
| 16 | Kidderminster Harriers | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Leamington | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 38 | -12 | 35 |
| 18 | Curzon Ashton | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 34 |
| 19 | Gloucester City | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 39 | -18 | 33 |
| 20 | Kettering Town | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -10 | 32 |
| 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 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 80 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 43 | -55 | 20 |