Southport vs Brackley Town betting preview

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Haig Avenue (6008 seats)

The visiting Brackley Town side should be favourites in this visit to Southport, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 42 league games this season.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Vanarama National League North. That game was also an away game, at Hereford. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary. That game was a home fixture for Brackley Town, against Hereford. But now it's all about beating Southport! There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are located only 0 kilometers from each other, at least in air distance. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Southport form and stats

Southport have played 21 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-10-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Southport drew their last game, also a home match. Bradford Park Avenue (placed 5th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Leamington.

Southport are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 28 goals in 21 matches. Southport's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times.

Last season, Southport's league statistics were 13 wins, 9 draws and 20 losses, resulting in a 18th position in the league. Over these 42 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 72. Playing at home last season Southport managed 7-5-9 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 32 conceded.

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Brackley Town form and stats

7-8-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brackley Town in their matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games. Brackley Town hope to make it five in this match. Brackley Town have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

It's the second away game in a row for Brackley Town, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Hereford (placed 16th) in the Vanarama National League North last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Kidderminster Harriers.

Brackley Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 25 goals from 21 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (18 so far).

Let's have a look at how Brackley Town performed last season in the league. They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 70 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 33/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Southport and Brackley Town have met before this season: Brackley Town - Southport 2-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Southport, 0 draws and 3 wins for Brackley Town.

Top Goalscorers

J. Armson
13 goals
J. Sampson
12 goals
L. Ndlovu
12 goals

Southport missing players

Brackley Town missing players

Southport Brackley Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
36 18 Played 17 35
89% 89% Over 0.5 94% 94%
69% 72% Over 1.5 82% 86%
56% 61% Over 2.5 41% 54%
39% 44% Over 3.5 24% 40%
17% 17% Over 4.5 6% 9%
56% 61% Both teams to score 59% 63%
22% 22% Clean Sheet 24% 29%
33% 28% Failed To Score 24% 14%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Chorley 42 22 13 7 74 32 21 13 5 3 39 12 21 9 8 4 35 20 42 79
2 Stockport County 42 20 16 6 62 31 21 11 8 2 35 17 21 9 8 4 27 14 31 76
3 Brackley Town 42 18 16 8 64 37 21 11 8 2 39 19 21 7 8 6 25 18 27 70
4 Spennymoor Town 42 17 17 8 64 38 21 8 10 3 32 20 21 9 7 5 32 18 26 68
5 Bradford Park Avenue 42 17 16 9 66 50 21 8 8 5 27 23 21 9 8 4 39 27 16 67
6 Altrincham 42 16 16 10 65 47 21 7 9 5 30 19 21 9 7 5 35 28 18 64
7 AFC Telford United 42 16 16 10 57 49 21 10 8 3 28 18 21 6 8 7 29 31 8 64
8 Kidderminster Harriers 42 15 14 13 59 54 21 9 6 6 35 29 21 6 8 7 24 25 5 59
9 Chester 42 13 18 11 49 50 21 10 9 2 35 17 21 3 9 9 14 33 -1 57
10 Boston United 42 14 13 15 54 51 21 6 6 9 23 27 21 8 7 6 31 24 3 55
11 Blyth Spartans 42 13 16 13 56 57 21 7 7 7 32 29 21 6 9 6 24 28 -1 55
12 Curzon Ashton 42 13 16 13 40 50 21 5 8 8 17 29 21 8 8 5 23 21 -10 55
13 Alfreton Town 42 13 15 14 46 50 21 5 9 7 23 26 21 8 6 7 23 24 -4 54
14 York City 42 13 14 15 48 56 21 8 7 6 28 24 21 5 7 9 20 32 -8 53
15 Southport 42 11 18 13 51 50 21 5 10 6 28 27 21 6 8 7 23 23 1 51
16 Hereford 42 10 19 13 40 50 21 7 7 7 23 26 21 3 12 6 17 24 -10 49
17 Darlington 42 9 20 13 50 57 21 5 9 7 21 19 21 4 11 6 29 38 -7 47
18 Leamington 42 9 19 14 46 56 21 5 10 6 23 24 21 4 9 8 23 32 -10 46
19 Guiseley 42 7 22 13 39 50 21 4 11 6 22 27 21 3 11 7 17 23 -11 43
20 United of Manchester 42 7 16 19 45 70 21 1 10 10 24 39 21 6 6 9 21 31 -25 37
21 Ashton United 42 8 12 22 37 78 21 3 7 11 13 38 21 5 5 11 24 40 -41 36
22 Nuneaton Town 42 3 14 25 31 80 21 1 6 14 14 43 21 2 8 11 17 37 -49 23

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