Vanarama National League North: Top-drawer versus modest, at least based on the league table. Southport - Bradford Park Avenue. Home win or a surprise result?
- Southport have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bradford Park Avenue have the most points from losing position (10) in Vanarama National League North
These are full days for the host team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Fa Trophy. Thankfully the previous game, versus Solihull Moors, was also a home game here at Haig Avenue. The away team is better rested.
Southport form and stats
Southport are steadily winning Vanarama National League North games and points here at Haig Avenue. 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Southport haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus York City, 101 days ago.
The Southport goalkeeper Cameron Mason is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 230 minutes without conceding a goal in the Vanarama National League North.
Southport's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Solihull Moors.
Previous to that game, a Vanarama National League North home match hosting Farsley Celtic in a game that was won 4-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Southport's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
The manager Watson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gloucester City in only four days.
Southport can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 24 times. Southport are not conceding a lot of goals here at Haig Avenue in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Bradford Park Avenue form and stats
Bradford Park Avenue have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 1-4-5 (10 played). Bradford Park Avenue has drawn their two previous away games.
Bradford failed to get anything from their last game, a Vanarama National League North home match vs Gateshead (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-4. A mental match with masses of goals last time out for Bradford Park Avenue, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this fixture be as gleeful?
Before that, Bradford Park Avenue secured a home win against Chester with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Bradford Park Avenue playing away, we found six games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and four home wins.
After this away game Bradford Park Avenue return home for a Vanarama National League North game against Kettering Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bradford Park Avenue as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bradford have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Southport three wins, three draws and Bradford Park Avenue two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Archer 7 goals |   B. Dockerty 6 goals | C. Woods 4 goals |
Southport missing players
Bradford Park Avenue missing players
| Southport | Bradford Park Avenue | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 33 | 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 35 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 83% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 79% |
| 56% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 39% | 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 26% |
| 22% | 30% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 21% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 68% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 17% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 26% |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 11.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 43% | 50% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 27% |
| 12.5 | 11.8 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.5 | 13.5 | 12.9 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
- Bradford Park Avenue have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Bradford Park Avenue have the most points from losing position (10) in Vanarama National League North
- Southport have not yet lost a game at home.
- Southport have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Southport have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Southport have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bradford Park Avenue have scored 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 | Brackley Town | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 46 |
| 2 | Gateshead | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 | Fylde | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | Chorley | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 39 |
| 5 | Kidderminster Harriers | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 37 |
| 6 | Southport | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 30 |
| 7 | Boston United | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Kettering Town | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Curzon Ashton | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 28 |
| 10 | Spennymoor Town | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Darlington | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 12 | Alfreton Town | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | York City | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Leamington | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 25 |
| 15 | Chester | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -2 | 24 |
| 16 | Hereford | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | Blyth Spartans | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 28 | -18 | 21 |
| 18 | Gloucester City | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -14 | 19 |
| 19 | Bradford Park Avenue | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 18 |
| 20 | Guiseley | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 17 |
| 21 | Farsley Celtic | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 26 | -26 | 17 |
| 22 | AFC Telford United | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 12 |
