Vanarama National League North match preview: Southport versus Hereford

Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Haig Avenue (6008 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Vanarama National League North, Southport holding 16th place and Hereford lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Hereford could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vanarama National League North game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Alfreton Town. 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.

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Southport form and stats

5 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Southport have to build on here at Haig Avenue. Two draws in a row at home now for Southport.

The fans are hoping that Southport will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Vanarama National League North game against York City. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Brackley Town.

Southport are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 28 goals in 19 matches. Southport's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hereford form and stats

The visitors are W4-D9-L6 on the road this term. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Kidderminster Harriers game have they lost an away game, meaning Hereford has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Hereford are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Alfreton Town. A draw for Hereford before that, at their own venue hosting Stockport County (2-2).

Hereford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 19 games. Hereford have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hereford - Southport 0-3 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last one match): Southport 1 win, 0 draws and Hereford 0 victories.

Top Goalscorers

J. Sampson
12 goals
D. Charles
11 goals
T. Owen-Evans
8 goals

Southport missing players

Hereford missing players

Southport Hereford
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
51 28 Scored 20 45
51 27 Conceded 25 53
87% 84% Over 0.5 89% 95%
66% 68% Over 1.5 74% 82%
53% 58% Over 2.5 42% 50%
37% 42% Over 3.5 26% 24%
16% 16% Over 4.5 5% 5%
53% 58% Both teams to score 58% 58%
24% 26% Clean Sheet 21% 21%
37% 32% Failed To Score 32% 26%
Key stats this season:
  • Southport is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Stockport County 38 22 10 6 72 33 19 12 5 2 37 17 19 10 5 4 35 16 39 76
2 Chorley 38 22 9 7 75 33 19 13 3 3 40 13 19 9 6 4 35 20 42 75
3 Brackley Town 37 19 10 8 66 37 19 12 5 2 41 19 18 7 5 6 25 18 29 67
4 Spennymoor Town 38 18 10 10 67 45 19 9 6 4 35 24 19 9 4 6 32 21 22 64
5 Altrincham 37 18 9 10 75 49 18 8 5 5 32 20 19 10 4 5 43 29 26 63
6 Bradford Park Avenue 38 17 11 10 67 54 19 8 6 5 28 24 19 9 5 5 39 30 13 62
7 AFC Telford United 38 16 12 10 60 52 19 10 6 3 30 20 19 6 6 7 30 32 8 60
8 Blyth Spartans 38 16 9 13 67 60 19 9 3 7 39 30 19 7 6 6 28 30 7 57
9 Kidderminster Harriers 38 16 8 14 63 56 19 10 3 6 38 29 19 6 5 8 25 27 7 56
10 Chester 38 15 11 12 53 58 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 5 5 9 18 35 -5 56
11 Boston United 38 15 7 16 58 55 19 7 3 9 27 28 19 8 4 7 31 27 3 52
12 York City 38 14 9 15 50 57 19 9 4 6 29 24 19 5 5 9 21 33 -7 51
13 Curzon Ashton 38 13 10 15 43 58 19 5 5 9 19 33 19 8 5 6 24 25 -15 49
14 Alfreton Town 38 13 10 15 48 59 19 5 6 8 24 34 19 8 4 7 24 25 -11 49
15 Hereford 38 11 14 13 45 53 19 7 5 7 25 28 19 4 9 6 20 25 -8 47
16 Southport 38 11 13 14 51 51 19 5 8 6 28 27 19 6 5 8 23 24 0 46
17 Leamington 38 10 14 14 48 57 19 6 7 6 24 24 19 4 7 8 24 33 -9 44
18 Darlington 38 10 13 15 52 60 19 6 5 8 23 20 19 4 8 7 29 40 -8 43
19 Guiseley 38 7 16 15 42 56 19 4 9 6 23 28 19 3 7 9 19 28 -14 37
20 Ashton United 38 9 6 23 40 79 19 4 4 11 16 38 19 5 2 12 24 41 -39 33
21 United of Manchester 38 7 10 21 45 76 19 1 7 11 24 43 19 6 3 10 21 33 -31 31
22 Nuneaton Town 38 4 7 27 38 87 19 1 3 15 16 46 19 3 4 12 22 41 -49 19

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