This is the Vanarama National League North season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Southport or Hereford get that important first win?
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
This is expected to be a close game, with Southport perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Southport as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Southport has won three of these, drawn three and lost five.
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 four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Southport friendly games in pre-season: Southport played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Southport scored 3 goals and conceded 1 in these one game.
Last season, Southport's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Vanarama National League North. Over these 32 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Southport managed 7-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 21 conceded.
Hereford form and stats
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Hereford in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hereford, one draw and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hereford are hosting Bradford Park Avenue in the Vanarama National League North only four days away.
Hereford played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these two matches Hereford scored 1 and conceded 2 goals.
Let's have a look at how Hereford performed last season in the Vanarama National League North: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 12 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 56 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 11 with 19/36 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Southport, one draw and zero wins for Hereford. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Southport missing players
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| Southport | Hereford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Southport | Last season | Hereford | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 18 | 35 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 11 | 14 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 36 | 56 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 51% | ||
| 25% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 34% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 14% | ||
| 41% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 57% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 26% | ||
| 34% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 347 | 191 | Total Shots | T S | 170 | 324 | ||
| 149 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 123 | ||
| 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Telford United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Alfreton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Blyth Spartans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Boston United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brackley Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Bradford Park Avenue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Chester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Chorley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Curzon Ashton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Darlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Farsley Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Fylde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Gateshead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Gloucester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Guiseley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Hereford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kettering Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Leamington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Southport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Spennymoor Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | York City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |