Possible nail-biting contest in Southport - Spennymoor Town game

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Haig Avenue (3185 seats)

Vanarama National League North: The middle-of-the-table placements tell a story of the journey Southport and Spennymoor Town have taken so far. Both squads are up for it; let's get this boat on the water!

Insights:
  • Southport have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Vanarama National League North
  • Spennymoor Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Southport form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League North for Southport at their home stadium (Haig Avenue) is 8 wins, 9 draws and 2 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

Southport are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 225 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Tharme).

The fans are hoping that Southport will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Farsley Celtic (placed 19th).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Fylde.

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 nine games. Southport has won four of these, drawn one and lost four.

The Southport fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 19 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Southport have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League North matches, Spennymoor Town have produced an overall stat of 7-2-10 so far.

The regulars enjoyed Spennymoor's previous match versus Blyth Spartans (placed 20th), a 3-0 win played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting York City's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spennymoor Town playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were zero Spennymoor Town wins, two draws and seven defeats.

Spennymoor Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 22 goals have been scored. Spennymoor Town have conceded 28 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H match ended Spennymoor Town - Southport 3-2, earlier this season. Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Southport, four draws and five wins for Spennymoor Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Spennymoor TownG. Taylor
G. Taylor
25 goals
SouthportJ. Archer
J. Archer
12 goals
SouthportC. Woods
C. Woods
6 goals

Southport missing players

Spennymoor Town missing players

Southport Spennymoor Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 5 19 38
13 8 3 Won W 2 7 15
13 9 2 Drew D 1 2 8
12 2 0 Lost L 2 10 15
52 33 10 Scored S 8 22 51
50 18 3 Conceded C 5 28 49
87% 79% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
71% 68% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 95% 84%
50% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 47%
32% 37% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 16% 21%
21% 26% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 5% 11%
47% 47% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 50%
37% 47% 80% Clean Sheets C S 40% 21% 26%
29% 26% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 32% 29%
 
5.4 5.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5.2 4.9
5.3 4.6 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6.1 5.6
1.6 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 5 8
 
9.6 10.9 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.8 10.2
3.8 4.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 4.1
36% 41% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 33%
 
10.4 9.2 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 13.1 11.7
4.3 3.4 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 4.9 4.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Southport have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Vanarama National League North
  • Spennymoor Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Gateshead 38 27 5 6 91 42 19 16 1 2 48 17 19 11 4 4 43 25 49 86
2 Brackley Town 38 24 10 4 49 20 19 15 2 2 23 8 19 9 8 2 26 12 29 82
3 Fylde 38 22 7 9 63 34 19 13 2 4 35 18 19 9 5 5 28 16 29 73
4 Kidderminster Harriers 38 19 10 9 67 32 19 12 3 4 46 12 19 7 7 5 21 20 35 67
5 Chorley 38 16 12 10 58 44 19 11 4 4 41 23 19 5 8 6 17 21 14 60
6 Boston United 38 17 7 14 58 52 19 10 4 5 37 24 19 7 3 9 21 28 6 58
7 Kettering Town 38 15 10 13 51 46 19 8 6 5 28 20 19 7 4 8 23 26 5 55
8 York City 37 16 7 14 51 47 19 10 3 6 29 18 18 6 4 8 22 29 4 55
9 Spennymoor Town 38 15 8 15 51 49 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 7 2 10 22 28 2 53
10 Southport 38 13 13 12 52 50 19 8 9 2 33 18 19 5 4 10 19 32 2 52
11 Darlington 38 14 9 15 56 54 19 9 3 7 28 21 19 5 6 8 28 33 2 51
12 Hereford 38 14 9 15 45 45 19 9 4 6 23 19 19 5 5 9 22 26 0 51
13 Alfreton Town 37 14 9 14 50 54 18 5 8 5 24 23 19 9 1 9 26 31 -4 51
14 Curzon Ashton 37 13 11 13 45 53 19 7 6 6 22 24 18 6 5 7 23 29 -8 50
15 Bradford Park Avenue 38 11 10 17 44 58 19 7 5 7 26 27 19 4 5 10 18 31 -14 43
16 Leamington 38 10 12 16 34 43 19 9 5 5 22 18 19 1 7 11 12 25 -9 42
17 Gloucester City 38 10 12 16 42 55 19 6 7 6 25 21 19 4 5 10 17 34 -13 42
18 Chester 37 10 9 18 65 70 18 7 6 5 38 26 19 3 3 13 27 44 -5 39
19 Farsley Celtic 38 9 9 20 36 72 19 7 6 6 23 30 19 2 3 14 13 42 -36 36
20 Blyth Spartans 38 10 5 23 36 73 19 7 2 10 21 29 19 3 3 13 15 44 -37 35
21 AFC Telford United 38 7 13 18 45 61 19 7 5 7 29 23 19 0 8 11 16 38 -16 34
22 Guiseley 38 8 7 23 27 62 19 5 5 9 15 31 19 3 2 14 12 31 -35 31

Read more about Vanarama National League North

The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).