Vanarama National League North preview: Can Spennymoor Town edge out victory against Blyth Spartans?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Brewery Field (6000 seats)

Spennymoor Town have delivered 3 home victories so far this season, Blyth Spartans have won 2 away. Which team boosts their results after this one?

Insights:
  • Spennymoor Town have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Vanarama National League North

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Vanarama National League North numbers at home for Spennymoor Town so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The Brewery Field.

Happy days for Spennymoor in their previous game, a fixture away at Blyth Spartans (placed 23rd) that ended with a 3-1 victory.

Ahead of that game, a home loss in the Fa Trophy against Darlington. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Spennymoor Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.

At The Brewery Field, Spennymoor Town has the goal stats of 10-10 (for/against) from 10 league fixtures.

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Blyth Spartans form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Blyth Spartans so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose).

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Spennymoor Town with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

A loss, in the Fa Trophy away at York City, earlier. Blyth Spartans are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Spartans as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived scoreline featuring both these contenders is the Blyth Spartans - Spennymoor Town 1-3 played not long ago this season. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Spennymoor won six games, three matches ended with a tie and Blyth Spartans have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one.

Top Goalscorers

Spennymoor TownG. Taylor
G. Taylor
9 goals
Blyth SpartansL. McNall
L. McNall
4 goals
Spennymoor TownM. Anderson
M. Anderson
3 goals

Spennymoor Town missing players

Blyth Spartans missing players

Spennymoor Town Blyth Spartans
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 1 10 21
6 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
9 4 2 Drew D 0 1 6
7 3 1 Lost L 1 7 11
28 10 4 Scored S 0 7 21
31 10 4 Conceded C 4 20 34
91% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 81%
55% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 48%
32% 10% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 24%
14% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
59% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 48%
23% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 14%
27% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 38%
 
5.9 5.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 4.7
4.7 3.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.3 3.7
2.2 2.7 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11 11.8 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.8 9.6
3.9 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 3.2
33% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 31%
 
9 7.1 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.9 10.1
3.8 2.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.5 4.8
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • Blyth Spartans have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Blyth Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blyth Spartans have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Vanarama National League North
  • Blyth Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spennymoor Town have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Vanarama National League North

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Darlington 24 13 5 6 45 30 12 6 3 3 22 16 12 7 2 3 23 14 15 44
2 Brackley Town 23 12 7 4 29 18 12 9 2 1 19 7 11 3 5 3 10 11 11 43
3 Scarborough Athletic 23 12 6 5 43 33 11 6 4 1 25 16 12 6 2 4 18 17 10 42
4 King's Lynn Town 20 12 5 3 39 20 9 8 1 0 21 6 11 4 4 3 18 14 19 41
5 Chester 23 11 8 4 37 21 11 5 3 3 14 8 12 6 5 1 23 13 16 41
6 Fylde 19 11 3 5 30 21 10 7 1 2 19 10 9 4 2 3 11 11 9 36
7 Banbury United 23 10 6 7 35 26 10 6 3 1 18 8 13 4 3 6 17 18 9 36
8 Chorley 22 9 7 6 31 22 11 6 5 0 19 7 11 3 2 6 12 15 9 34
9 Southport 22 9 6 7 32 29 11 5 4 2 17 13 11 4 2 5 15 16 3 33
10 Peterborough Sports 24 9 6 9 31 31 12 5 5 2 19 13 12 4 1 7 12 18 0 33
11 Gloucester City 24 10 3 11 35 39 12 6 0 6 23 21 12 4 3 5 12 18 -4 33
12 Kidderminster Harriers 23 9 4 10 23 26 11 3 2 6 9 12 12 6 2 4 14 14 -3 31
13 Alfreton Town 21 7 8 6 29 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 10 3 3 4 12 14 5 29
14 Leamington 23 5 12 6 20 21 12 5 4 3 14 10 11 0 8 3 6 11 -1 27
15 Spennymoor Town 22 6 9 7 28 31 10 3 4 3 10 10 12 3 5 4 18 21 -3 27
16 Bradford Park Avenue 23 7 5 11 21 29 12 5 1 6 12 14 11 2 4 5 9 15 -8 26
17 Hereford 21 7 4 10 26 27 10 3 3 4 13 12 11 4 1 6 13 15 -1 25
18 Boston United 24 7 4 13 33 40 13 5 1 7 21 22 11 2 3 6 12 18 -7 25
19 Curzon Ashton 21 6 6 9 19 22 11 3 3 5 11 13 10 3 3 4 8 9 -3 24
20 Buxton 20 6 6 8 21 28 11 3 4 4 13 15 9 3 2 4 8 13 -7 24
21 Kettering Town 23 6 6 11 21 37 11 5 3 3 13 11 12 1 3 8 8 26 -16 24
22 Farsley Celtic 21 5 5 11 24 38 11 3 3 5 13 17 10 2 2 6 11 21 -14 20
23 Blyth Spartans 21 4 6 11 21 34 11 2 5 4 14 14 10 2 1 7 7 20 -13 18
24 AFC Telford United 22 2 5 15 14 40 11 2 2 7 8 18 11 0 3 8 6 22 -26 11

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).