Home advantage could prove decisive in Spennymoor Town - Buxton battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Brewery Field (6000 seats)

Vanarama National League North: What this fixture might miss in glitz it should make up for in guts and attitude. Get set for Spennymoor Town - Buxton!

Insights:
  • Spennymoor Town have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Buxton have yet to win a game away.

Spennymoor Town have less rest than Buxton in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Durham County Challenge Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here at The Brewery Field. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Buxton have had more rest.

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

Spennymoor Town, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Vanarama National League North, have played 4 Vanarama National League North games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Spennymoor Town's previous fixture was a Durham County Challenge Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-0 versus Shildon AFC. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Fylde that finished 2-2.

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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.

Spennymoor Town aren't scoring a lot here at The Brewery Field in the league, with only {2 goals} from 4 games. Spennymoor Town have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Buxton form and stats

Playing away, Buxton have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Vanarama National League North this season.

Two away matches in a row for Buxton, whose manager Vermiglio could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Bamber Bridge.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Kidderminster Harriers in the Vanarama National League North.

Buxton 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 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Goals are few and far between in Buxton's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 4 travels. Buxton have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Spennymoor Town victories, two draws and zero Buxton wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Spennymoor TownG. Taylor
G. Taylor
3 goals
SpennymoorJ. Thewlis
J. Thewlis
3 goals
BuxtonJ. Gilchrist
J. Gilchrist
3 goals

Spennymoor Town missing players

Buxton missing players

Spennymoor Town Buxton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 4 10
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
7 4 1 Drew D 1 2 6
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
12 2 1 Scored S 1 2 8
13 2 1 Conceded C 1 7 13
80% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 30%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 60%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 30%
 
6.7 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4 3.9
5.2 3.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 4.4
2.1 2 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 14.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 19 9.2 9.5
4.6 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 3.2 3.8
26% 12% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 15% 21%
 
9 6.8 5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.2 8.9
3.7 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.8 4.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Buxton's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Buxton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Buxton have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Buxton have yet to win a game away.
  • Buxton haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Spennymoor Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Spennymoor Town have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Spennymoor Town have yet to win a game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 King's Lynn Town 10 6 3 1 19 10 4 3 1 0 8 4 6 3 2 1 11 6 9 21
2 Banbury United 10 6 2 2 18 11 6 4 2 0 12 5 4 2 0 2 6 6 7 20
3 Darlington 10 6 2 2 16 9 6 5 0 1 11 5 4 1 2 1 5 4 7 20
4 Fylde 10 6 2 2 15 11 6 4 1 1 11 7 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 20
5 Kidderminster Harriers 10 5 3 2 13 6 5 2 2 1 7 3 5 3 1 1 6 3 7 18
6 Leamington 11 4 5 2 11 6 6 4 1 1 9 3 5 0 4 1 2 3 5 17
7 Scarborough Athletic 10 5 2 3 16 14 4 2 2 0 7 5 6 3 0 3 9 9 2 17
8 Brackley Town 10 5 1 4 9 9 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 2 1 3 3 5 0 16
9 Curzon Ashton 10 4 3 3 12 8 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 2 2 1 6 3 4 15
10 Chorley 10 3 5 2 15 9 6 1 5 0 7 4 4 2 0 2 8 5 6 14
11 Alfreton Town 10 3 5 2 15 11 6 2 3 1 10 7 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 14
12 Peterborough Sports 10 4 2 4 18 16 5 3 1 1 12 7 5 1 1 3 6 9 2 14
13 Chester 10 3 4 3 14 13 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 1 3 1 8 8 1 13
14 Spennymoor Town 10 2 7 1 12 13 4 0 4 0 2 2 6 2 3 1 10 11 -1 13
15 Gloucester City 10 4 1 5 13 15 5 3 0 2 8 5 5 1 1 3 5 10 -2 13
16 Southport 10 4 1 5 12 16 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 1 0 4 6 12 -4 13
17 Hereford 10 3 3 4 13 13 5 2 2 1 9 6 5 1 1 3 4 7 0 12
18 Boston United 10 3 3 4 15 17 4 1 1 2 8 10 6 2 2 2 7 7 -2 12
19 Kettering Town 10 2 3 5 9 14 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 0 2 3 4 7 -5 9
20 Buxton 10 1 6 3 8 13 6 1 4 1 6 6 4 0 2 2 2 7 -5 9
21 Blyth Spartans 10 2 2 6 7 16 4 1 1 2 4 4 6 1 1 4 3 12 -9 8
22 Farsley Celtic 10 1 4 5 10 17 6 0 3 3 6 11 4 1 1 2 4 6 -7 7
23 AFC Telford United 11 1 4 6 7 19 5 1 1 3 3 8 6 0 3 3 4 11 -12 7
24 Bradford Park Avenue 10 0 3 7 6 17 4 0 0 4 1 6 6 0 3 3 5 11 -11 3

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).