Home advantage could prove decisive in Spennymoor Town - Gloucester City battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Brewery Field (6000 seats)

Spennymoor Town got a 0-3 result vs Chester last game, a fixture to keep in mind. Next is this firm Gloucester City team.

Insights:
  • Spennymoor Town have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City have the most points from losing position (16) in Vanarama National League North

These are full days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the Vanarama National League North. This match was also played here at The Brewery Field. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gloucester City have had more rest.

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Spennymoor Town form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Vanarama National League North this season. Spennymoor Town have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses from their games here at The Brewery Field. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Spennymoor, their manager Ainsley and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Spennymoor Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Chester here at The Brewery Field.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Scarborough Athletic the opponent.

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 16 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 6 and lost 5.

Spennymoor are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League North match at Chorley awaits in three days.

Spennymoor Town have scored {4 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Gloucester City form and stats

Gloucester City have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League North, after 2-2-4 (8 played).

Gloucester City are travelling again after losing away to Bradford Park Avenue in their previous match (1-2). Before that loss this team had won at least one point from six league fixtures in a row.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against King's Lynn Town.

Gloucester 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, 7 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Buxton in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gloucester City have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. Gloucester's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Spennymoor Town wins - draws - Gloucester City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gloucester CityM. McClure
M. McClure
9 goals
SpennymoorG. Taylor
G. Taylor
6 goals
Gloucester CityK. Phillips
K. Phillips
6 goals

Spennymoor Town missing players

Gloucester City missing players

Spennymoor Town Gloucester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 8
8 4 2 Drew D 0 2 2
5 3 0 Lost L 2 4 6
17 4 1 Scored S 1 9 27
23 8 1 Conceded C 4 14 23
88% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
50% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 69%
31% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 31%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 62%
25% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
31% 62% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
6.2 6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.9 4.6
4.9 3.4 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 4.8
2.2 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 10.9 20 Shots (avg) S ( 4 4.9 8.1
4 2.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2.6 4.4
27% 20% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 43% 39%
 
9.4 7.2 5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11 11.2
4.1 2.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 4.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of Gloucester City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gloucester City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Gloucester City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Spennymoor Town have scored home.
  • Gloucester City have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City have the most points from losing position (16) in Vanarama National League North
  • Gloucester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spennymoor Town have the fewest scored goals (4) at home 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 King's Lynn Town 14 9 3 2 28 13 7 6 1 0 16 5 7 3 2 2 12 8 15 30
2 Brackley Town 16 9 3 4 19 13 8 6 1 1 12 5 8 3 2 3 7 8 6 30
3 Darlington 16 8 4 4 25 18 8 5 2 1 14 8 8 3 2 3 11 10 7 28
4 Scarborough Athletic 15 8 3 4 28 20 8 5 3 0 19 9 7 3 0 4 9 11 8 27
5 Gloucester City 16 8 2 6 27 23 8 6 0 2 18 9 8 2 2 4 9 14 4 26
6 Alfreton Town 16 6 6 4 24 18 8 3 3 2 13 9 8 3 3 2 11 9 6 24
7 Fylde 14 7 3 4 19 16 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 24
8 Kidderminster Harriers 15 7 3 5 17 14 8 3 2 3 8 7 7 4 1 2 9 7 3 24
9 Chester 15 6 5 4 25 17 8 3 2 3 11 7 7 3 3 1 14 10 8 23
10 Leamington 16 5 7 4 17 13 8 5 1 2 12 6 8 0 6 2 5 7 4 22
11 Banbury United 15 6 4 5 21 18 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 2 2 4 9 12 3 22
12 Southport 15 7 1 7 21 23 6 3 1 2 7 8 9 4 0 5 14 15 -2 22
13 Chorley 15 5 6 4 20 15 8 3 5 0 12 7 7 2 1 4 8 8 5 21
14 Hereford 14 6 3 5 22 18 6 3 2 1 11 7 8 3 1 4 11 11 4 21
15 Curzon Ashton 14 5 4 5 15 13 6 2 1 3 7 8 8 3 3 2 8 5 2 19
16 Peterborough Sports 15 5 4 6 21 21 8 4 3 1 15 9 7 1 1 5 6 12 0 19
17 Buxton 14 4 6 4 15 17 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 2 2 3 7 10 -2 18
18 Spennymoor Town 16 3 8 5 17 23 8 1 4 3 4 8 8 2 4 2 13 15 -6 17
19 Kettering Town 16 4 4 8 15 28 8 4 2 2 11 10 8 0 2 6 4 18 -13 16
20 Boston United 15 4 3 8 20 26 8 2 1 5 13 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 -6 15
21 Bradford Park Avenue 15 4 3 8 13 21 8 3 0 5 7 10 7 1 3 3 6 11 -8 15
22 Farsley Celtic 15 3 4 8 18 29 8 1 3 4 8 14 7 2 1 4 10 15 -11 13
23 Blyth Spartans 15 2 5 8 14 26 8 1 4 3 9 10 7 1 1 5 5 16 -12 11
24 AFC Telford United 15 1 4 10 11 29 7 1 1 5 5 14 8 0 3 5 6 15 -18 7

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).