Match Preview: Blyth Spartans v Brackley Town (Saturday, 3pm)

Blyth Spartans and Brackley Town come into Saturday’s kick-off at Croft Park in contrasting spells, with the away team hitting a rich vein of form while the hosts struggle.

Blyth Spartans have won one and drawn one of the last six, while the Saints have taken five wins and one draw.

Brackley are third in the table after 45 games, of which they have won 24 and drawn 10, earning 82 points.

Blyth Spartans are 17 places behind Town in 20th, with 13 wins and 11 draws putting them on 50 points.

In the last 10 years, Blyth Spartans and Brackley have played each other on 12 occasions. Blyth Spartans won two of them, Brackley five, and they drew five times.

On average, Blyth Spartans scored 1.1 goals and the Saints 1.9 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 11, when they played out a 1-1 draw.

With 65 goals in 45 games so far this season, the hosts are scoring more than average in the league with 1.4 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 77 goals at a rate of 1.7 per game.

The Saints, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.3 goals per game. They have conceded 0.8 goals per game.

Blyth Spartans’s last match was on April 13, a 5-1 loss against Scunthorpe United.

Brackley beat Chester 3-1 last time out, also on April 13.

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Blyth Spartans v Brackley Town
National League North | Croft Park
Saturday, 20 April 2024 @ 3.00pm

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