Football match preview: Altrincham vs Eastleigh

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The J. Davidson Stadium (6085 seats)

Altrincham are set for a new task after their 5-0 vs Weymouth in the previous game. Eastleigh are coming to play!

Insights:
  • Altrincham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Eastleigh have the fewest scored goals (7) away in National League

The hosts Altrincham saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the National League. This match was also played here at The J. Davidson Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Eastleigh have had more rest.

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Altrincham form and stats

The complete National League results playing at home this season for Altrincham are 6-2-7 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Altrincham after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Altrincham, as their goalkeeper Steve Drench has completely shut out the opponents for 303 minutes in the National League.

Altrincham's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Weymouth (placed 21st). The home side are looking to build on that result.

0-0 away at Maidenhead United before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Altrincham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost four.

The Altrincham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Altrincham have conceded 22 goals. 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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Eastleigh form and stats

Eastleigh have only collected 8 points from their away games in the National League, after 2-2-11 (15 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Eastleigh's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Eastleigh had fun at their own home (The J. Davidson Stadium) last time out, beating Wealdstone 4-1. Hollands, Broadbent, Whitehall and Hill scored.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Boreham Wood wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Eastleigh playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Eastleigh wins, one draw and three defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Eastleigh's away games in the league this season with only 7 goals from 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Eastleigh have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Eastleigh - Altrincham 2-1 was the scoreline in these participants' last H2H match, played this season. Altrincham-Eastleigh H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Altrincham one win, Eastleigh two wins, four draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AltrinchamR. Colclough
R. Colclough
9 goals
AltrinchamD. Mooney
D. Mooney
7 goals
AltrinchamM. Kosylo
M. Kosylo
6 goals

Altrincham missing players

Eastleigh missing players

Altrincham Eastleigh
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
10 6 1 Won W 1 2 10
7 2 0 Drew D 0 2 7
15 7 4 Lost L 4 11 14
48 27 7 Scored S 2 7 33
54 22 8 Conceded C 8 25 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
84% 87% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 60% 68%
59% 67% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 45%
44% 40% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 23%
31% 33% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
59% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 27% 42%
19% 27% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 16%
25% 13% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 67% 48%
 
5.1 5.3 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.5 4.8
5.6 4.8 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.6 5.1
1.5 1.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 1.9
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.8 11.4 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.2 8.9
4.6 5.3 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.5
33% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 18% 30%
 
10.9 9.4 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.6 9.7
4.5 4 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 4.3
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Altrincham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Altrincham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Eastleigh have scored away.
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Eastleigh have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Eastleigh have the fewest scored goals (7) away in National League
  • Eastleigh 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 Stockport County 31 21 4 6 62 27 15 9 3 3 27 13 16 12 1 3 35 14 35 67
2 Chesterfield 32 17 11 4 58 32 17 9 6 2 31 19 15 8 5 2 27 13 26 62
3 Wrexham 31 18 7 6 56 30 14 8 5 1 20 9 17 10 2 5 36 21 26 61
4 Halifax Town 29 17 6 6 45 22 13 10 0 3 24 8 16 7 6 3 21 14 23 57
5 Boreham Wood 28 16 8 4 39 21 15 10 5 0 23 6 13 6 3 4 16 15 18 56
6 Solihull Moors 31 15 10 6 52 32 17 9 5 3 35 18 14 6 5 3 17 14 20 55
7 Notts County 31 15 9 7 57 37 16 10 4 2 34 19 15 5 5 5 23 18 20 54
8 Grimsby Town 31 16 4 11 46 31 16 11 2 3 29 11 15 5 2 8 17 20 15 52
9 Bromley 29 15 7 7 45 33 15 10 2 3 28 15 14 5 5 4 17 18 12 52
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 31 15 4 12 56 41 16 8 3 5 34 23 15 7 1 7 22 18 15 49
11 Torquay United 31 12 8 11 45 44 16 7 4 5 24 21 15 5 4 6 21 23 1 44
12 Southend United 31 12 8 11 35 41 14 7 3 4 20 18 17 5 5 7 15 23 -6 44
13 Yeovil Town 31 10 9 12 28 33 15 4 5 6 12 17 16 6 4 6 16 16 -5 39
14 Altrincham 32 10 7 15 48 54 15 6 2 7 27 22 17 4 5 8 21 32 -6 37
15 Eastleigh 31 10 7 14 33 44 16 8 5 3 26 19 15 2 2 11 7 25 -11 37
16 Wealdstone 31 9 8 14 33 46 15 5 5 5 14 16 16 4 3 9 19 30 -13 35
17 Barnet 31 9 8 14 40 56 15 5 4 6 20 27 16 4 4 8 20 29 -16 35
18 Maidenhead United 31 9 8 14 35 54 17 7 4 6 25 29 14 2 4 8 10 25 -19 35
19 Woking 32 10 4 18 43 48 15 5 0 10 20 26 17 5 4 8 23 22 -5 34
20 Aldershot Town 31 8 7 16 33 50 16 2 5 9 13 28 15 6 2 7 20 22 -17 31
21 Weymouth 32 5 7 20 30 61 17 3 5 9 17 26 15 2 2 11 13 35 -31 22
22 King's Lynn Town 31 4 6 21 27 59 15 2 2 11 12 26 16 2 4 10 15 33 -32 18
23 Dover Athletic 31 1 5 25 22 72 15 1 2 12 10 27 16 0 3 13 12 45 -50 -4

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.