Delightful dogfight as daring Barnet duel with determined Torquay United

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 19.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hive Stadium (5634 seats)

A win for the hosts is expected from this match if the league table is to be trusted. The Barnet fans are hopeful that the mismatch between 7th and Torquay United's 23rd place in the table will be revealed on the ground.

Insights:
  • Barnet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Torquay United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a FA Cup game only four days ago. That game, against Derby County, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Torquay United.

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Barnet form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Barnet have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Barnet, as their goalkeeper Laurie Walker has completely shut out the opponents for 189 minutes in the National League.

Barnet are returning here after guesting Chelmsford City in a FA Cup match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Oldham Athletic.

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 Barnet have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 3 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Barnet in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Barnet have conceded 15 from these games.

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Torquay United form and stats

Torquay United have only collected 7 points from their away games in the National League, after 2-1-6 (9 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Torquay United in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Wealdstone.

Two away games in a row for Torquay United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-5 against Derby County in the FA Cup. The attacker Jarvis got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Jarvis hit one key pass.

Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus Chesterfield.

We have checked recent matches where Torquay have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Torquay United's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 9 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. Torquay United's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips. Torquay has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Barnet three wins, three draws and Torquay United four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarnetN. Kabamba
N. Kabamba
10 goals
BarnetH. Pritchard
H. Pritchard
7 goals
BarnetR. De Havilland
R. De Havilland
4 goals

Barnet missing players

Torquay United missing players

Barnet Torquay United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
9 5 1 Won W 1 2 3
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 5
7 3 0 Lost L 2 6 11
37 14 5 Scored S 2 4 23
38 15 4 Conceded C 11 16 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
95% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 44% 63%
63% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 53%
47% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 22% 47%
21% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 37%
63% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 22% 53%
21% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
16% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 67% 42%
 
6.3 6.6 11.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.2 3.9
6.7 6.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 8.7 7.2
2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.1 11.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 6.7 8.4
4.6 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.6 3.9
42% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 17% 31%
 
11.9 11.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 24.7 21.1 16.2
6.1 4.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.7 8.3 6.9
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Barnet have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Torquay United have scored away.
  • Barnet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Torquay United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Torquay United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Torquay United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Torquay United 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 Notts County 19 13 5 1 49 17 9 7 2 0 20 4 10 6 3 1 29 13 32 44
2 Wrexham 19 13 4 2 50 18 9 9 0 0 35 9 10 4 4 2 15 9 32 43
3 Chesterfield 18 11 4 3 38 23 9 7 0 2 19 11 9 4 4 1 19 12 15 37
4 Woking 19 11 3 5 33 18 9 6 1 2 18 9 10 5 2 3 15 9 15 36
5 Southend United 19 9 6 4 27 13 10 5 3 2 13 6 9 4 3 2 14 7 14 33
6 Solihull Moors 19 8 6 5 33 21 10 4 4 2 18 11 9 4 2 3 15 10 12 30
7 Barnet 19 9 3 7 37 38 9 5 1 3 14 15 10 4 2 4 23 23 -1 30
8 Boreham Wood 18 7 7 4 23 18 9 2 4 3 10 11 9 5 3 1 13 7 5 28
9 Eastleigh 19 8 4 7 23 23 10 7 2 1 16 8 9 1 2 6 7 15 0 28
10 Bromley 19 7 5 7 25 24 10 5 3 2 13 8 9 2 2 5 12 16 1 26
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 18 7 5 6 32 34 9 5 3 1 22 16 9 2 2 5 10 18 -2 26
12 York City 19 6 6 7 22 20 9 3 3 3 9 10 10 3 3 4 13 10 2 24
13 Maidenhead United 19 7 3 9 17 22 9 4 2 3 9 8 10 3 1 6 8 14 -5 24
14 Wealdstone 18 6 5 7 18 26 9 2 4 3 8 13 9 4 1 4 10 13 -8 23
15 Dorking Wanderers 18 6 4 8 33 42 9 4 2 3 17 19 9 2 2 5 16 23 -9 22
16 Halifax Town 18 6 4 8 16 25 8 4 1 3 8 10 10 2 3 5 8 15 -9 22
17 Altrincham 19 5 6 8 25 36 10 4 3 3 14 12 9 1 3 5 11 24 -11 21
18 Aldershot Town 18 6 2 10 26 31 9 3 1 5 14 15 9 3 1 5 12 16 -5 20
19 Yeovil Town 19 3 9 7 16 21 10 3 4 3 10 10 9 0 5 4 6 11 -5 18
20 Maidstone United 19 4 5 10 22 42 9 2 4 3 9 13 10 2 1 7 13 29 -20 17
21 Oldham Athletic 17 4 4 9 17 27 9 4 1 4 14 15 8 0 3 5 3 12 -10 16
22 Scunthorpe United 19 3 6 10 24 38 10 3 2 5 16 21 9 0 4 5 8 17 -14 15
23 Torquay United 19 3 5 11 23 41 10 1 4 5 19 25 9 2 1 6 4 16 -18 14
24 Gateshead 18 2 7 9 21 32 9 1 5 3 12 14 9 1 2 6 9 18 -11 13

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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.