Boreham Wood welcome Altrincham as odds-on favourites: Big preview

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Meadow Park (4502 seats)

Neutral parties would believe there's a noteworthy gap in form between these sides based on the matches played so far, with Boreham Wood leading Altrincham by 19 points.

Insights:
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals (15) in National League
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Boreham nor Altrincham as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Boreham Wood form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Meadow Park as Boreham Wood have scored 20 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the National League are 8-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). Boreham Wood haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Chesterfield, 115 days ago.

The manager Garrard will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Maidenhead United in only four days.

A decent goal production from Boreham Wood in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. Boreham Wood have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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Altrincham form and stats

As the visiting team in National League matches, Altrincham have produced an overall stat of 4-4-7 so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Altrincham, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus King's Lynn Town (placed 22nd) last time out.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Woking.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Weymouth in just four days.

Altrincham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Altrincham has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other before in this season, with the result Altrincham - Boreham Wood 1-1 written in the official records. Boreham Wood-Altrincham H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Boreham one win, Altrincham three wins, one draw. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Boreham WoodJ. Rees
J. Rees
8 goals
AltrinchamR. Colclough
R. Colclough
8 goals
Boreham WoodS. Boden
S. Boden
7 goals

Boreham Wood missing players

Altrincham missing players

Boreham Wood Altrincham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 12 5 Played P 4 15 28
14 8 4 Won W 0 4 8
6 4 1 Drew D 1 4 6
2 0 0 Lost L 3 7 14
33 19 9 Scored S 3 21 40
14 5 1 Conceded C 14 30 52
91% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 58% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 86%
32% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 61%
23% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 53% 46%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 32%
41% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 68%
59% 67% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 11%
9% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 21%
 
6 7.3 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 5.2
4.9 4.9 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.6 5.9
1.7 1.4 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 4
 
9.8 9.7 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 10.5 11
4.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.6
33% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 33% 31%
 
8 7.1 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 12.7 11
3.1 2.9 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.4 4.6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Boreham Wood have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Boreham Wood have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boreham Wood have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals (15) in National League
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in National League
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in National League
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in National League
  • Boreham Wood have the most clean sheets (8) at home in National League
  • Boreham Wood have won significantly more corners at home than 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 27 17 4 6 55 26 13 7 3 3 25 13 14 10 1 3 30 13 29 55
2 Chesterfield 27 15 10 2 50 24 12 7 5 0 23 11 15 8 5 2 27 13 26 55
3 Halifax Town 26 15 5 6 41 21 12 9 0 3 23 8 14 6 5 3 18 13 20 50
4 Bromley 26 15 5 6 42 28 14 10 2 2 27 12 12 5 3 4 15 16 14 50
5 Boreham Wood 23 14 7 2 34 15 13 8 5 0 20 6 10 6 2 2 14 9 19 49
6 Solihull Moors 26 13 7 6 41 23 14 8 3 3 28 12 12 5 4 3 13 11 18 46
7 Wrexham 26 13 7 6 42 26 11 5 5 1 10 6 15 8 2 5 32 20 16 46
8 Grimsby Town 28 14 4 10 42 29 15 10 2 3 28 11 13 4 2 7 14 18 13 46
9 Notts County 25 13 6 6 47 29 13 9 2 2 30 17 12 4 4 4 17 12 18 45
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 27 13 3 11 49 37 14 7 2 5 30 22 13 6 1 6 19 15 12 42
11 Torquay United 27 12 4 11 42 41 13 7 1 5 22 19 14 5 3 6 20 22 1 40
12 Southend United 27 11 5 11 30 37 12 6 2 4 18 17 15 5 3 7 12 20 -7 38
13 Yeovil Town 27 10 7 10 26 27 14 4 5 5 12 14 13 6 2 5 14 13 -1 37
14 Eastleigh 26 9 6 11 28 38 14 7 4 3 21 17 12 2 2 8 7 21 -10 33
15 Woking 27 10 2 15 42 43 14 5 0 9 20 24 13 5 2 6 22 19 -1 32
16 Wealdstone 26 8 7 11 27 37 13 5 4 4 12 13 13 3 3 7 15 24 -10 31
17 Altrincham 28 8 6 14 40 52 13 4 2 7 19 22 15 4 4 7 21 30 -12 30
18 Aldershot Town 28 8 6 14 32 44 14 2 4 8 13 26 14 6 2 6 19 18 -12 30
19 Barnet 27 8 6 13 32 53 13 4 3 6 14 27 14 4 3 7 18 26 -21 30
20 Maidenhead United 25 7 6 12 28 47 13 6 2 5 22 26 12 1 4 7 6 21 -19 27
21 Weymouth 27 4 6 17 27 51 14 2 4 8 14 22 13 2 2 9 13 29 -24 18
22 King's Lynn Town 26 4 3 19 24 51 13 2 1 10 11 22 13 2 2 9 13 29 -27 15
23 Dover Athletic 28 1 4 23 21 63 14 1 2 11 9 24 14 0 2 12 12 39 -42 -5

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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.