National League information and preview: Dorking Wanderers modest thought to overcome Maidstone United

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 13.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Meadowbank Stadium (2000 seats)

Take hard look at their own playing style or switch tactics dependant on the opposition? Both Dorking Wanderers and Maidstone United need to try something separate than earlier. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most conceded goals (52) in National League
  • Maidstone United have the the worst goal difference (-22) in National League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dorking Wanderers and Maidstone United.

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Dorking Wanderers form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Dorking Wanderers have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

Dorking Wanderers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chesterfield (1-3).

Prior to that, an away loss at Halifax Town.

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 Dorking Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Betting people might want to know that 12 of the most recent 15 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

Wanderers are traveling soon after this match as the Fa Trophy match at Yeovil Town awaits in four days.

Dorking Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Meadowbank Stadium with 20 goals in 11 league matches.

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Maidstone United form and stats

There's been little loot from Maidstone United's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the National League. Maidstone United only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. When Maidstone United is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Aldershot Town, Gateshead, Yeovil Town, Scunthorpe United, Torquay United, Oldham Athletic and Maidstone United is teams we like to compare Dorking Wanderers with.

The manager Ramis-Hayrettin was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Gallagher Stadium. Maidstone United suffered a 2-3 loss to Altrincham (placed 13th).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Woking wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Maidstone are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

A new game in only four days for Maidstone United, the Fa Trophy home match versus Worthing. Busy days.

Maidstone United have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Maidstone United's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 32 goals in 11 travels. When Maidstone United is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Aldershot Town, Gateshead, Yeovil Town, Scunthorpe United, Torquay United, Oldham Athletic and Maidstone.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Maidstone United - Dorking Wanderers 2-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Dorking Wanderers five wins, one draw and Maidstone United one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 4 red cards from the last seven duels.

Top Goalscorers

Dorking WanderersJ. McShane
J. McShane
13 goals
WanderersR. Seager
R. Seager
9 goals
Maidstone UnitedR. Booty
R. Booty
6 goals

Dorking Wanderers missing players

Maidstone United missing players

Dorking Wanderers Maidstone United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
7 5 1 Won W 2 2 5
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 6
11 4 1 Lost L 1 8 12
39 20 3 Scored S 6 14 28
52 22 5 Conceded C 5 32 50
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
91% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
78% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 82% 65%
65% 64% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 64% 43%
43% 36% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 36% 30%
74% 73% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 65%
9% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 17%
17% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 26%
 
5.1 4.8 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 5.4
5.7 4.5 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 7 6.2
2.2 1.5 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
9.4 9.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.5 9.9
3.9 4.5 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4.1
43% 41% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 42% 29%
 
12.8 10.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 14.4 12.4
6 5.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 6.2 5.4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Maidstone United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dorking Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dorking Wanderers have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most conceded goals (52) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers have the most matches over the total-line (18) in National League
  • Dorking Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Maidstone United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Maidstone United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Maidstone United have the most conceded goals (32) away in National League
  • Maidstone United have the the worst goal difference (-18) away in National League
  • Maidstone United have the the worst goal difference (-22) in National League
  • Maidstone United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Maidstone 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 22 15 6 1 57 21 10 7 3 0 20 4 12 8 3 1 37 17 36 48
2 Wrexham 22 15 5 2 55 19 10 10 0 0 37 9 12 5 5 2 18 10 36 47
3 Chesterfield 21 13 4 4 43 25 11 9 0 2 24 12 10 4 4 2 19 13 18 40
4 Woking 22 12 4 6 37 22 12 7 2 3 22 13 10 5 2 3 15 9 15 40
5 Barnet 21 11 3 7 40 38 11 7 1 3 17 15 10 4 2 4 23 23 2 36
6 Southend United 22 9 7 6 30 20 11 5 4 2 15 8 11 4 3 4 15 12 10 34
7 Solihull Moors 21 9 6 6 35 24 11 5 4 2 20 12 10 4 2 4 15 12 11 33
8 Halifax Town 22 9 4 9 21 27 11 7 1 3 13 11 11 2 3 6 8 16 -6 31
9 Eastleigh 23 9 4 10 26 29 12 8 2 2 17 10 11 1 2 8 9 19 -3 31
10 Boreham Wood 21 8 7 6 25 21 10 3 4 3 12 12 11 5 3 3 13 9 4 31
11 Wealdstone 22 8 6 8 26 33 10 3 4 3 11 14 12 5 2 5 15 19 -7 29
12 Bromley 21 8 6 7 31 29 11 5 4 2 16 11 10 3 2 5 15 18 2 29
13 Altrincham 23 7 8 8 33 42 11 5 3 3 16 13 12 2 5 5 17 29 -9 26
14 Dagenham & Redbridge 20 8 5 7 34 36 11 6 3 2 24 18 9 2 2 5 10 18 -2 29
15 Maidenhead United 23 8 4 11 25 31 12 5 3 4 15 14 11 3 1 7 10 17 -6 28
16 York City 23 7 7 9 26 24 11 3 4 4 11 13 12 4 3 5 15 11 2 25
17 Dorking Wanderers 23 7 5 11 39 52 11 5 2 4 20 22 12 2 3 7 19 30 -13 26
18 Aldershot Town 21 8 2 11 30 33 10 4 1 5 16 15 11 4 1 6 14 18 -3 26
19 Yeovil Town 22 4 11 7 17 21 12 4 5 3 11 10 10 0 6 4 6 11 -4 22
20 Maidstone United 23 5 6 12 28 50 12 3 5 4 14 18 11 2 1 8 14 32 -22 21
21 Oldham Athletic 21 5 5 11 22 33 10 5 1 4 17 17 11 0 4 7 5 16 -11 17
22 Torquay United 23 4 6 13 27 46 11 1 5 5 20 26 12 3 1 8 7 20 -19 18
23 Gateshead 21 3 8 10 25 36 11 2 5 4 15 17 10 1 3 6 10 19 -11 17
24 Scunthorpe United 23 3 7 13 27 47 11 3 2 6 17 25 12 0 5 7 10 22 -20 15

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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.