National League duel: Close contest expected between Dover Athletic and King's Lynn Town

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Perrys Crabble Stadium (6500 seats)

Dover Athletic - King's Lynn Town: National League dungeon dwellers scrapping for points and triumph. Check out all the relevant numbers and news before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (28) in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

With 1 National League win, 2 draws and 13 defeats from their home games, Dover Athletic are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Eastleigh game.

The club members are hoping that Dover Athletic will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 5-6 away loss in the game against Wrexham (placed 2nd).

Ahead of that match, Dover Athletic lost 0-2 at home to Yeovil Town.

Dover have scored 10 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.

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King's Lynn Town form and stats

There's been little loot from King's Lynn Town's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the National League. King's Lynn Town only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws.

King's Lynn Town go into this game after a win, the home game against Halifax Town that ended 2-0.

A 0-3 loss hosting Stockport County before that.

After this away game King's return home for a National League game against Bromley. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting King's Lynn Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 17 games. As for defending, King's Lynn Town rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 33 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H meeting ended King's Lynn Town - Dover 2-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Dover Athletic zero wins, one draw and King's Lynn Town one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Barrett with 2 goals scored against Dover Athletic in these 2 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

King's Lynn TownM. Linton
M. Linton
8 goals
King's Lynn TownM. Clunan
M. Clunan
5 goals
King's Lynn TownG. Omotayo Agbomoagan
G. Omotayo Agbomoagan
4 goals

Dover Athletic missing players

King's Lynn Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dover Athletic King's Lynn Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 4 Played P 5 17 35
1 1 1 Won W 2 3 6
5 2 0 Drew D 2 4 6
28 13 3 Lost L 1 10 23
28 10 5 Scored S 9 18 34
82 29 7 Conceded C 6 33 65
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 91%
74% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 76% 69%
59% 44% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 51%
41% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 41% 31%
29% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 26%
56% 44% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 43%
12% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 18% 17%
41% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 49%
 
4.3 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.7 4.1
6.1 6.4 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.5 6.3
1.9 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
7.8 8.9 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.8 8.7
3.3 3.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.3
25% 18% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 32% 29%
 
13.2 12.3 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.5 10.6
5.9 5.2 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 4.6 4.5
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Dover Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest points (5) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest points from losing position (0) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (28) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (82) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (44) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-19) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-54) in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 35 25 4 6 74 29 17 11 3 3 34 15 18 14 1 3 40 14 45 79
2 Wrexham 34 20 8 6 65 36 16 10 5 1 29 15 18 10 3 5 36 21 29 68
3 Chesterfield 36 18 13 5 61 35 18 10 6 2 32 19 18 8 7 3 29 16 26 67
4 Halifax Town 34 20 6 8 51 28 16 13 0 3 29 9 18 7 6 5 22 19 23 66
5 Solihull Moors 34 18 10 6 62 38 18 10 5 3 40 21 16 8 5 3 22 17 24 64
6 Notts County 35 17 10 8 61 42 18 11 5 2 36 20 17 6 5 6 25 22 19 61
7 Grimsby Town 35 18 5 12 51 34 18 12 2 4 32 14 17 6 3 8 19 20 17 59
8 Boreham Wood 32 16 10 6 40 24 17 10 7 0 24 7 15 6 3 6 16 17 16 58
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 35 17 4 14 62 45 17 8 3 6 35 25 18 9 1 8 27 20 17 55
10 Bromley 33 15 9 9 47 37 16 10 3 3 28 15 17 5 6 6 19 22 10 54
11 Torquay United 35 15 8 12 55 48 18 9 4 5 31 21 17 6 4 7 24 27 7 53
12 Yeovil Town 35 13 9 13 34 36 18 6 5 7 16 20 17 7 4 6 18 16 -2 48
13 Southend United 35 13 8 14 38 48 16 8 3 5 22 21 19 5 5 9 16 27 -10 47
14 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56 18 9 2 7 33 22 18 4 5 9 21 34 -2 46
15 Woking 36 13 4 19 50 51 18 7 0 11 25 29 18 6 4 8 25 22 -1 43
16 Barnet 34 11 8 15 43 59 17 6 4 7 21 29 17 5 4 8 22 30 -16 41
17 Wealdstone 34 10 9 15 39 53 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 4 3 10 21 34 -14 39
18 Maidenhead United 35 10 8 17 38 59 19 8 4 7 28 32 16 2 4 10 10 27 -21 38
19 Eastleigh 35 10 7 18 36 56 18 8 5 5 26 22 17 2 2 13 10 34 -20 37
20 Aldershot Town 34 8 7 19 33 58 17 2 5 10 13 31 17 6 2 9 20 27 -25 31
21 King's Lynn Town 35 6 6 23 34 65 18 3 2 13 16 32 17 3 4 10 18 33 -31 24
22 Weymouth 35 5 7 23 32 69 17 3 5 9 17 26 18 2 2 14 15 43 -37 22
23 Dover Athletic 34 1 5 28 28 82 16 1 2 13 10 29 18 0 3 15 18 53 -54 -4

Table
  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 35 25 4 6 74 29 17 11 3 3 34 15 18 14 1 3 40 14 45 79
2 Wrexham 34 20 8 6 65 36 16 10 5 1 29 15 18 10 3 5 36 21 29 68
3 Chesterfield 36 18 13 5 61 35 18 10 6 2 32 19 18 8 7 3 29 16 26 67
4 Halifax Town 34 20 6 8 51 28 16 13 0 3 29 9 18 7 6 5 22 19 23 66
5 Solihull Moors 34 18 10 6 62 38 18 10 5 3 40 21 16 8 5 3 22 17 24 64
6 Notts County 35 17 10 8 61 42 18 11 5 2 36 20 17 6 5 6 25 22 19 61
7 Grimsby Town 35 18 5 12 51 34 18 12 2 4 32 14 17 6 3 8 19 20 17 59
8 Boreham Wood 32 16 10 6 40 24 17 10 7 0 24 7 15 6 3 6 16 17 16 58
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 35 17 4 14 62 45 17 8 3 6 35 25 18 9 1 8 27 20 17 55
10 Bromley 33 15 9 9 47 37 16 10 3 3 28 15 17 5 6 6 19 22 10 54
11 Torquay United 35 15 8 12 55 48 18 9 4 5 31 21 17 6 4 7 24 27 7 53
12 Yeovil Town 35 13 9 13 34 36 18 6 5 7 16 20 17 7 4 6 18 16 -2 48
13 Southend United 35 13 8 14 38 48 16 8 3 5 22 21 19 5 5 9 16 27 -10 47
14 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56 18 9 2 7 33 22 18 4 5 9 21 34 -2 46
15 Woking 36 13 4 19 50 51 18 7 0 11 25 29 18 6 4 8 25 22 -1 43
16 Barnet 34 11 8 15 43 59 17 6 4 7 21 29 17 5 4 8 22 30 -16 41
17 Wealdstone 34 10 9 15 39 53 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 4 3 10 21 34 -14 39
18 Maidenhead United 35 10 8 17 38 59 19 8 4 7 28 32 16 2 4 10 10 27 -21 38
19 Eastleigh 35 10 7 18 36 56 18 8 5 5 26 22 17 2 2 13 10 34 -20 37
20 Aldershot Town 34 8 7 19 33 58 17 2 5 10 13 31 17 6 2 9 20 27 -25 31
21 King's Lynn Town 35 6 6 23 34 65 18 3 2 13 16 32 17 3 4 10 18 33 -31 24
22 Weymouth 35 5 7 23 32 69 17 3 5 9 17 26 18 2 2 14 15 43 -37 22
23 Dover Athletic 34 1 5 28 28 82 16 1 2 13 10 29 18 0 3 15 18 53 -54 -4

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