Football preview: Notts County favourites when Woking visit

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Meadow Lane Stadium (19841 seats)

A vital game in National League as both contenders are battling for the top spots. With Notts County in 2nd position and Woking located at 3rd, this has all the looks of an exciting fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Notts County have the the best goal difference (+69) in National League
  • Woking 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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Notts County form and stats

52 points is a decent return from 21 National League games here at Meadow Lane Stadium for Notts County. The data says 16 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. County has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Meadow Lane Stadium. We remember; it was Dagenham & Redbridge.

Notts County are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Wrexham. Before that beating this club had gone seven consecutive league fixtures without losing. The penalty miss from Scott in the defeat against Wrexham was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Wealdstone.

Scoring bonanza? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 15 most recent league games with this side has seen at least three goals.

County can score goals in their home matches. After 21 league matches they have found the net 50 times. Notts County have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Woking form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 12 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Woking, as they have won on their previous two travels.

There were no winners in Woking's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Southend United (placed 9th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Dorking Wanderers.

Woking has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 32 goals from 21 games.

Head 2 Head

Notts County and Woking have played each other already this season: Woking - Notts County 2-3. Numbers for the preceeding seven meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for County, one draw and one win for Woking. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Notts CountyM. Langstaff
M. Langstaff
40 goals
Notts CountyR. da Rocha Rodrigues
R. da Rocha Rodrigues
17 goals
Notts CountyC. Scott
C. Scott
14 goals

Notts County missing players

Woking missing players

Notts County Woking
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 21 42
30 16 3 Won W 3 12 22
10 4 3 Drew D 1 3 10
3 1 0 Lost L 2 6 10
108 50 12 Scored S 8 32 68
39 11 6 Conceded C 6 21 43
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 81%
70% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 48% 43%
51% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 29%
23% 10% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
63% 43% 83% BTTS BTTS 33% 52% 55%
37% 57% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 29%
2% 5% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 24% 17%
 
7.6 8.4 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.8 5.8
3.3 2.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.8 3.9
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.5 15.9 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.1 11.1
6.3 7.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 4.5
40% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 39% 36%
 
6.3 6 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 6.9 7.4
2.6 2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.8
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Notts County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Notts County have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in National League
  • Notts County have the most clean sheets (12) at home in National League
  • Notts County have the most scored goals in the first half (52) in National League
  • Notts County have the the best goal difference (+69) in National League
  • Notts County have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Woking have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Woking haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wrexham 42 32 7 3 109 41 21 20 1 0 68 18 21 12 6 3 41 23 68 103
2 Notts County 43 30 10 3 108 39 21 16 4 1 50 11 22 14 6 2 58 28 69 100
3 Woking 42 22 10 10 68 43 21 10 7 4 36 22 21 12 3 6 32 21 25 76
4 Chesterfield 42 22 9 11 69 47 20 12 2 6 36 24 22 10 7 5 33 23 22 75
5 Barnet 42 20 9 13 73 64 20 11 4 5 34 28 22 9 5 8 39 36 9 69
6 Boreham Wood 42 17 15 10 49 35 20 7 8 5 20 17 22 10 7 5 29 18 14 66
7 Eastleigh 43 19 8 16 53 53 22 14 4 4 33 22 21 5 4 12 20 31 0 65
8 Bromley 42 16 15 11 61 51 22 8 10 4 33 23 20 8 5 7 28 28 10 63
9 Southend United 42 17 9 16 50 41 21 10 4 7 28 18 21 7 5 9 22 23 9 60
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 17 7 18 57 68 22 10 4 8 33 34 20 7 3 10 24 34 -11 58
11 Solihull Moors 41 15 11 15 60 59 21 9 6 6 34 24 20 6 5 9 26 35 1 56
12 Wealdstone 41 15 11 15 51 66 20 9 5 6 30 29 21 6 6 9 21 37 -15 56
13 Altrincham 42 14 11 17 61 74 21 10 3 8 31 27 21 4 8 9 30 47 -13 53
14 Gateshead 41 13 14 14 60 57 20 6 8 6 30 26 21 7 6 8 30 31 3 52
15 Halifax Town 41 14 10 17 43 46 20 10 4 6 28 21 21 4 6 11 15 25 -3 52
16 Oldham Athletic 42 13 12 17 56 63 20 9 5 6 33 29 22 4 7 11 23 34 -7 51
17 York City 43 13 10 20 50 57 22 7 6 9 25 30 21 6 4 11 25 27 -7 49
18 Maidenhead United 43 13 10 20 46 60 22 8 7 7 26 25 21 5 3 13 20 35 -14 49
19 Dorking Wanderers 42 14 7 21 60 86 21 10 4 7 35 39 21 4 3 14 25 47 -26 49
20 Aldershot Town 42 12 9 21 58 72 21 5 5 11 28 34 21 7 4 10 30 38 -14 45
21 Torquay United 42 11 10 21 51 70 21 5 6 10 32 38 21 6 4 11 19 32 -19 43
22 Yeovil Town 42 7 18 17 33 51 22 6 8 8 18 22 20 1 10 9 15 29 -18 39
23 Scunthorpe United 43 8 10 25 46 80 22 7 3 12 32 40 21 1 7 13 14 40 -34 34
24 Maidstone United 43 5 10 28 43 92 22 3 8 11 22 39 21 2 2 17 21 53 -49 25

Read more about National League

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.