Non League Div One: Southern South fixture tips and preview for the Sholing vs Melksham Town duel

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Competition: England Non League Div One: Southern South
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Things are looking good for Sholing at this point, with the 6th position in the Non League Div One: Southern South table and hosting Melksham Town (who are placed 9th).

Insights:
  • Sholing have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Non League Div One: Southern South
  • Melksham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Sholing form and stats

The story so far in the Non League Div One: Southern South for Sholing at their home stadium (St. Mary's Stadium) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

The Sholing supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at St. Mary's Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Frome Town (placed 1st).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Winchester City.

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

Sholing are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Sholing have conceded only 9 goals.

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Melksham Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Div One: Southern South travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Melksham Town has drawn their two previous away games.

Melksham Town played 3-3 against Mangotsfield United in their previous match.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Plymouth Parkway.

Melksham are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. 19 goals have been conceded by Melksham Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Sholing wins - draws - Melksham Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Sholing missing players

Melksham Town missing players

Sholing Melksham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 13 2 Played P 4 13 26
13 7 0 Won W 1 5 11
5 4 1 Drew D 1 3 6
5 2 1 Lost L 2 5 9
39 17 0 Scored S 7 22 48
20 9 2 Conceded C 8 19 46
87% 77% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 88%
52% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 69%
22% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 46% 54%
13% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 27%
48% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 62%
39% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 15%
26% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 23%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 4
4.7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.3 5.5
0.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.7 9.8
9.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 5.5
21% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 41%
 
13.5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11 12.8
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.7 6.5
Key stats in Non League Div One: Southern South this season:
  • Melksham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sholing have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Non League Div One: Southern South
  • Sholing have won significantly less 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 Frome Town 26 17 5 4 57 25 14 11 1 2 36 13 12 6 4 2 21 12 32 56
2 Cirencester Town 26 16 7 3 57 23 14 10 4 0 36 14 12 6 3 3 21 9 34 55
3 Winchester City 27 15 6 6 69 38 14 7 4 3 36 19 13 8 2 3 33 19 31 51
4 AFC Totton 25 15 4 6 67 28 11 7 2 2 26 11 14 8 2 4 41 17 39 49
5 Bristol Manor Farm 26 14 6 6 47 35 13 6 4 3 17 14 13 8 2 3 30 21 12 48
6 Sholing 23 13 5 5 39 20 13 7 4 2 17 9 10 6 1 3 22 11 19 44
7 Paulton Rovers 27 13 2 12 61 48 13 5 1 7 23 23 14 8 1 5 38 25 13 41
8 Plymouth Parkway 21 12 3 6 54 32 9 6 2 1 24 8 12 6 1 5 30 24 22 39
9 Melksham Town 25 11 5 9 45 43 12 6 2 4 23 24 13 5 3 5 22 19 2 38
10 Larkhall Athletic 21 8 8 5 40 28 11 5 4 2 26 17 10 3 4 3 14 11 12 32
11 Willand Rovers 25 9 5 11 43 41 13 5 2 6 18 18 12 4 3 5 25 23 2 32
12 Highworth Town 24 10 2 12 35 37 13 7 1 5 24 17 11 3 1 7 11 20 -2 32
13 Evesham United 26 9 3 14 41 57 13 6 2 5 26 30 13 3 1 9 15 27 -16 30
14 Slimbridge 26 9 2 15 40 65 12 6 1 5 26 27 14 3 1 10 14 38 -25 29
15 Lymington Town 27 7 7 13 38 64 14 4 4 6 20 32 13 3 3 7 18 32 -26 28
16 Bideford 23 5 4 14 20 41 11 3 1 7 9 19 12 2 3 7 11 22 -21 19
17 Cinderford Town 26 4 6 16 43 68 11 3 2 6 21 31 15 1 4 10 22 37 -25 18
18 Mangotsfield United 24 4 4 16 28 66 13 3 2 8 18 38 11 1 2 8 10 28 -38 16
19 Barnstaple Town 26 3 2 21 31 96 13 3 0 10 16 49 13 0 2 11 15 47 -65 11