Merthyr Town ended up with a 1-1 scoreline vs Walton Casuals in their previous game, a match to learn from. The next task is this robust Taunton Town side.
- Merthyr Town have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Taunton Town have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Non League Premier: Southern South
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Non League Premier: Southern South.
Merthyr Town form and stats
With 1 Non League Premier: Southern South win, 2 draws and 11 defeats from their home games, Merthyr Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 17 attempts.
The Merthyr Town manager Shephard and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Walton Casuals (placed 10th).
Before that game, the home loss against Metropolitan Police FC with the scoreline 2-3.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Merthyr Town as they are travelling to their away game against Swindon Supermarine in the Non League Premier: Southern South. That match is three days after this one.
Merthyr are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. Merthyr Town have conceded 34 goals in these home games, a significant number. When Merthyr Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Salisbury, Tiverton Town, Wimborne Town, Swindon Supermarine, Kings Langley, Dorchester Town and Hartley Wintney), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Taunton Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Non League Premier: Southern South travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Taunton Town as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Salisbury in their previous game.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Kings Langley.The visiting Taunton Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Taunton Town have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Merthyr Town six wins, one draw and Taunton Town three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Merthyr Town missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 54 |
| 62 | 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 81% |
| 70% | 79% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | 59% |
| 48% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 30% |
| 19% | 21% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 15% |
| 63% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 70% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 29% | 19% |
| 33% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 15% |
| 0.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 5.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.2 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 2.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 69% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 88% | 75% | 106% |
| 5.9 | 10 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
- All of Merthyr Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Merthyr Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Merthyr Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Merthyr Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Merthyr Town have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Merthyr Town have the fewest points (5) at home in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Merthyr Town have the most conceded goals (34) at home in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Merthyr Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Merthyr Town have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Merthyr Town have the the worst goal difference (-19) at home in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Merthyr Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Merthyr Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Taunton Town have created more than twice as many corners as Merthyr Town.
- Taunton Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Taunton Town have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Non League Premier: Southern South
- Taunton Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Taunton Town is in the best form (6-0-0) in Non League Premier: Southern South
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Farnborough | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 62 |
| 2 | Hayes & Yeading United | 27 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 69 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 44 | 59 |
| 3 | Metropolitan Police FC | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 19 | 55 |
| 4 | Taunton Town | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 54 |
| 5 | Gosport Borough | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 50 |
| 6 | Weston-super-Mare | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 49 |
| 7 | Chesham United | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 48 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 49 |
| 8 | Yate Town | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 48 |
| 9 | Poole Town | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 45 |
| 10 | Walton Casuals | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -7 | 43 |
| 11 | Truro City | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 42 |
| 12 | Harrow Borough | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 44 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 26 | -7 | 38 |
| 13 | Hendon | 29 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 20 | -4 | 36 |
| 14 | Beaconsfield Town | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 62 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 38 | -20 | 35 |
| 15 | Salisbury | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | -9 | 34 |
| 16 | Swindon Supermarine | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -9 | 31 |
| 17 | Tiverton Town | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -3 | 28 |
| 18 | Hartley Wintney | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 33 | -18 | 28 |
| 19 | Dorchester Town | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 29 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 27 | -18 | 24 |
| 20 | Kings Langley | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -23 | 20 |
| 21 | Wimborne Town | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 35 | -37 | 14 |
| 22 | Merthyr Town | 27 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -34 | 13 |
