Princes Park: Dartford vs Hemel Hempstead Town Vanarama National League South preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Princes Park (4100 seats)

The standings reveals that 27 points separate the two two sets of gladiators in this Vanarama National League South fixture. Dartford carry both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Dartford have the most scored goals (57) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have scored more than double the goals of Hemel Hempstead Town.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Dartford form and stats

Dartford are steadily winning Vanarama National League South games and points here at Princes Park. 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. In general it's been a long time since Dartford tasted defeat here at Princes Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Dartford, who won 3-1 against Cheshunt (placed 22nd).

Ahead of that match, Dartford won a home game hosting Ebbsfleet United (4-0).

Goal fest? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 most recent league games with this team has contained three goals or more.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Metropolitan Police FC are coming to town in three days.

Goals decide football matches and Dartford are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 13 league matches. Dartford are not conceding a lot of goals here at Princes Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches. 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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Hemel Hempstead Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Hemel Hempstead Town's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the Vanarama National League South. Hemel Hempstead Town only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Hempstead have lost on their last two travels.

Impressive finishing from Hughes and Holness secured the home win 2-0 against Hampton & Richmond in their previous game.

A 1-2 defeat away at St Albans City before that.

A new game in only three days for Hemel Hempstead Town, the Vanarama National League South home match versus Braintree Town. Busy days.

Hempstead have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Hemel Hempstead Town have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Dartford have pulled off a streak of 12 consecutive games without defeat (7-5-0) when facing Hemel Hempstead Town.

The last head-to-head encounter ended Hemel Hempstead Town - Dartford 0-2, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

DartfordS. Carruthers
S. Carruthers
9 goals
DartfordP. Fonkeu
P. Fonkeu
8 goals
DartfordA. Wall
A. Wall
7 goals

Dartford missing players

Hemel Hempstead Town missing players

Dartford Hemel Hempstead Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 12 25
18 10 3 Won W 0 3 8
3 1 1 Drew D 1 3 6
6 2 0 Lost L 3 6 11
57 31 11 Scored S 4 13 28
26 10 2 Conceded C 8 19 35
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
93% 92% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 76%
70% 77% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 58% 44%
33% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 28%
11% 15% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
70% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 56%
26% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 28%
7% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 20%
 
4.3 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.9 4.7
5.1 4.7 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 5.5
2.2 2.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.9 9.8 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.7 10
4.8 5.4 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3.7
44% 44% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 41% 32%
 
8.8 8 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.9 10.2
3.9 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.1 4.4
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Dartford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dartford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dartford have scored more than double the goals of Hemel Hempstead Town.
  • Dartford have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the most points (31) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the most scored goals (57) in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Dartford have the the best goal difference (+31) in Vanarama National League South
  • Hemel Hempstead Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hemel Hempstead Town have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Dartford 27 18 3 6 57 26 13 10 1 2 31 10 14 8 2 4 26 16 31 57
2 Havant & Waterlooville 25 16 4 5 56 34 14 8 1 5 29 20 11 8 3 0 27 14 22 52
3 Ebbsfleet United 24 16 3 5 54 27 13 9 1 3 34 14 11 7 2 2 20 13 27 51
4 Chelmsford City 24 13 5 6 33 20 13 8 2 3 21 10 11 5 3 3 12 10 13 44
5 Worthing 26 11 10 5 43 38 14 5 5 4 22 28 12 6 5 1 21 10 5 43
6 St Albans City 25 12 6 7 40 23 12 5 4 3 15 9 13 7 2 4 25 14 17 42
7 Oxford City 27 11 9 7 44 37 14 7 5 2 32 21 13 4 4 5 12 16 7 42
8 Eastbourne Borough 26 12 3 11 44 40 13 6 1 6 24 19 13 6 2 5 20 21 4 39
9 Braintree Town 25 10 7 8 38 34 12 6 6 0 20 10 13 4 1 8 18 24 4 37
10 Bath City 25 9 8 8 36 34 12 5 2 5 19 16 13 4 6 3 17 18 2 35
11 Tonbridge Angels 26 10 4 12 37 44 13 5 3 5 20 22 13 5 1 7 17 22 -7 34
12 Farnborough 22 9 6 7 27 23 10 4 3 3 12 10 12 5 3 4 15 13 4 33
13 Welling United 24 8 8 8 33 37 12 4 3 5 18 18 12 4 5 3 15 19 -4 32
14 Dover Athletic 25 8 7 10 30 33 12 5 3 4 18 14 13 3 4 6 12 19 -3 31
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 25 8 6 11 28 35 13 5 3 5 15 16 12 3 3 6 13 19 -7 30
16 Dulwich Hamlet 22 8 4 10 32 38 12 5 1 6 17 20 10 3 3 4 15 18 -6 28
17 Taunton Town 19 6 7 6 18 18 8 4 4 0 11 4 11 2 3 6 7 14 0 25
18 Slough Town 25 6 7 12 30 48 13 3 3 7 15 25 12 3 4 5 15 23 -18 25
19 Chippenham Town 23 6 6 11 21 33 9 4 2 3 6 7 14 2 4 8 15 26 -12 24
20 Hampton & Richmond 23 6 5 12 29 40 11 2 4 5 10 19 12 4 1 7 19 21 -11 23
21 Concord Rangers 22 6 5 11 22 36 12 4 4 4 15 17 10 2 1 7 7 19 -14 23
22 Cheshunt 25 7 2 16 30 48 13 5 0 8 21 29 12 2 2 8 9 19 -18 23
23 Weymouth 23 5 3 15 25 46 11 1 2 8 5 19 12 4 1 7 20 27 -21 18
24 Hungerford Town 24 4 4 16 18 33 12 3 3 6 8 10 12 1 1 10 10 23 -15 16

Read more about Vanarama National League South

The National League South, formerly known as Conference South, is the sixth highest division in English football. It consists of teams located in the South West and South East of England, London and the southern parts of Wales, the Midlands and the East of England. 22 teams make up the league table.