Betting guide: Dartford likely to triumph over Taunton Town at Princes Park

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Thu 13.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Princes Park (4100 seats)

A look at the Vanarama National League South standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Read our Dartford - Taunton Town preview!

Insights:
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals (17) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (23) in Vanarama National League South

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Dartford form and stats

Dartford have performed here at Princes Park this season with 15 wins from 21 Vanarama National League South matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Princes Park.

A nice win for Dartford last time playing, versus Dover Athletic. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Bradbury and Allen scoring for the victors. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Dowson when Allen scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.

Heartbreak before that as Dartford lost 1-2 at Eastbourne Borough's place.

Goals keep flowing in this team's league rounds, with 5 in a row containing three goals or more (over 2.5).

Dartford are traveling soon after this match as the Vanarama National League South match at Tonbridge Angels awaits in two days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (45 in 21 games), Dartford's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Dartford have conceded only 17 goals.

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Taunton Town form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Taunton Town playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League South this season.

Taunton Town had fun at their own home (Princes Park) last time out, beating Slough Town 2-1. Morgan and Wannell scored. The end of the last match, against Slough Town, was very satisfying as Morgan scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Bath City.

Taunton Town have another game away in just two nights, a Vanarama National League South game vs Dulwich Hamlet. A gruelling diary for the visiting team!

Taunton find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 20 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Taunton Town have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Taunton Town - Dartford 2-1 was the story when these two participants last met, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

DartfordA. Wall
A. Wall
11 goals
DartfordS. Carruthers
S. Carruthers
9 goals

Dartford missing players

Taunton Town missing players

Dartford Taunton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 21 7 Played P 6 20 40
23 15 4 Won W 2 7 14
7 2 1 Drew D 2 4 10
11 4 2 Lost L 2 9 16
77 45 11 Scored S 7 22 43
45 17 7 Conceded C 8 25 44
95% 90% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 88%
90% 86% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 60% 60%
68% 71% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 38%
34% 33% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 30% 22%
7% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 15% 10%
68% 57% 57% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 45%
27% 43% 43% Clean Sheets C S 50% 35% 32%
10% 10% 14% Failed to Score F T 33% 35% 35%
 
4.3 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.5 3.8
5 4.6 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.3 4.8
2.1 2.4 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9 10 9.1 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.2 8.9
4.5 5.2 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.6 3.4
42% 41% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 31% 31%
 
8.9 8.2 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.9 10.2
3.9 3 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 4.3
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 at home.
  • Dartford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Taunton Town have scored away.
  • Dartford have the fewest conceded goals (17) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Taunton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (23) in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (15) in Vanarama National League 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 Ebbsfleet United 43 30 7 6 100 44 21 16 2 3 62 21 22 14 5 3 38 23 56 97
2 Dartford 41 23 7 11 77 45 21 15 2 4 45 17 20 8 5 7 32 28 32 76
3 Oxford City 43 20 14 9 76 52 22 13 6 3 52 27 21 7 8 6 24 25 24 74
4 Chelmsford City 42 21 8 13 59 45 21 13 2 6 36 19 21 8 6 7 23 26 14 71
5 Braintree Town 43 19 13 11 62 52 22 11 9 2 33 22 21 8 4 9 29 30 10 70
6 St Albans City 43 20 9 14 66 49 21 8 5 8 27 23 22 12 4 6 39 26 17 69
7 Worthing 41 18 12 11 82 67 21 10 5 6 49 39 20 8 7 5 33 28 15 66
8 Eastbourne Borough 43 20 5 18 69 63 21 10 2 9 36 30 22 10 3 9 33 33 6 65
9 Havant & Waterlooville 42 18 10 14 74 62 21 10 5 6 41 29 21 8 5 8 33 33 12 64
10 Farnborough 41 18 9 14 55 45 20 8 6 6 29 21 21 10 3 8 26 24 10 63
11 Tonbridge Angels 42 18 9 15 63 65 21 8 7 6 36 33 21 10 2 9 27 32 -2 63
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 43 15 14 14 48 51 22 8 8 6 26 24 21 7 6 8 22 27 -3 59
13 Bath City 42 16 10 16 55 53 21 8 3 10 27 28 21 8 7 6 28 25 2 58
14 Chippenham Town 43 14 15 14 53 63 22 10 8 4 32 26 21 4 7 10 21 37 -10 57
15 Taunton Town 40 14 10 16 43 44 20 7 6 7 21 19 20 7 4 9 22 25 -1 52
16 Hampton & Richmond 42 14 8 20 57 65 21 8 5 8 25 28 21 6 3 12 32 37 -8 50
17 Welling United 42 12 14 16 48 58 21 6 5 10 25 30 21 6 9 6 23 28 -10 49
18 Dover Athletic 42 12 12 18 41 57 21 7 6 8 22 26 21 5 6 10 19 31 -16 48
19 Slough Town 43 12 11 20 55 75 21 6 5 10 31 38 22 6 6 10 24 37 -20 47
20 Dulwich Hamlet 42 12 7 23 58 87 20 8 2 10 27 33 22 4 5 13 31 54 -29 43
21 Cheshunt 41 10 10 21 45 65 20 7 4 9 25 32 21 3 6 12 20 33 -20 40
22 Weymouth 42 11 6 25 51 75 22 6 3 13 19 34 20 5 3 12 32 41 -24 39
23 Hungerford Town 40 9 9 22 42 58 21 6 8 7 21 18 19 3 1 15 21 40 -16 36
24 Concord Rangers 38 8 7 23 34 73 18 4 4 10 18 31 20 4 3 13 16 42 -39 31

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.