Open game expected at The Perrys Crabble Stadium: Dover Athletic vs Bath City preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Perrys Crabble Stadium (6500 seats)

Who will go home victorious when Bath City travel to Dover Athletic? In this game guide you'll learn all the relevant facts and numbers needed to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Dover Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bath City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Dover Athletic nor Bath City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Dover Athletic have to build on here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium in the Vanarama National League South.

Dover are confident in defense, having played 358 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Dover Athletic's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Havant & Waterlooville (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Taunton Town and winning 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Dover have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Dover Athletic, as the Vanarama National League South home game vs Cheshunt is only three days away.

Dover Athletic has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Dover have conceded 20 in these home 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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Bath City form and stats

Playing away, Bath City have won 7 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Vanarama National League South this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Bath City on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Bath play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Slough Town (placed 16th).

A loss against Tonbridge Angels was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bath City playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 Bath City wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hemel Hempstead Town in just three days.

Bath City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Bath City have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants met previously this campaign; Bath City - Dover 0-1. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Dover Athletic won six, Bath City triumphed in two and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Bath CityC. Cooke
C. Cooke
11 goals
Bath CityS. Wilson
S. Wilson
9 goals
DoverL. Wanadio
L. Wanadio
8 goals

Dover Athletic missing players

Bath City missing players

Dover Athletic Bath City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
11 7 3 Won W 3 7 13
10 4 2 Drew D 0 6 9
13 6 0 Lost L 2 4 12
36 22 11 Scored S 8 25 48
44 20 3 Conceded C 7 21 43
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
74% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 76% 74%
44% 59% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 47%
21% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 24% 29%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
47% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 53% 53%
35% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 35% 26%
26% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 24% 26%
 
4.4 4.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 4.7 5.2
5.2 5.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 4.9
2.2 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.3 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.8 9.6 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 9.8 10.1
4.2 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.8 4.4
23% 26% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 28% 31%
 
10.5 10.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 9.9 9.2
4.5 4.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.3 4
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Bath City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dover Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Ebbsfleet United 35 25 5 5 81 36 17 13 1 3 48 17 18 12 4 2 33 19 45 80
2 Dartford 34 20 6 8 64 35 17 12 2 3 35 13 17 8 4 5 29 22 29 66
3 Oxford City 35 16 12 7 60 42 17 10 5 2 41 22 18 6 7 5 19 20 18 60
4 Havant & Waterlooville 33 18 5 10 63 46 17 10 2 5 36 23 16 8 3 5 27 23 17 59
5 Worthing 35 16 11 8 65 50 18 8 5 5 37 34 17 8 6 3 28 16 15 59
6 Braintree Town 34 16 10 8 51 40 17 9 8 0 28 15 17 7 2 8 23 25 11 58
7 Chelmsford City 34 16 7 11 39 31 18 10 2 6 24 14 16 6 5 5 15 17 8 55
8 Tonbridge Angels 35 16 6 13 52 51 17 7 5 5 28 25 18 9 1 8 24 26 1 54
9 St Albans City 33 15 7 11 52 38 16 6 4 6 21 17 17 9 3 5 31 21 14 52
10 Eastbourne Borough 35 16 3 16 57 54 17 8 1 8 29 25 18 8 2 8 28 29 3 51
11 Farnborough 31 14 7 10 40 31 15 6 4 5 21 16 16 8 3 5 19 15 9 49
12 Bath City 34 13 9 12 48 43 17 6 3 8 23 22 17 7 6 4 25 21 5 48
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 34 13 9 12 39 42 17 7 5 5 20 18 17 6 4 7 19 24 -3 48
14 Dover Athletic 34 11 10 13 36 44 17 7 4 6 22 20 17 4 6 7 14 24 -8 43
15 Welling United 33 10 11 12 43 51 17 4 5 8 23 28 16 6 6 4 20 23 -8 41
16 Slough Town 34 9 9 16 39 63 17 4 4 9 20 35 17 5 5 7 19 28 -24 36
17 Taunton Town 28 8 9 11 28 29 15 5 6 4 16 12 13 3 3 7 12 17 -1 33
18 Hampton & Richmond 33 8 8 17 41 57 16 4 5 7 16 24 17 4 3 10 25 33 -16 32
19 Dulwich Hamlet 33 9 5 19 47 68 16 5 1 10 21 30 17 4 4 9 26 38 -21 32
20 Cheshunt 33 8 7 18 38 59 18 6 3 9 24 32 15 2 4 9 14 27 -21 31
21 Chippenham Town 31 6 12 13 30 45 13 4 5 4 12 14 18 2 7 9 18 31 -15 30
22 Weymouth 32 8 4 20 39 60 16 3 3 10 11 25 16 5 1 10 28 35 -21 28
23 Hungerford Town 32 7 6 19 30 43 17 5 5 7 17 15 15 2 1 12 13 28 -13 27
24 Concord Rangers 29 7 6 16 28 52 15 4 4 7 16 25 14 3 2 9 12 27 -24 27

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.