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

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 31.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Perrys Crabble Stadium (6500 seats)

Worthing journey to Dover Athletic and The Perrys Crabble Stadium loaded with optimism, but the hosts is not a walk in the park. More news on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Dover Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Worthing have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Vanarama National League South

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dover and Worthing.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

Dover Athletic have played 13 Vanarama National League South games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Dover Athletic's attacking players as they have now played 202 minutes without scoring in a league game. Wanadio was their last goal scorer.

Dover shared the glory with Hemel Hempstead Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at Tonbridge Angels.

There will be little rest for Dover Athletic after this match as they are travelling to Slough Town for a Vanarama National League South game in only four days.

The Dover Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. Dover's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Worthing form and stats

Worthing's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Worthing collect 26 points from their 13 away matches in the Vanarama National League South. 7 victories and 5 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Worthing have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 185 minutes since they last conceded in Vanarama National League South.

Worthing had fun at their own home (The Perrys Crabble Stadium) last time out, beating Dartford 3-0.

Prior to that result Worthing won their away game at Eastbourne Borough. The scoreline was 2-0.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Vanarama National League South trip to Tonbridge Angels.

The travelling fans enjoy Worthing's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Worthing as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this match year: Worthing - Dover Athletic 1-1. Statistics for the prior three meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Dover, one draw and one win for Worthing. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

WorthingC. Kealy
C. Kealy
11 goals
WorthingO. Pearce
O. Pearce
9 goals
Dover AthleticA. Pavey
A. Pavey
8 goals

Dover Athletic missing players

Worthing missing players

Dover Athletic Worthing
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 5 13 28
8 5 0 Won W 2 7 13
8 3 1 Drew D 2 5 10
12 5 2 Lost L 1 1 5
31 19 3 Scored S 9 23 48
39 16 6 Conceded C 7 10 38
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 89%
79% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 79%
46% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 46% 57%
25% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 23% 39%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 25%
50% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 80% 54% 64%
32% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 46% 32%
25% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 14%
 
4.2 5.1 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.7 5.2
5.2 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.5 5
2.2 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
9.7 9.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.8 12
4.1 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 5.2 5.3
24% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 31%
 
10.9 10.5 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11.8 11.4
4.5 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 4.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Dover Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dover Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dover Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Worthing have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Worthing have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Worthing have the most clean sheets (6) away 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 28 20 3 5 65 30 15 11 1 3 40 15 13 9 2 2 25 15 35 63
2 Dartford 29 18 3 8 58 32 14 10 1 3 32 13 15 8 2 5 26 19 26 57
3 Havant & Waterlooville 26 16 5 5 57 35 15 8 2 5 30 21 11 8 3 0 27 14 22 53
4 Worthing 28 13 10 5 48 38 15 6 5 4 25 28 13 7 5 1 23 10 10 49
5 Oxford City 30 13 10 7 50 40 15 8 5 2 35 22 15 5 5 5 15 18 10 49
6 Chelmsford City 27 14 5 8 35 24 14 8 2 4 21 11 13 6 3 4 14 13 11 47
7 St Albans City 27 13 6 8 43 26 13 5 4 4 17 12 14 8 2 4 26 14 17 45
8 Eastbourne Borough 29 14 3 12 50 44 15 7 1 7 27 22 14 7 2 5 23 22 6 45
9 Braintree Town 27 11 8 8 40 35 13 7 6 0 22 11 14 4 2 8 18 24 5 41
10 Tonbridge Angels 29 12 5 12 44 46 15 6 4 5 24 22 14 6 1 7 20 24 -2 41
11 Farnborough 23 10 6 7 28 23 10 4 3 3 12 10 13 6 3 4 16 13 5 36
12 Bath City 27 9 8 10 37 37 13 5 2 6 19 17 14 4 6 4 18 20 0 35
13 Welling United 26 9 8 9 36 41 13 4 3 6 20 22 13 5 5 3 16 19 -5 35
14 Hemel Hempstead Town 27 9 7 11 31 36 14 5 4 5 15 16 13 4 3 6 16 20 -5 34
15 Dover Athletic 28 8 8 12 31 39 13 5 3 5 19 16 15 3 5 7 12 23 -8 32
16 Dulwich Hamlet 26 9 4 13 41 50 14 5 1 8 19 26 12 4 3 5 22 24 -9 31
17 Slough Town 27 7 8 12 35 52 14 4 3 7 19 28 13 3 5 5 16 24 -17 29
18 Taunton Town 20 6 7 7 18 19 9 4 4 1 11 5 11 2 3 6 7 14 -1 25
19 Hampton & Richmond 25 6 7 12 31 42 12 2 5 5 11 20 13 4 2 7 20 22 -11 25
20 Chippenham Town 24 6 7 11 22 34 9 4 2 3 6 7 15 2 5 8 16 27 -12 25
21 Cheshunt 26 7 3 16 31 49 14 5 1 8 22 30 12 2 2 8 9 19 -18 24
22 Concord Rangers 24 6 5 13 24 42 13 4 4 5 16 19 11 2 1 8 8 23 -18 23
23 Weymouth 25 5 3 17 27 51 12 1 2 9 6 21 13 4 1 8 21 30 -24 18
24 Hungerford Town 26 4 5 17 20 37 13 3 4 6 9 11 13 1 1 11 11 26 -17 17

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.