Football preview: Home supporters have big expectations when Eastbourne Borough greet Hungerford Town

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Priory Lane Stadium (4134 seats)

Eastbourne Borough are considered as probable winners of this home match vs Hungerford Town, if the league standings are to be trusted. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Eastbourne Borough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hungerford Town have the fewest points (4) away in Vanarama National League South

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an animated match!

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. That’s what Eastbourne Borough have to build on here at Priory Lane Stadium in the Vanarama National League South. Eastbourne Borough has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Bloor and the players.

Eastbourne Borough haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 184 minutes ago. Walker scored that one.

Eastbourne Borough's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Worthing (placed 4th).

Heartbreak before that as Eastbourne lost 0-2 at Bath City's place.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Eastbourne Borough's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Eastbourne Borough have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Priory Lane Stadium with 24 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Eastbourne have conceded 21 from these games.

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Hungerford Town form and stats

Hungerford Town have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Vanarama National League South, after 1-1-10 (12 played). Bitter travels for Hungerford Town as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Bath City match.

The fans enjoyed Hungerford Town's previous match versus Tamworth, a Fa Trophy win (2-1) played at home.

Before that, Hungerford Town secured a home win against Dover Athletic with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Hungerford playing away, we found 10 games. Results were 3 away wins, 2 draws and 5 home wins.

Hungerford Town have another game away in just three nights, a Vanarama National League South fixture vs Concord Rangers. A grim schedule for them!

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hungerford have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head encounter ended Hungerford Town - Eastbourne Borough 2-0, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two teams are: seven wins for Eastbourne Borough, one draw and two wins for Hungerford Town. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Eastbourne BoroughS. Remy
S. Remy
6 goals
Eastbourne BoroughL. Gravata
L. Gravata
4 goals
Eastbourne BoroughJ. Hammond
J. Hammond
4 goals

Eastbourne Borough missing players

Hungerford Town missing players

Eastbourne Borough Hungerford Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 12 24
12 6 3 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
12 7 1 Lost L 3 10 16
44 24 10 Scored S 1 10 18
42 21 3 Conceded C 8 23 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
85% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 54%
63% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 33%
33% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 17%
22% 21% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 17%
59% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 42%
15% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 17%
30% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 50%
 
5.1 5.6 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.2 5.6
5.1 4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.4 5.3
1.6 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.4 10.5 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.7 11.4
4.7 5 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.2
35% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 21% 19%
 
10.9 9.5 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 13.8 12.2
4.7 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.8 5
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Eastbourne Borough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Eastbourne Borough have scored more than double the goals of Hungerford Town.
  • Eastbourne Borough haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hungerford Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hungerford Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hungerford Town have the fewest points (4) away in Vanarama National League South
  • Hungerford Town have the the worst goal difference (-13) 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 26 18 3 5 58 28 14 10 1 3 36 14 12 8 2 2 22 14 30 57
2 Dartford 28 18 3 7 58 29 14 10 1 3 32 13 14 8 2 4 26 16 29 57
3 Havant & Waterlooville 25 16 4 5 56 34 14 8 1 5 29 20 11 8 3 0 27 14 22 52
4 Worthing 27 12 10 5 45 38 14 5 5 4 22 28 13 7 5 1 23 10 7 46
5 Chelmsford City 25 13 5 7 33 22 13 8 2 3 21 10 12 5 3 4 12 12 11 44
6 Oxford City 28 11 10 7 45 38 14 7 5 2 32 21 14 4 5 5 13 17 7 43
7 St Albans City 26 12 6 8 42 26 13 5 4 4 17 12 13 7 2 4 25 14 16 42
8 Eastbourne Borough 27 12 3 12 44 42 14 6 1 7 24 21 13 6 2 5 20 21 2 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 Tonbridge Angels 27 11 4 12 40 46 13 5 3 5 20 22 14 6 1 7 20 24 -6 37
11 Bath City 25 9 8 8 36 34 12 5 2 5 19 16 13 4 6 3 17 18 2 35
12 Farnborough 22 9 6 7 27 23 10 4 3 3 12 10 12 5 3 4 15 13 4 33
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 9 6 11 31 36 13 5 3 5 15 16 13 4 3 6 16 20 -5 33
14 Welling United 25 8 8 9 35 41 13 4 3 6 20 22 12 4 5 3 15 19 -6 32
15 Dulwich Hamlet 23 9 4 10 36 40 12 5 1 6 17 20 11 4 3 4 19 20 -4 31
16 Dover Athletic 26 8 7 11 31 35 13 5 3 5 19 16 13 3 4 6 12 19 -4 31
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 Hampton & Richmond 24 6 6 12 30 41 12 2 5 5 11 20 12 4 1 7 19 21 -11 24
20 Chippenham Town 23 6 6 11 21 33 9 4 2 3 6 7 14 2 4 8 15 26 -12 24
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.