Vanarama National League South preview: Can Hampton & Richmond edge out victory against Taunton Town?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Tue 28.March
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Beveree Stadium (3500 seats)

Hampton & Richmond have enginereed 6 home wins this season, Taunton Town have won 6 away. Who improves their records after this one?

Insights:
  • Taunton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (20) 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 Hampton & Richmond and Taunton Town.

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Hampton & Richmond form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Hampton & Richmond have to build on here at Beveree Stadium in the Vanarama National League South.

The Richmond club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Beveree Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Farnborough (placed 10th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through four league matches.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Dover Athletic.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hampton & Richmond have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.

The manager Gwinnett will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Welling United in only four days.

Hampton & Richmond are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 19 games. On the other hand, Richmond have conceded 27 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Taunton Town form and stats

6-4-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Taunton Town in their Vanarama National League South matches away. Momentum is building for Taunton Town in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Taunton goalkeeper Jack Bycroft is eager to challenge this, with his 237 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Taunton Town, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Braintree Town (placed 5th) last time out.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Welling United with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Taunton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Taunton Town, the Vanarama National League South home match versus Ebbsfleet United. Busy days.

The visiting Taunton Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 18 games. As opposed to that, Taunton Town have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have fought earlier this season: Taunton Town - Richmond 1-3. Previous two meetings featuring these teams: Hampton & Richmond won one, Taunton Town triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals. Fernandez likes to face Taunton Town and have scored 2 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Taunton TownD. Sims-Burgess
D. Sims-Burgess
6 goals
Hampton & RichmondL. Fernandez
L. Fernandez
5 goals
Taunton TownZ. Smith
Z. Smith
5 goals

Hampton & Richmond missing players

Taunton Town missing players

Hampton & Richmond Taunton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 6 18 35
12 6 3 Won W 3 6 11
8 5 0 Drew D 1 4 10
19 8 2 Lost L 2 8 14
51 20 7 Scored S 9 19 37
62 27 4 Conceded C 7 22 39
97% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 86%
79% 74% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 60%
51% 42% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 39% 37%
26% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 28% 23%
21% 16% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 11%
56% 47% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 39% 46%
21% 21% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 31%
26% 37% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 39% 37%
 
4.8 4.8 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.4 3.8
4.6 4.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 4.5
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.1
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.7 9.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 8.9 9
3.9 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.2 3.2
33% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 33%
 
8.8 8.1 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11.9 10.4
3.6 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Taunton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Taunton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (20) in Vanarama National League South
  • Taunton Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) 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 40 28 7 5 94 41 20 15 2 3 59 21 20 13 5 2 35 20 53 91
2 Dartford 38 21 7 10 70 42 19 13 2 4 39 16 19 8 5 6 31 26 28 70
3 Oxford City 40 18 14 8 69 48 20 11 6 3 45 26 20 7 8 5 24 22 21 68
4 Chelmsford City 40 20 8 12 55 40 20 12 2 6 33 17 20 8 6 6 22 23 15 68
5 Braintree Town 40 17 13 10 56 47 20 10 9 1 29 17 20 7 4 9 27 30 9 64
6 Worthing 40 17 12 11 75 67 20 9 5 6 42 39 20 8 7 5 33 28 8 63
7 St Albans City 39 18 8 13 61 45 19 7 5 7 25 21 20 11 3 6 36 24 16 62
8 Havant & Waterlooville 39 18 8 13 71 57 20 10 4 6 39 27 19 8 4 7 32 30 14 62
9 Tonbridge Angels 40 18 8 14 62 60 20 8 6 6 35 32 20 10 2 8 27 28 2 62
10 Farnborough 38 17 9 12 50 39 19 7 6 6 27 20 19 10 3 6 23 19 11 60
11 Eastbourne Borough 40 18 5 17 66 61 20 9 2 9 34 29 20 9 3 8 32 32 5 59
12 Bath City 40 16 10 14 55 50 20 8 3 9 27 26 20 8 7 5 28 24 5 58
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 40 15 11 14 45 48 20 8 6 6 24 22 20 7 5 8 21 26 -3 56
14 Chippenham Town 38 11 14 13 44 52 18 7 7 4 24 21 20 4 7 9 20 31 -8 47
15 Welling United 39 11 13 15 45 55 20 5 5 10 24 30 19 6 8 5 21 25 -10 45
16 Hampton & Richmond 39 12 8 19 51 62 19 6 5 8 20 27 20 6 3 11 31 35 -11 44
17 Dover Athletic 39 11 11 17 37 54 20 7 5 8 22 26 19 4 6 9 15 28 -17 44
18 Taunton Town 35 11 10 14 37 39 17 5 6 6 18 17 18 6 4 8 19 22 -2 43
19 Slough Town 40 11 10 19 47 71 20 5 5 10 25 37 20 6 5 9 22 34 -24 43
20 Cheshunt 40 10 10 20 45 64 20 7 4 9 25 32 20 3 6 11 20 32 -19 40
21 Dulwich Hamlet 39 11 6 22 56 82 19 7 2 10 26 33 20 4 4 12 30 49 -26 39
22 Hungerford Town 38 9 8 21 41 55 20 6 7 7 20 17 18 3 1 14 21 38 -14 35
23 Weymouth 39 10 5 24 48 72 20 5 3 12 18 33 19 5 2 12 30 39 -24 35
24 Concord Rangers 34 8 7 19 32 61 17 4 4 9 17 29 17 4 3 10 15 32 -29 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.