Early betting lines hint to Havant & Waterlooville advantage versus Eastbourne Borough

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Westleigh Park (5250 seats)

Tension and suspense is expected at Westleigh Park when Havant & Waterlooville challenge Eastbourne Borough in what promises to be a grand fixture. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Havant & Waterlooville have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Vanarama National League South

Havant & Waterlooville and Eastbourne Borough should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Havant & Waterlooville form and stats

7 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Havant & Waterlooville have to build on here at Westleigh Park in the Vanarama National League South. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Havant & Waterlooville, their manager Doswell and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Waterlooville's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Dartford (placed 2nd).

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Slough Town.

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 Havant & Waterlooville's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Goals decide football matches and Waterlooville are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 12 league matches. On the other hand, Havant & Waterlooville have conceded 17 goals. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Eastbourne Borough form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League South matches, Eastbourne Borough have produced an overall stat of 5-2-4 so far.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Fa Trophy home defeat versus Bracknell Town with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Ebbsfleet United.

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 Eastbourne Borough playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 3 away wins, 1 draw and 0 home wins.

The travelling fans enjoy Eastbourne's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. As for defending, Eastbourne Borough rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Waterlooville victories, two draws and one Eastbourne Borough win. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Havant & WaterloovilleM. Fall
M. Fall
12 goals
Havant & WaterloovilleJ. Roberts
J. Roberts
11 goals
Eastbourne BoroughJ. Hutchinson
J. Hutchinson
11 goals

Havant & Waterlooville missing players

Eastbourne Borough missing players

Havant & Waterlooville Eastbourne Borough
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
14 7 0 Won W 2 5 11
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
4 4 3 Lost L 2 4 9
49 25 1 Scored S 6 18 41
30 17 5 Conceded C 8 18 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
86% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 83%
64% 58% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 65%
55% 58% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 35%
32% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 27% 26%
68% 58% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 61%
23% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 17%
9% 17% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 26%
 
5.9 6.9 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 5.1
4.7 4.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 6.5 5.1
2 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
14.2 16.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.6 9.7
7 7.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.6 4.8
32% 27% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 35% 36%
 
8 8.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 12.4 10.7
3.7 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.4 4.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Havant & Waterlooville have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Vanarama National League South
  • Havant & Waterlooville haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 21 15 3 3 49 18 11 8 1 2 29 9 10 7 2 1 20 9 31 48
2 Dartford 24 15 3 6 46 24 12 9 1 2 27 10 12 6 2 4 19 14 22 48
3 Havant & Waterlooville 22 14 4 4 49 30 12 7 1 4 25 17 10 7 3 0 24 13 19 46
4 Chelmsford City 21 12 4 5 29 17 11 7 2 2 19 9 10 5 2 3 10 8 12 40
5 Oxford City 24 10 8 6 39 31 12 6 5 1 29 17 12 4 3 5 10 14 8 38
6 St Albans City 22 10 6 6 34 19 11 4 4 3 13 8 11 6 2 3 21 11 15 36
7 Eastbourne Borough 23 11 3 9 41 34 12 6 1 5 23 16 11 5 2 4 18 18 7 36
8 Braintree Town 21 10 5 6 34 26 10 6 4 0 17 7 11 4 1 6 17 19 8 35
9 Worthing 22 9 8 5 34 31 12 3 5 4 15 23 10 6 3 1 19 8 3 35
10 Tonbridge Angels 23 10 3 10 33 38 11 5 2 4 17 18 12 5 1 6 16 20 -5 33
11 Bath City 21 8 6 7 31 29 9 4 1 4 14 11 12 4 5 3 17 18 2 30
12 Dover Athletic 21 7 6 8 27 29 10 4 3 3 16 12 11 3 3 5 11 17 -2 27
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 22 7 6 9 24 30 11 4 3 4 12 13 11 3 3 5 12 17 -6 27
14 Farnborough 19 7 5 7 20 20 9 3 3 3 10 9 10 4 2 4 10 11 0 26
15 Welling United 21 6 8 7 28 33 11 3 3 5 16 17 10 3 5 2 12 16 -5 26
16 Dulwich Hamlet 19 7 3 9 28 32 10 5 0 5 15 15 9 2 3 4 13 17 -4 24
17 Taunton Town 17 5 7 5 15 16 8 4 4 0 11 4 9 1 3 5 4 12 -1 22
18 Hampton & Richmond 20 6 4 10 26 34 10 2 3 5 10 19 10 4 1 5 16 15 -8 22
19 Concord Rangers 20 6 4 10 19 31 11 4 3 4 14 16 9 2 1 6 5 15 -12 22
20 Slough Town 22 5 5 12 22 42 12 3 2 7 13 23 10 2 3 5 9 19 -20 20
21 Cheshunt 22 6 1 15 24 42 11 4 0 7 16 24 11 2 1 8 8 18 -18 19
22 Weymouth 21 5 3 13 23 39 10 1 2 7 4 16 11 4 1 6 19 23 -16 18
23 Chippenham Town 19 4 4 11 16 31 8 4 1 3 6 7 11 0 3 8 10 24 -15 16
24 Hungerford Town 21 3 3 15 15 30 10 2 2 6 6 9 11 1 1 9 9 21 -15 12

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.