Vanarama National League South preview: Can Oxford City edge out victory against Tonbridge Angels?

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Court Place Farm

The standings shows that 6 points divide the pair of opponents in this Vanarama National League South fixture. Oxford City hold both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Oxford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tonbridge Angels haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Oxford City form and stats

The story so far in the Vanarama National League South for Oxford City at their home stadium (Court Place Farm) is 11 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

Oxford City travelled for their previous game, a trip to Dulwich Hamlet that ended 2-2.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cheshunt in a game that was won 1-0.

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 Oxford City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 10 games, won 7 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Take note that 18 of the most recent 24 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (45 in 20 games), Oxford City's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Tonbridge Angels form and stats

As the visiting team in Vanarama National League South matches, Tonbridge Angels have produced an overall stat of 10-2-8 so far.

Tonbridge go into this game after a win, the home game against Hungerford Town that ended 4-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Hungerford Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Havant & Waterlooville that ended 1-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Tonbridge Angels when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Will both teams score at least one goal each? This side's most recent fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each team.

Tonbridge have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 20 league away games 27 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Tonbridge Angels have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Oxford City have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Tonbridge Angels.

The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Tonbridge Angels - Oxford 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

Oxford CityJ. Parker
J. Parker
16 goals
Tonbridge AngelsJ. Greenidge
J. Greenidge
13 goals
Oxford CityK. Lolos
K. Lolos
11 goals

Oxford City missing players

Tonbridge Angels missing players

Oxford City Tonbridge Angels
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 6 20 40
18 11 3 Won W 2 10 18
14 6 2 Drew D 0 2 8
8 3 1 Lost L 4 8 14
69 45 16 Scored S 7 27 62
48 26 11 Conceded C 11 28 60
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
80% 95% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 70% 78%
60% 75% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
38% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 35%
10% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 22%
60% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 62%
30% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 20%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 20%
 
4.6 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.4 5.6 4.9
3.5 3.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.6 4.8
1.8 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.9 1.7
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.3 11.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.8 9.5
5.3 5.7 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.2
32% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 33% 35%
 
9.4 8.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 12.9 11.6
3.9 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.6 5.3 5.1
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Oxford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oxford City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Oxford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tonbridge Angels haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 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 St Albans City 40 19 8 13 63 45 20 8 5 7 27 21 20 11 3 6 36 24 18 65
6 Braintree Town 40 17 13 10 56 47 20 10 9 1 29 17 20 7 4 9 27 30 9 64
7 Farnborough 39 18 9 12 52 40 20 8 6 6 29 21 19 10 3 6 23 19 12 63
8 Worthing 40 17 12 11 75 67 20 9 5 6 42 39 20 8 7 5 33 28 8 63
9 Havant & Waterlooville 40 18 8 14 71 59 20 10 4 6 39 27 20 8 4 8 32 32 12 62
10 Tonbridge Angels 40 18 8 14 62 60 20 8 6 6 35 32 20 10 2 8 27 28 2 62
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 39 12 14 13 47 54 19 8 7 4 27 23 20 4 7 9 20 31 -7 50
15 Hampton & Richmond 40 13 8 19 54 63 20 7 5 8 23 28 20 6 3 11 31 35 -9 47
16 Welling United 40 11 13 16 47 58 20 5 5 10 24 30 20 6 8 6 23 28 -11 45
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 36 11 10 15 38 42 17 5 6 6 18 17 19 6 4 9 20 25 -4 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 35 8 7 20 33 63 17 4 4 9 17 29 18 4 3 11 16 34 -30 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.