Home advantage could prove decisive in Taunton Town - Welling United battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cygnet Health Care Stadium (2500 seats)

This promises to be another engaging contest at Cygnet Health Care Stadium in the Vanarama National League South. Taunton Town is in 15th position and receive Welling United in 23rd spot. Learn more about the game here!

Insights:
  • Taunton Town have the most points from losing position (4) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Vanarama National League South

It's no vacation for neither Taunton Town nor Welling United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Taunton Town form and stats

Taunton Town have only played one Vanarama National League South game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 23 matches.

The Taunton Town manager Dray and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Weymouth (placed 11th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Aveley.

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 Taunton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Taunton Town has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Welling United form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Vanarama National League South ended in defeat. Last season Welling United had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 7, drew 9 and lost 7.

The manager Bloor was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Park View Road. Welling United suffered a 1-2 loss to Chelmsford City (placed 3rd). Welling United were so close to getting something from the game against Chelmsford City, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal nine minutes into overtime.

A 0-1 loss hosting Hemel Hempstead Town before that.

Welling United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

{2 goals} so far away for Welling United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the former two meetings): Taunton won one game, one match ended in a draw and Welling United have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.

Top Goalscorers

Taunton TownN. Grimes
N. Grimes
1 goals
Taunton TownD. Morgan
D. Morgan
1 goals
Taunton TownR. Stearn
R. Stearn
1 goals

Taunton Town missing players

Welling United missing players

Taunton Town Welling United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
4 2 2 Scored S 0 2 3
6 1 1 Conceded C 0 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 33%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5 9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4
5 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 5.7
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.7 7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 9.7
5 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.3
27% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 43%
 
11 4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 11
6.3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 10 5.3
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Taunton Town have the most points from losing position (4) in Vanarama National League South
  • Welling United have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Vanarama National League South
Taunton Town Last season Welling United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
17 8   Won W   7 15
10 6   Drew D   9 14
19 9   Lost L   7 17
50 25   Scored S   26 57
55 27   Conceded C   31 63
89% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 89%
63% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 70%
41% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 52%
24% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 24%
11% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 20%
46% 52%   BTTS BTTS   52% 52%
30% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 33%
35% 35%   Failed to Score F T   26% 26%
 
4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.3
4.8 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.7
4 2   Red cards R C   7 11
 
8.7 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 8.3
3.3 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.2
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 38%
 
10.1 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   13.3 12
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Worthing 3 3 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 7 9
2 Weston-super-Mare 3 3 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7 2 6 9
3 Chelmsford City 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
4 Aveley 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
5 Chippenham Town 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
6 St Albans City 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
7 Yeovil Town 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
8 Hemel Hempstead Town 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Maidstone United 3 2 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 -1 6
10 Dover Athletic 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
11 Weymouth 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
12 Farnborough 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Bath City 3 1 1 1 8 9 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 4
14 Eastbourne Borough 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
15 Taunton Town 3 1 1 1 4 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 4
16 Torquay United 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 4
17 Truro City 3 1 0 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 3
18 Braintree Town 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
19 Tonbridge Angels 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
20 Dartford 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
21 Hampton & Richmond 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
22 Havant & Waterlooville 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
23 Welling United 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 5 -5 0
24 Slough Town 3 0 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 0
Last season 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 46 32 7 7 110 47 23 18 2 3 70 21 23 14 5 4 40 26 63 103
2 Dartford 46 25 8 13 82 50 23 16 2 5 47 19 23 9 6 8 35 31 32 83
3 Oxford City 46 21 15 10 83 56 23 13 7 3 53 28 23 8 8 7 30 28 27 78
4 Worthing 46 22 12 12 92 72 23 12 5 6 54 41 23 10 7 6 38 31 20 78
5 Chelmsford City 46 23 9 14 67 49 23 14 2 7 42 22 23 9 7 7 25 27 18 78
6 St Albans City 46 22 9 15 72 51 23 10 5 8 32 23 23 12 4 7 40 28 21 75
7 Braintree Town 46 20 14 12 66 55 23 12 9 2 35 22 23 8 5 10 31 33 11 74
8 Eastbourne Borough 46 22 5 19 74 66 23 12 2 9 41 31 23 10 3 10 33 35 8 71
9 Tonbridge Angels 46 20 10 16 68 69 23 9 7 7 37 34 23 11 3 9 31 35 -1 70
10 Havant & Waterlooville 46 19 12 15 80 70 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 9 6 8 38 37 10 69
11 Bath City 46 19 10 17 64 57 23 10 3 10 33 29 23 9 7 7 31 28 7 67
12 Farnborough 46 19 9 18 59 52 23 9 6 8 33 24 23 10 3 10 26 28 7 66
13 Chippenham Town 46 15 17 14 57 66 23 10 9 4 34 28 23 5 8 10 23 38 -9 62
14 Taunton Town 46 17 10 19 50 55 23 8 6 9 25 27 23 9 4 10 25 28 -5 61
15 Hemel Hempstead Town 46 15 15 16 49 57 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 7 6 10 23 33 -8 60
16 Welling United 46 15 14 17 57 63 23 8 5 10 31 32 23 7 9 7 26 31 -6 58
17 Hampton & Richmond 46 15 9 22 59 71 23 9 6 8 27 29 23 6 3 14 32 42 -12 54
18 Slough Town 46 13 12 21 58 78 23 7 6 10 34 39 23 6 6 11 24 39 -20 51
19 Weymouth 46 14 6 26 59 78 23 7 3 13 21 34 23 7 3 13 38 44 -19 48
20 Dover Athletic 46 12 12 22 42 68 23 7 6 10 23 33 23 5 6 12 19 35 -26 48
21 Dulwich Hamlet 46 13 9 24 61 89 23 9 3 11 29 34 23 4 6 13 32 55 -28 48
22 Concord Rangers 46 12 8 26 45 85 23 8 4 11 28 37 23 4 4 15 17 48 -40 44
23 Cheshunt 46 11 10 25 48 74 23 8 4 11 28 37 23 3 6 14 20 37 -26 43
24 Hungerford Town 46 10 10 26 48 72 23 6 9 8 23 21 23 4 1 18 25 51 -24 40

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.