Weston-super-Mare vs Havant & Waterlooville match preview: Even contest expected at Woodspring Stadium

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Woodspring Stadium (3500 seats)

This match was marked in the calendar a long time ago by supporters of both teams, as it's the first Vanarama National League South fixture of the season. Both Weston-super-Mare and Havant & Waterlooville are looking for a bright start to their league adventure.

It should be mentioned that Havant & Waterlooville play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Havant & Waterlooville on artifical turf are 2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 6-7. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Weston-super-Mare form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Weston-super-Mare as they were promoted from Non League Premier: Southern South last season. Happy days that were secured through 28 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses from 42 games. The team scored 51 goals at home last season and conceded 18. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with Weston-super-Mare perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Weston-super-Mare as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Weston-super-Mare has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Weston-super-Mare, who have participated in two training matches. Weston-super-Mare have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Havant & Waterlooville form and stats

Let's have a look at how Havant & Waterlooville performed last season in the Vanarama National League South: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 12 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 80 and conceded {70 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 38/37 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Waterlooville playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 Havant & Waterlooville wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Havant & Waterlooville played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. In these three matches Havant & Waterlooville scored 3 and conceded {7 goals}.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Weston-super-Mare victories, three draws and four Havant & Waterlooville wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Weston-super-Mare missing players

Havant & Waterlooville missing players

Weston-super-Mare Havant & Waterlooville
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Weston-super-Mare Last season Havant & Waterlooville
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   23 46
28 16   Won W   9 19
9 2   Drew D   6 12
5 3   Lost L   8 15
89 51   Scored S   38 80
32 18   Conceded C   37 70
90% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
71% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   96% 91%
57% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 57%
45% 52%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 41%
17% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 22%
45% 52%   BTTS BTTS   65% 67%
48% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 13%
17% 5%   Failed to Score F T   26% 20%
 
0.2 0   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.9
0.1 0   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.6
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   8 8
 
1.1 0   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 13.2
0.7 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 6
277% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 29%
 
0.5 0   Shots against (avg) S A   8.5 8.3
0.1 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aveley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bath City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Braintree Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Chelmsford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chippenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dartford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dover Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Eastbourne Borough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Farnborough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hampton & Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Havant & Waterlooville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Maidstone United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Slough Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 St Albans City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Taunton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tonbridge Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Torquay United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Truro City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Welling United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Weston-super-Mare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Weymouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Worthing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Yeovil Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Weston-super-Mare 42 28 9 5 89 32 21 16 2 3 51 18 21 12 7 2 38 14 57 93
2 Bracknell Town 42 28 6 8 100 53 21 13 4 4 50 28 21 15 2 4 50 25 47 90
3 Truro City 42 27 8 7 88 41 21 15 5 1 47 11 21 12 3 6 41 30 47 89
4 Poole Town 42 23 11 8 86 51 21 11 7 3 42 27 21 12 4 5 44 24 35 80
5 Chesham United 42 23 10 9 88 57 21 13 6 2 45 23 21 10 4 7 43 34 31 79
6 Swindon Supermarine 42 23 8 11 88 66 21 14 4 3 47 29 21 9 4 8 41 37 22 77
7 Hayes & Yeading United 42 21 8 13 80 58 21 13 4 4 46 24 21 8 4 9 34 34 22 71
8 Metropolitan Police FC 42 18 7 17 61 59 21 10 2 9 27 28 21 8 5 8 34 31 2 61
9 Merthyr Town 42 18 6 18 73 64 21 8 1 12 39 38 21 10 5 6 34 26 9 60
10 Plymouth Parkway 42 16 10 16 63 62 21 11 6 4 44 23 21 5 4 12 19 39 1 58
11 Beaconsfield Town 42 15 12 15 75 73 21 9 4 8 43 40 21 6 8 7 32 33 2 57
12 Tiverton Town 42 15 10 17 62 77 21 9 6 6 32 30 21 6 4 11 30 47 -15 55
13 Dorchester Town 42 16 6 20 57 79 21 11 1 9 35 38 21 5 5 11 22 41 -22 54
14 Hanwell Town 42 14 8 20 55 65 21 9 3 9 32 31 21 5 5 11 23 34 -10 50
15 Salisbury 42 14 7 21 55 71 21 5 5 11 24 36 21 9 2 10 31 35 -16 49
16 Winchester City 42 12 12 18 56 72 21 5 7 9 25 33 21 7 5 9 31 39 -16 48
17 Gosport Borough 42 14 5 23 58 78 21 9 3 9 31 35 21 5 2 14 27 43 -20 47
18 Hendon 42 9 11 22 55 81 21 5 7 9 27 34 21 4 4 13 28 47 -26 38
19 Harrow Borough 42 9 10 23 44 80 21 6 2 13 20 38 21 3 8 10 24 42 -36 37
20 North Leigh 42 9 7 26 50 86 21 6 3 12 27 38 21 3 4 14 23 48 -36 34
21 Yate Town 42 9 7 26 50 92 21 4 5 12 29 45 21 5 2 14 21 47 -42 34
22 Hartley Wintney 42 8 8 26 40 76 21 5 6 10 26 37 21 3 2 16 14 39 -36 32
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.