Worthing vs Braintree Town: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Vanarama National League South
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The A2B Stadium (4000 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The main heroes are Worthing and Braintree Town, 3 points is the prize and 90 minutes the duration.

Insights:
  • Worthing have the most dropped points from leading position (35) in Vanarama National League South
  • Braintree Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Worthing form and stats

10 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Worthing have to build on here at The A2B Stadium in the Vanarama National League South. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The A2B Stadium.

Worthing's last game was hosting Concord Rangers (placed 24th) and winning 7-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Worthing played a great game against Concord Rangers and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Pearce, having bagged a goal in four consecutive games.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Havant & Waterlooville in a game that was won 3-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Worthing handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 12 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

The manager Hinshelwood will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Farnborough in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Worthing are scoring many of them at home; 49 on target from 21 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Worthing defense is not exactly impregnable. 39 goals conceded from 21 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Braintree Town form and stats

Playing away, Braintree Town have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 9 defeats in the Vanarama National League South this season.

Impressive finishing from Clements and Pavey secured the home win 3-2 against Ebbsfleet United in their previous game.

Preceding that game was the away victory against St Albans City with the score of 2-0.

Braintree Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Braintree Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 21 league away games 29 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Braintree have seen the ball go into their own net 30 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Braintree Town - Worthing 2-1 was the product when this pair of sides last did battle, also in this season. Statistics for the preceeding three meetings between these two sides are: one win for Worthing, zero draws and two wins for Braintree Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

WorthingO. Pearce
O. Pearce
21 goals
Braintree TownA. Blair
A. Blair
11 goals
Braintree TownA. Matthews
A. Matthews
8 goals

Worthing missing players

Braintree Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Worthing Braintree Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 21 6 Played P 6 21 43
18 10 2 Won W 2 8 19
12 5 1 Drew D 1 4 13
11 6 3 Lost L 3 9 11
82 49 10 Scored S 7 29 62
67 39 15 Conceded C 13 30 52
93% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 88%
85% 90% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 77%
66% 76% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 51%
44% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
34% 48% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 10% 14%
66% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 52% 58%
29% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 33%
12% 10% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 24% 21%
 
5.2 5.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 4.3
4.9 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.1 5
1.7 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.7 12.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.7 8.8
5.5 5.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 3.8
36% 40% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 43% 38%
 
11.4 11 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 8.8 9.1
5.1 5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4 3.7
Key stats in Vanarama National League South this season:
  • Braintree Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Worthing have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Worthing have the most conceded goals (39) at home in Vanarama National League South
  • Worthing have the most dropped points from leading position (35) 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 43 30 7 6 100 44 21 16 2 3 62 21 22 14 5 3 38 23 56 97
2 Dartford 42 23 7 12 77 46 22 15 2 5 45 18 20 8 5 7 32 28 31 76
3 Oxford City 43 20 14 9 76 52 22 13 6 3 52 27 21 7 8 6 24 25 24 74
4 Chelmsford City 42 21 8 13 59 45 21 13 2 6 36 19 21 8 6 7 23 26 14 71
5 Braintree Town 43 19 13 11 62 52 22 11 9 2 33 22 21 8 4 9 29 30 10 70
6 St Albans City 43 20 9 14 66 49 21 8 5 8 27 23 22 12 4 6 39 26 17 69
7 Worthing 41 18 12 11 82 67 21 10 5 6 49 39 20 8 7 5 33 28 15 66
8 Eastbourne Borough 43 20 5 18 69 63 21 10 2 9 36 30 22 10 3 9 33 33 6 65
9 Havant & Waterlooville 42 18 10 14 74 62 21 10 5 6 41 29 21 8 5 8 33 33 12 64
10 Farnborough 41 18 9 14 55 45 20 8 6 6 29 21 21 10 3 8 26 24 10 63
11 Tonbridge Angels 42 18 9 15 63 65 21 8 7 6 36 33 21 10 2 9 27 32 -2 63
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 43 15 14 14 48 51 22 8 8 6 26 24 21 7 6 8 22 27 -3 59
13 Bath City 42 16 10 16 55 53 21 8 3 10 27 28 21 8 7 6 28 25 2 58
14 Chippenham Town 43 14 15 14 53 63 22 10 8 4 32 26 21 4 7 10 21 37 -10 57
15 Taunton Town 41 15 10 16 44 44 20 7 6 7 21 19 21 8 4 9 23 25 0 55
16 Hampton & Richmond 42 14 8 20 57 65 21 8 5 8 25 28 21 6 3 12 32 37 -8 50
17 Welling United 42 12 14 16 48 58 21 6 5 10 25 30 21 6 9 6 23 28 -10 49
18 Dover Athletic 42 12 12 18 41 57 21 7 6 8 22 26 21 5 6 10 19 31 -16 48
19 Slough Town 43 12 11 20 55 75 21 6 5 10 31 38 22 6 6 10 24 37 -20 47
20 Dulwich Hamlet 42 12 7 23 58 87 20 8 2 10 27 33 22 4 5 13 31 54 -29 43
21 Cheshunt 41 10 10 21 45 65 20 7 4 9 25 32 21 3 6 12 20 33 -20 40
22 Weymouth 42 11 6 25 51 75 22 6 3 13 19 34 20 5 3 12 32 41 -24 39
23 Hungerford Town 41 9 9 23 42 59 21 6 8 7 21 18 20 3 1 16 21 41 -17 36
24 Concord Rangers 39 9 7 23 35 73 19 5 4 10 19 31 20 4 3 13 16 42 -38 34

Table
  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 43 30 7 6 100 44 21 16 2 3 62 21 22 14 5 3 38 23 56 97
2 Dartford 42 23 7 12 77 46 22 15 2 5 45 18 20 8 5 7 32 28 31 76
3 Oxford City 43 20 14 9 76 52 22 13 6 3 52 27 21 7 8 6 24 25 24 74
4 Chelmsford City 42 21 8 13 59 45 21 13 2 6 36 19 21 8 6 7 23 26 14 71
5 Braintree Town 43 19 13 11 62 52 22 11 9 2 33 22 21 8 4 9 29 30 10 70
6 St Albans City 43 20 9 14 66 49 21 8 5 8 27 23 22 12 4 6 39 26 17 69
7 Worthing 41 18 12 11 82 67 21 10 5 6 49 39 20 8 7 5 33 28 15 66
8 Eastbourne Borough 43 20 5 18 69 63 21 10 2 9 36 30 22 10 3 9 33 33 6 65
9 Havant & Waterlooville 42 18 10 14 74 62 21 10 5 6 41 29 21 8 5 8 33 33 12 64
10 Farnborough 41 18 9 14 55 45 20 8 6 6 29 21 21 10 3 8 26 24 10 63
11 Tonbridge Angels 42 18 9 15 63 65 21 8 7 6 36 33 21 10 2 9 27 32 -2 63
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 43 15 14 14 48 51 22 8 8 6 26 24 21 7 6 8 22 27 -3 59
13 Bath City 42 16 10 16 55 53 21 8 3 10 27 28 21 8 7 6 28 25 2 58
14 Chippenham Town 43 14 15 14 53 63 22 10 8 4 32 26 21 4 7 10 21 37 -10 57
15 Taunton Town 41 15 10 16 44 44 20 7 6 7 21 19 21 8 4 9 23 25 0 55
16 Hampton & Richmond 42 14 8 20 57 65 21 8 5 8 25 28 21 6 3 12 32 37 -8 50
17 Welling United 42 12 14 16 48 58 21 6 5 10 25 30 21 6 9 6 23 28 -10 49
18 Dover Athletic 42 12 12 18 41 57 21 7 6 8 22 26 21 5 6 10 19 31 -16 48
19 Slough Town 43 12 11 20 55 75 21 6 5 10 31 38 22 6 6 10 24 37 -20 47
20 Dulwich Hamlet 42 12 7 23 58 87 20 8 2 10 27 33 22 4 5 13 31 54 -29 43
21 Cheshunt 41 10 10 21 45 65 20 7 4 9 25 32 21 3 6 12 20 33 -20 40
22 Weymouth 42 11 6 25 51 75 22 6 3 13 19 34 20 5 3 12 32 41 -24 39
23 Hungerford Town 41 9 9 23 42 59 21 6 8 7 21 18 20 3 1 16 21 41 -17 36
24 Concord Rangers 39 9 7 23 35 73 19 5 4 10 19 31 20 4 3 13 16 42 -38 34

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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.