Southport vs Torquay United in Fa Trophy preview: Key statistics and predictions

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Southport & Torquay United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Fa Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!

Best bookmaker betting odds:

Torquay United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a National League game only four sleeps ago.

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Southport form and stats

Last season their Fa Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.

Southport's struggle is real here at Haig Avenue with only 6 points collected from 8 Vanarama National League North games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4. 2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Fa Trophy for Southport. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

It's back home for Southport, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Halifax Town away with the result 2-1. A. Anson and G. Newell found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Curzon Ashton that ended 2-2.

Southport have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Southport have conceded 10 goals.

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Torquay United form and stats

Torquay's mission in Fa Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round.

Torquay United's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Torquay United collect 23 points from their 11 away matches in the National League. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Torquay United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Altrincham proved too strong as Torquay slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Plainmoor Ground. Prior to that result Torquay won their away game at Barnet in the National League. The scoreline was 2-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wealdstone in just three days.

The Torquay United manager G. Johnson has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 11 league matches. Torquay United have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Southport victories, one draw and three Torquay United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Wright

8 goals

B. Whitfield

5 goals

C. Lemonheigh-Evans

5 goals

Southport missing players

Torquay United missing players

Competition: England Fa Trophy

Competition: Sat 06.February

Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Venue: Haig Avenue (3185 seats)

		Total						Home	Away	Over 0.5	O 0.5	0%	100%	95%
95%	90%	0%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	91%	81%
57%	30%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	55%	57%
29%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	36%	38%
19%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	18%	24%
67%	70%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	55%	62%
5%	10%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	36%	29%
29%	20%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	9%	14%

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	Total Shots	T S	0	0	0
0	0	0	Shots on Target	S O	0	0	0
0%	0%	0%	Goal Efficiency	G E	0%	0%	0%

Key stats in Provincial-Liege this season:

Espoir Minerois haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Ster-Francorchamps haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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	Raeren-Eynatten	30	20	6	4	81	29	15	11	3	1	42	11	15	9	3	3	39	18	52	66
2	Wanze / Bas-Oha	30	17	10	3	69	40	15	7	6	2	27	15	15	10	4	1	42	25	29	61
3	UCE Liège	30	15	10	5	45	28	15	9	4	2	26	13	15	6	6	3	19	15	17	55
4	JS Fizoise	30	14	7	9	56	38	15	9	5	1	31	13	15	5	2	8	25	25	18	49
5	Ster-Francorchamps	30	13	10	7	62	42	15	7	4	4	45	27	15	6	6	3	17	15	20	49
6	Stade Disonais	30	14	6	10	53	39	15	8	3	4	29	20	15	6	3	6	24	19	14	48
7	Ambleve	30	11	9	10	45	34	15	6	5	4	21	12	15	5	4	6	24	22	11	42
8	Aubel	30	11	8	11	49	57	15	9	5	1	35	24	15	2	3	10	14	33	-8	41
9	Ougrée	30	10	8	12	38	46	15	5	2	8	20	25	15	5	6	4	18	21	-8	38
10	Weywertz	30	9	9	12	48	50	15	5	5	5	24	25	15	4	4	7	24	25	-2	36
11	Sprimont-Comblain II	30	9	8	13	37	48	15	4	3	8	13	23	15	5	5	5	24	25	-11	35
12	Rechain	30	9	7	14	34	50	15	6	3	6	18	24	15	3	4	8	16	26	-16	34
13	Trooz	30	9	4	17	42	62	15	6	2	7	26	24	15	3	2	10	16	38	-20	31
14	Beaufays	30	9	4	17	39	71	15	4	1	10	16	40	15	5	3	7	23	31	-32	31
15	Cointe-Liege	30	5	9	16	30	56	15	2	7	6	16	26	15	3	2	10	14	30	-26	24
16	Braives	30	5	5	20	36	74	15	1	2	12	16	37	15	4	3	8	20	37	-38	20

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The Belgian Provincial leagues are the sixth level of football in Belgium, with levels seven to nine also covered by the provincial league system. The nine leagues on the sixth level are based on geographical location. Usually there is 16 teams in each league, playing a total of 30 fixtures.

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Total First Half Second Half

Southport			Torquay United
Total	Home	Statistics	Stat	Away	Total
25	12	Played	P	14	25
8	2	Won	W	10	16
9	5	Drew	D	2	4
8	5	Lost	L	2	5
34	13	Scored	S	30	53
34	17	Conceded	C	11	25
96%	92%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	86%	88%
72%	67%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	79%	76%
48%	42%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	64%	60%
32%	25%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	29%	28%
16%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	21%	20%
60%	58%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	56%
24%	17%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	40%
20%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	14%	16%

0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0
0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0
1.3	1.2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.3	1.5
1	0	Red cards	R C	1	3

8.8	7.1	Shots (avg)	S (	10.9	11.3
3.4	2.8	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	4.9	5.6
40%	38%	Goal Efficiency	G E	43%	36%

Southport		First Half	Torquay United
Total	Home	Statistics	Stat	Away	Total
23	10	Played	P	14	25
8	3	Won	W	6	11
10	3	Drew	D	6	10
5	4	Lost	L	2	4
14	5	Scored	S	10	24
12	7	Conceded	C	4	10
83%	90%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	64%	72%
30%	30%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	21%	40%
0%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	14%	20%
0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	4%
0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%
26%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	14%	24%
52%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	71%	64%
39%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	40%

Southport		Second Half	Torquay United
Total	Home	Statistics	Stat	Away	Total
23	10	Played	P	14	25
5	1	Won	W	8	12
11	6	Drew	D	4	10
7	3	Lost	L	2	3
17	5	Scored	S	20	29
20	8	Conceded	C	7	15
70%	50%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	86%	72%
48%	30%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	64%	48%
26%	30%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	29%	24%
17%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	14%	12%
0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	4%
39%	30%	BTTS	BTTS	21%	24%
52%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	71%	72%
39%	60%	Failed to Score	F T	21%	32%

England:

English Football Association

Bookie	Southport	Draw	Torquay United

Verdict

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