National League preview: Can Aldershot Town edge out victory against King's Lynn Town?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The EBB Stadium. (7100 seats)

National League: We're expecting an engaging and crucial scrap between Aldershot Town and King's Lynn Town at The EBB Stadium.. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Aldershot Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Aldershot Town form and stats

Aldershot Town's results here at The EBB Stadium. in the National League have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. With seven home National League games in a row without a win, the Aldershot fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Torquay United game long ago, can be stopped today.

Aldershot Town played out a surprising loss 0-2 against Stockport County in their previous game, also played at home.

Prior to that, an away loss at Wrexham.

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

There will be little rest for Aldershot Town after this match as they are travelling to Torquay United for a National League game in only three days.

Aldershot Town aren't scoring a lot here at The EBB Stadium. in the league, with only 13 goals from 16 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 28 goals have been conceded. Aldershot has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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King's Lynn Town form and stats

There's been little loot from King's Lynn Town's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 16 away games in the National League. King's Lynn Town only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

King's Lynn Town's previous game was their home loss versus Torquay United (2-3).

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Woking.

We have checked recent matches where King's Lynn Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were one victory, three draws and six defeats.

After this away game King's return home for a National League game against Stockport County. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting King's Lynn Town as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. The King's Lynn Town manager Widdrington has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

King's Lynn Town - Aldershot Town 0-1 was the story when these teams last did battle, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Aldershot one win, two draws and King's Lynn Town zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

King's Lynn TownM. Linton
M. Linton
6 goals
King's Lynn TownM. Clunan
M. Clunan
5 goals
Aldershot TownL. Kinsella
L. Kinsella
3 goals

Aldershot Town missing players

King's Lynn Town missing players

Aldershot Town King's Lynn Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
8 2 0 Won W 1 2 4
7 5 3 Drew D 2 4 6
16 9 2 Lost L 1 10 22
33 13 3 Scored S 6 15 29
50 28 7 Conceded C 6 33 62
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 91%
71% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 66%
52% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 50%
32% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 34%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 31% 28%
55% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 47%
19% 12% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 12%
32% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 50%
 
4.6 4.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.6 3.9
5.2 4.4 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.4 6.2
2 2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.8 8.1 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.7 8.7
3.6 3.7 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.2
29% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 30% 29%
 
10.3 10.4 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 11.4 10.5
4.3 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 4.6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Aldershot Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Aldershot Town have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • King's Lynn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stockport County 32 22 4 6 65 27 16 10 3 3 30 13 16 12 1 3 35 14 38 70
2 Chesterfield 33 17 12 4 59 33 17 9 6 2 31 19 16 8 6 2 28 14 26 63
3 Halifax Town 31 19 6 6 48 23 15 12 0 3 27 9 16 7 6 3 21 14 25 63
4 Wrexham 31 18 7 6 56 30 14 8 5 1 20 9 17 10 2 5 36 21 26 61
5 Boreham Wood 30 16 9 5 40 23 16 10 6 0 24 7 14 6 3 5 16 16 17 57
6 Solihull Moors 31 15 10 6 52 32 17 9 5 3 35 18 14 6 5 3 17 14 20 55
7 Grimsby Town 32 17 4 11 48 31 16 11 2 3 29 11 16 6 2 8 19 20 17 55
8 Notts County 32 15 9 8 57 40 16 10 4 2 34 19 16 5 5 6 23 21 17 54
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 32 16 4 12 59 41 16 8 3 5 34 23 16 8 1 7 25 18 18 52
10 Bromley 30 15 7 8 45 34 15 10 2 3 28 15 15 5 5 5 17 19 11 52
11 Torquay United 32 13 8 11 48 46 16 7 4 5 24 21 16 6 4 6 24 25 2 47
12 Southend United 32 12 8 12 35 44 15 7 3 5 20 21 17 5 5 7 15 23 -9 44
13 Altrincham 33 11 7 15 52 54 16 7 2 7 31 22 17 4 5 8 21 32 -2 40
14 Yeovil Town 32 10 9 13 28 35 16 4 5 7 12 19 16 6 4 6 16 16 -7 39
15 Wealdstone 32 10 8 14 36 48 16 6 5 5 17 18 16 4 3 9 19 30 -12 38
16 Barnet 32 10 8 14 41 56 16 6 4 6 21 27 16 4 4 8 20 29 -15 38
17 Woking 33 11 4 18 44 48 16 6 0 10 21 26 17 5 4 8 23 22 -4 37
18 Eastleigh 32 10 7 15 33 48 16 8 5 3 26 19 16 2 2 12 7 29 -15 37
19 Maidenhead United 32 9 8 15 35 55 17 7 4 6 25 29 15 2 4 9 10 26 -20 35
20 Aldershot Town 31 8 7 16 33 50 16 2 5 9 13 28 15 6 2 7 20 22 -17 31
21 Weymouth 33 5 7 21 32 64 17 3 5 9 17 26 16 2 2 12 15 38 -32 22
22 King's Lynn Town 32 4 6 22 29 62 16 2 2 12 14 29 16 2 4 10 15 33 -33 18
23 Dover Athletic 32 1 5 26 23 74 15 1 2 12 10 27 17 0 3 14 13 47 -51 -4

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.