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

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 12.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The J. Davidson Stadium (6085 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Altrincham fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and King's Lynn Town's 20th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Altrincham has the most matches under the total-line (12) in National League
  • King's Lynn Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Altrincham and King's Lynn Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Altrincham form and stats

Overall National League stats at home this season for Altrincham are 2-3-3 (wins-draw-losses). The last three games played by Altrincham, regardless of arena, have all ended draws. Altrincham have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The spoils were shared in Altrincham's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sutton United (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

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

Altrincham are traveling soon after this match as the Fa Trophy match at Havant & Waterlooville awaits in four days.

Altrincham has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Altrincham have conceded 10 goals.

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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 6 points from 6 away games in the National League. King's Lynn Town only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws.

There were no winners in King's's previous match, a National League home game that ended 1-1 vs Halifax Town (placed 6th). Preceding that game was the away Fa Trophy victory against Alfreton Town with the score of 3-1.

King's are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the King's Lynn Town manager I. Culverhouse as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against AFC Hornchurch.

King's Lynn Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. King's are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

AltrinchamJ. Hancock
J. Hancock
4 goals
King's Lynn TownA. Marriott
A. Marriott
4 goals

Altrincham missing players

King's Lynn Town missing players

Altrincham King's Lynn Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 8 2 Played P 2 6 14
6 2 1 Won W 0 2 4
7 3 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 3 0 Lost L 2 4 7
22 9 3 Scored S 1 7 18
23 10 2 Conceded C 7 16 31
95% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
63% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
37% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 64%
32% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
11% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 43%
53% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
32% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 21%
21% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.6 7.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 6.3 9.1
3.8 4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.8 3.6
29% 28% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 36%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of King's Lynn Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Altrincham has the most matches under the total-line (12) in National League
  • Altrincham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • King's Lynn Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • King's Lynn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • King's Lynn Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Torquay United 17 12 2 3 38 17 8 6 1 1 17 6 9 6 1 2 21 11 21 38
2 Hartlepool United 17 9 3 5 26 19 10 5 2 3 16 12 7 4 1 2 10 7 7 30
3 Sutton United 15 8 4 3 27 18 8 4 2 2 16 7 7 4 2 1 11 11 9 28
4 Altrincham 19 6 7 6 22 23 8 2 3 3 9 10 11 4 4 3 13 13 -1 25
5 Stockport County 14 7 3 4 22 16 6 3 2 1 10 5 8 4 1 3 12 11 6 24
6 Halifax Town 17 6 5 6 28 21 8 4 2 2 16 10 9 2 3 4 12 11 7 23
7 Notts County 14 7 2 5 19 13 8 5 0 3 14 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 23
8 Maidenhead United 14 7 2 5 21 21 6 3 1 2 13 11 8 4 1 3 8 10 0 23
9 Bromley 14 6 4 4 23 17 8 2 2 4 12 13 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 22
10 Solihull Moors 13 7 1 5 18 13 7 6 0 1 13 3 6 1 1 4 5 10 5 22
11 Boreham Wood 13 6 3 4 16 10 5 2 1 2 4 4 8 4 2 2 12 6 6 21
12 Woking 16 6 3 7 20 18 9 4 3 2 12 5 7 2 0 5 8 13 2 21
13 Aldershot Town 16 6 3 7 22 22 7 3 1 3 9 10 9 3 2 4 13 12 0 21
14 Wealdstone 16 6 3 7 23 33 7 4 1 2 16 16 9 2 2 5 7 17 -10 21
15 Eastleigh 13 5 5 3 21 15 6 2 3 1 7 5 7 3 2 2 14 10 6 20
16 Wrexham 14 6 2 6 17 16 6 3 1 2 7 3 8 3 1 4 10 13 1 20
17 Chesterfield 15 6 1 8 26 20 8 3 1 4 16 9 7 3 0 4 10 11 6 19
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 14 5 3 6 11 14 5 1 2 2 2 3 9 4 1 4 9 11 -3 18
19 Yeovil Town 15 4 5 6 20 24 8 2 1 5 10 13 7 2 4 1 10 11 -4 17
20 King's Lynn Town 14 4 3 7 18 31 8 2 3 3 11 15 6 2 0 4 7 16 -13 15
21 Weymouth 16 2 3 11 17 31 10 1 1 8 12 24 6 1 2 3 5 7 -14 9
22 Barnet 14 2 3 9 11 35 8 1 2 5 4 15 6 1 1 4 7 20 -24 9
23 Dover Athletic 10 2 0 8 6 25 6 2 0 4 5 14 4 0 0 4 1 11 -19 6

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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.