Altrincham v Stockport County preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 11.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The J. Davidson Stadium (6085 seats)

Altrincham have some catching up to do from their 16th place, and the first chance is versus Stockport County. Read more!

Insights:
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stockport County is in the best form (5-0-1) in National League

These are full days for the team playing at home, as they played only three days ago in the National League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Barnet.

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Altrincham form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Altrincham have to build on here at The J. Davidson Stadium in the National League. Game days at The J. Davidson Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Altrincham as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Altrincham drew their last game, 1-1 away at Barnet (placed 15th). Pringle was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Barnet after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Preceding that match was the home game against Wrexham that was lost 0-3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Altrincham as they are travelling to their away game against Grimsby Town in the National League. That match is four days after this one.

The Altrincham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Altrincham defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Stockport County form and stats

Stockport County have an excellent away record in the National League so far with 7-1-3 from 11 games.

It's the second away game in a row for Stockport, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Solihull Moors (placed 9th) in the National League last time out.

A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Altrincham.

A quick return to home after this game, as Stockport are hosting Larkhall Athletic in the Fa Trophy only four days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Stockport's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Stockport in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other already this season, with the final score Stockport County - Altrincham 5-1 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Altrincham zero wins, two draws and Stockport County eight victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyP. Madden
P. Madden
9 goals
Stockport CountyO. Crankshaw
O. Crankshaw
8 goals
AltrinchamR. Colclough
R. Colclough
5 goals

Altrincham missing players

Stockport County missing players

Altrincham Stockport County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 5 11 20
7 4 0 Won W 5 7 11
5 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
10 5 2 Lost L 0 3 6
35 15 3 Scored S 14 19 35
38 15 5 Conceded C 4 12 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
86% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 75%
64% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 65%
45% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 25%
32% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 18% 20%
73% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 55% 55%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 35%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 20%
 
5.5 6.4 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.5 6.7
5.9 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4 4.5
1.6 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.5 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.6 12.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.3 9.9
4.9 5.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.8 4.5
33% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 36% 39%
 
10.2 8 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 8.5 7.4
4.2 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3.2
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stockport County is in the best form (5-0-1) in National League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Halifax Town 22 13 5 4 37 18 10 8 0 2 22 7 12 5 5 2 15 11 19 44
2 Chesterfield 20 12 7 1 38 16 10 6 4 0 21 10 10 6 3 1 17 6 22 43
3 Bromley 22 12 5 5 38 25 12 8 2 2 25 12 10 4 3 3 13 13 13 41
4 Dagenham & Redbridge 23 12 3 8 45 29 12 7 2 3 29 17 11 5 1 5 16 12 16 39
5 Wrexham 22 11 6 5 39 23 9 4 4 1 8 5 13 7 2 4 31 18 16 39
6 Boreham Wood 19 11 6 2 28 13 10 6 4 0 15 4 9 5 2 2 13 9 15 39
7 Notts County 20 11 5 4 36 23 11 8 2 1 23 14 9 3 3 3 13 9 13 38
8 Stockport County 20 11 3 6 35 23 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 7 1 3 19 12 12 36
9 Solihull Moors 22 10 6 6 29 23 12 6 3 3 18 12 10 4 3 3 11 11 6 36
10 Grimsby Town 20 10 3 7 32 22 10 7 1 2 20 7 10 3 2 5 12 15 10 33
11 Yeovil Town 20 9 4 7 21 20 11 4 3 4 10 11 9 5 1 3 11 9 1 31
12 Torquay United 23 9 4 10 36 37 11 6 1 4 21 17 12 3 3 6 15 20 -1 31
13 Eastleigh 21 9 4 8 26 31 12 7 3 2 21 16 9 2 1 6 5 15 -5 31
14 Woking 22 9 1 12 36 36 11 4 0 7 16 20 11 5 1 5 20 16 0 28
15 Barnet 21 7 6 8 25 32 10 4 3 3 12 15 11 3 3 5 13 17 -7 27
16 Altrincham 22 7 5 10 35 38 10 4 1 5 15 15 12 3 4 5 20 23 -3 26
17 Aldershot Town 23 7 4 12 28 37 12 2 3 7 11 22 11 5 1 5 17 15 -9 25
18 Wealdstone 19 5 6 8 19 29 10 3 3 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 11 18 -10 21
19 Southend United 20 5 4 11 17 31 8 2 2 4 10 14 12 3 2 7 7 17 -14 19
20 Maidenhead United 20 5 4 11 21 39 10 4 1 5 16 22 10 1 3 6 5 17 -18 19
21 Weymouth 21 4 3 14 23 42 11 2 3 6 12 18 10 2 0 8 11 24 -19 15
22 King's Lynn Town 20 3 2 15 17 41 10 1 1 8 6 17 10 2 1 7 11 24 -24 11
23 Dover Athletic 22 0 4 18 18 51 11 0 2 9 7 20 11 0 2 9 11 31 -33 -8

Read more about National League

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.