National League match prediction: Little separates Altrincham and Torquay United in quality

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The J. Davidson Stadium (6085 seats)

Altrincham have some work to do from their 16th place, and the job begins versus Torquay United. Read more!

Insights:
  • Altrincham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torquay United have the most matches over the total-line (14) in National League

This could be an engaging fixture with lots of action and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Altrincham form and stats

The complete National League statistics at home this season for Altrincham are 4-1-6 (wins-draws-losses). The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at The J. Davidson Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Boreham Wood game.

Altrincham lost their last game at Grimsby Town (placed 9th) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Altrincham lost 1-4 at home to Stockport County.

This is expected to be a close game, with Altrincham perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Altrincham as a small favourite), we find seven games. Altrincham has won four of these, drawn zero and lost three.

The manager Parkinson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to King's Lynn Town in only three days.

Altrincham are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. 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. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Torquay United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Torquay United so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Torquay's last game was the home draw against Dagenham & Redbridge (2-2). Drawing 2-2 against Dagenham & Redbridge after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Johnson needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Yeovil Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Torquay United in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Torquay United, four draws and three defeats.

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

The visiting Torquay United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. Torquay United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled before this season: Torquay United - Altrincham 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Altrincham three wins, three draws and Torquay United four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Torquay UnitedA. Little
A. Little
10 goals
AltrinchamR. Colclough
R. Colclough
5 goals
AltrinchamD. Mooney
D. Mooney
5 goals

Altrincham missing players

Torquay United missing players

Altrincham Torquay United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 3 12 23
7 4 0 Won W 2 3 9
5 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
12 6 3 Lost L 1 6 10
36 16 4 Scored S 6 15 36
44 19 9 Conceded C 5 20 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 92% 91%
62% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 58% 70%
46% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 35%
33% 36% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 13%
71% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 65%
8% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
21% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 17%
 
5.1 6 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 5.5
6.1 5 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.7 5.3
1.5 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 11.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9.7 9.8
4.6 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.1 4.5
32% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 35%
 
10.5 8.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.1 10
4.4 3.2 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.7 4.6
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Altrincham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Altrincham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Torquay United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Torquay United have the most matches over the total-line (14) in National League
  • Torquay United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 14 5 4 38 18 11 9 0 2 23 7 12 5 5 2 15 11 20 47
2 Chesterfield 21 13 7 1 42 17 10 6 4 0 21 10 11 7 3 1 21 7 25 46
3 Boreham Wood 20 12 6 2 29 13 11 7 4 0 16 4 9 5 2 2 13 9 16 42
4 Notts County 21 12 5 4 40 25 11 8 2 1 23 14 10 4 3 3 17 11 15 41
5 Bromley 22 12 5 5 38 25 12 8 2 2 25 12 10 4 3 3 13 13 13 41
6 Dagenham & Redbridge 23 12 3 8 45 29 12 7 2 3 29 17 11 5 1 5 16 12 16 39
7 Wrexham 22 11 6 5 39 23 9 4 4 1 8 5 13 7 2 4 31 18 16 39
8 Stockport County 21 12 3 6 39 24 9 4 2 3 16 11 12 8 1 3 23 13 15 39
9 Grimsby Town 22 11 3 8 34 23 11 8 1 2 22 7 11 3 2 6 12 16 11 36
10 Solihull Moors 22 10 6 6 29 23 12 6 3 3 18 12 10 4 3 3 11 11 6 36
11 Yeovil Town 21 9 4 8 22 22 11 4 3 4 10 11 10 5 1 4 12 11 0 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 22 7 6 9 26 36 11 4 3 4 13 19 11 3 3 5 13 17 -10 27
16 Altrincham 24 7 5 12 36 44 11 4 1 6 16 19 13 3 4 6 20 25 -8 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 21 6 6 9 21 31 11 4 3 4 10 12 10 2 3 5 11 19 -10 24
19 Southend United 21 6 4 11 19 32 9 3 2 4 12 15 12 3 2 7 7 17 -13 22
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 21 3 2 16 19 45 11 1 1 9 8 21 10 2 1 7 11 24 -26 11
23 Dover Athletic 23 0 4 19 19 53 11 0 2 9 7 20 12 0 2 10 12 33 -34 -8

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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.