National League preview: Can Altrincham edge out victory against Wealdstone?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 26.January
Match begins: 19:45 (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 5th and Wealdstone's 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Altrincham has the most matches under the total-line (12) in National League
  • Wealdstone has the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in National League

It's no vacation for neither Altrincham nor Wealdstone as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Altrincham form and stats

The story so far in the National League for Altrincham at their home stadium (The J. Davidson Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Altrincham, who won 2-1 against Barnet (placed 22nd).

A late climax in the match against Barnet as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by J. Hancock.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Altrincham have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn four and lost two.

The Altrincham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Altrincham have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Wealdstone form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wealdstone so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Wealdstone as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Weymouth match. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Wealdstone are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Home advantage was not enough for Wealdstone in their previous game, as they lost their National League-match, hosting Aldershot Town, 3-4. Before that, Wealdstone secured a home win against Gloucester City with the score 3-1.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Wealdstone, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Wealdstone 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, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The National League trip to Solihull Moors.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Wealdstone as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Wealdstone have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Wealdstone - Altrincham 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

AltrinchamJ. Hancock
J. Hancock
5 goals
WealdstoneM. Emmanuel
M. Emmanuel
5 goals
WealdstoneD. Parish
D. Parish
5 goals

Altrincham missing players

Wealdstone missing players

Altrincham Wealdstone
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 7 1 Played P 2 9 17
7 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
6 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
6 3 0 Lost L 1 5 8
22 7 0 Scored S 2 7 26
22 8 0 Conceded C 3 17 37
95% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
63% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 76%
37% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 71%
26% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 53%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 35%
53% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 59%
32% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 18%
21% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 56% 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 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.2 9.6
3.7 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4.5
31% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 19% 34%
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Altrincham has the most matches under the total-line (12) in National League
  • Wealdstone has the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in National League
  • Wealdstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 18 12 3 3 38 17 8 6 1 1 17 6 10 6 2 2 21 11 21 39
2 Sutton United 15 9 3 3 28 16 9 5 2 2 19 7 6 4 1 1 9 9 12 30
3 Hartlepool United 18 9 3 6 26 20 10 5 2 3 16 12 8 4 1 3 10 8 6 30
4 Stockport County 16 8 4 4 25 17 7 3 3 1 11 6 9 5 1 3 14 11 8 28
5 Altrincham 19 7 6 6 22 22 7 2 2 3 7 8 12 5 4 3 15 14 0 27
6 Halifax Town 19 7 5 7 31 24 9 4 2 3 17 12 10 3 3 4 14 12 7 26
7 Solihull Moors 14 8 1 5 20 13 7 6 0 1 13 3 7 2 1 4 7 10 7 25
8 Bromley 16 7 4 5 26 20 9 2 2 5 13 15 7 5 2 0 13 5 6 25
9 Notts County 15 7 3 5 19 13 9 5 1 3 14 8 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 24
10 Aldershot Town 17 7 3 7 26 25 7 3 1 3 9 10 10 4 2 4 17 15 1 24
11 Maidenhead United 15 7 3 5 21 21 6 3 1 2 13 11 9 4 2 3 8 10 0 24
12 Boreham Wood 15 6 5 4 18 12 5 2 1 2 4 4 10 4 4 2 14 8 6 23
13 Wrexham 16 7 2 7 21 19 7 4 1 2 10 4 9 3 1 5 11 15 2 23
14 Chesterfield 16 7 1 8 28 21 9 4 1 4 18 10 7 3 0 4 10 11 7 22
15 Woking 17 6 4 7 20 18 10 4 4 2 12 5 7 2 0 5 8 13 2 22
16 Dagenham & Redbridge 16 6 3 7 14 18 7 2 2 3 5 7 9 4 1 4 9 11 -4 21
17 Wealdstone 17 6 3 8 26 37 8 4 1 3 19 20 9 2 2 5 7 17 -11 21
18 Eastleigh 15 5 5 5 21 19 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 3 2 3 14 13 2 20
19 King's Lynn Town 16 5 3 8 21 34 8 2 3 3 11 15 8 3 0 5 10 19 -13 18
20 Yeovil Town 15 4 5 6 20 24 8 2 1 5 10 13 7 2 4 1 10 11 -4 17
21 Weymouth 17 3 3 11 18 31 11 2 1 8 13 24 6 1 2 3 5 7 -13 12
22 Barnet 15 2 3 10 12 37 9 1 2 6 5 17 6 1 1 4 7 20 -25 9
23 Dover Athletic 13 2 1 10 8 31 8 2 1 5 6 17 5 0 0 5 2 14 -23 7

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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.