National League preview: Can Barnet edge out victory against Oldham Athletic?

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Tue 28.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Hive Stadium (5634 seats)

Barnet have layed the groundwork for this after their 4-1 result against Aldershot Town, a game that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Oldham Athletic?

Insights:
  • Barnet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Barnet have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Oldham Athletic have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Barnet and Oldham Athletic.

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Barnet form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 16 National League games here at The Hive Stadium for Barnet. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

A nice win for Barnet last time playing, versus Aldershot Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Smith, Senior, Pritchard and Kanu scoring for the victors. Finally, a league win after three fixtures without.

Ahead of that match, Barnet lost 2-4 at home to Altrincham.

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 Barnet have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

An interesting fact: 9 of the latest 11 league matches from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.

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

Barnet have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Hive Stadium with 29 goals in 16 league matches. Barnet have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Oldham Athletic have only collected 11 points from their away games in the National League, after 2-5-9 (16 played).

It's the second away game in a row for Oldham Athletic, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Chesterfield (placed 5th) last time out.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gateshead wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Oldham Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Boreham Wood in just four days.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Oldham have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other already this season, with the final score Oldham Athletic - Barnet 0-2 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

BarnetN. Kabamba
N. Kabamba
17 goals
BarnetH. Pritchard
H. Pritchard
10 goals
BarnetR. De Havilland
R. De Havilland
7 goals

Barnet missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnet Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 16 32
17 10 3 Won W 1 2 10
5 2 0 Drew D 0 5 8
10 4 1 Lost L 4 9 14
63 29 10 Scored S 3 14 43
54 22 6 Conceded C 10 24 48
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 81%
62% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 56%
44% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 28%
22% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 19%
66% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 59%
25% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 19%
9% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 28%
 
6.1 6.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.4 4.2
6.3 6.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.6 4.7
1.8 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2 2.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 10.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 8.8 8.8
4.5 4.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4 4
43% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 22% 33%
 
11.2 9.9 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.4 12.9 11.4
5.5 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 4.3 4.1
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Barnet have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Oldham Athletic have scored away.
  • Barnet 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 Notts County 35 25 8 2 89 32 17 12 4 1 37 9 18 13 4 1 52 23 57 83
2 Wrexham 33 25 6 2 86 31 16 15 1 0 54 14 17 10 5 2 32 17 55 81
3 Woking 34 18 8 8 59 37 17 9 5 3 32 19 17 9 3 5 27 18 22 62
4 Barnet 32 17 5 10 63 54 16 10 2 4 29 22 16 7 3 6 34 32 9 56
5 Chesterfield 32 16 7 9 54 39 17 11 1 5 32 20 15 5 6 4 22 19 15 55
6 Southend United 32 15 8 9 43 31 17 9 4 4 24 13 15 6 4 5 19 18 12 53
7 Eastleigh 33 15 6 12 41 37 17 11 3 3 23 12 16 4 3 9 18 25 4 51
8 Boreham Wood 32 12 13 7 39 30 15 5 7 3 18 15 17 7 6 4 21 15 9 49
9 Bromley 33 12 12 9 47 40 17 7 8 2 26 16 16 5 4 7 21 24 7 48
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 33 14 6 13 50 53 17 9 3 5 30 25 16 5 3 8 20 28 -3 48
11 Wealdstone 32 12 10 10 40 44 15 7 4 4 22 20 17 5 6 6 18 24 -4 46
12 Altrincham 33 12 9 12 53 58 18 9 3 6 30 24 15 3 6 6 23 34 -5 45
13 Solihull Moors 34 11 9 14 48 50 16 5 5 6 23 20 18 6 4 8 25 30 -2 42
14 Maidenhead United 33 11 6 16 36 45 15 6 4 5 18 16 18 5 2 11 18 29 -9 39
15 Oldham Athletic 32 10 8 14 43 48 16 8 3 5 29 24 16 2 5 9 14 24 -5 38
16 Aldershot Town 35 11 5 19 48 60 18 5 3 10 24 29 17 6 2 9 24 31 -12 38
17 Halifax Town 33 10 7 16 29 42 16 7 3 6 17 19 17 3 4 10 12 23 -13 37
18 York City 33 9 9 15 39 44 17 5 5 7 21 24 16 4 4 8 18 20 -5 36
19 Gateshead 32 7 12 13 40 50 14 3 6 5 19 23 18 4 6 8 21 27 -10 33
20 Dorking Wanderers 32 9 6 17 48 76 16 7 3 6 28 35 16 2 3 11 20 41 -28 33
21 Yeovil Town 31 6 14 11 27 36 16 5 7 4 16 16 15 1 7 7 11 20 -9 32
22 Torquay United 32 7 8 17 37 58 17 4 6 7 27 32 15 3 2 10 10 26 -21 29
23 Scunthorpe United 33 6 8 19 38 65 17 5 3 9 26 35 16 1 5 10 12 30 -27 26
24 Maidstone United 34 5 8 21 37 74 17 3 6 8 18 29 17 2 2 13 19 45 -37 23

Oldham Athletic:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Notts County 35 25 8 2 89 32 17 12 4 1 37 9 18 13 4 1 52 23 57 83
2 Wrexham 33 25 6 2 86 31 16 15 1 0 54 14 17 10 5 2 32 17 55 81
3 Woking 34 18 8 8 59 37 17 9 5 3 32 19 17 9 3 5 27 18 22 62
4 Barnet 32 17 5 10 63 54 16 10 2 4 29 22 16 7 3 6 34 32 9 56
5 Chesterfield 32 16 7 9 54 39 17 11 1 5 32 20 15 5 6 4 22 19 15 55
6 Southend United 32 15 8 9 43 31 17 9 4 4 24 13 15 6 4 5 19 18 12 53
7 Eastleigh 33 15 6 12 41 37 17 11 3 3 23 12 16 4 3 9 18 25 4 51
8 Boreham Wood 32 12 13 7 39 30 15 5 7 3 18 15 17 7 6 4 21 15 9 49
9 Bromley 33 12 12 9 47 40 17 7 8 2 26 16 16 5 4 7 21 24 7 48
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 33 14 6 13 50 53 17 9 3 5 30 25 16 5 3 8 20 28 -3 48
11 Wealdstone 32 12 10 10 40 44 15 7 4 4 22 20 17 5 6 6 18 24 -4 46
12 Altrincham 33 12 9 12 53 58 18 9 3 6 30 24 15 3 6 6 23 34 -5 45
13 Solihull Moors 34 11 9 14 48 50 16 5 5 6 23 20 18 6 4 8 25 30 -2 42
14 Maidenhead United 33 11 6 16 36 45 15 6 4 5 18 16 18 5 2 11 18 29 -9 39
15 Oldham Athletic 32 10 8 14 43 48 16 8 3 5 29 24 16 2 5 9 14 24 -5 38
16 Aldershot Town 35 11 5 19 48 60 18 5 3 10 24 29 17 6 2 9 24 31 -12 38
17 Halifax Town 33 10 7 16 29 42 16 7 3 6 17 19 17 3 4 10 12 23 -13 37
18 York City 33 9 9 15 39 44 17 5 5 7 21 24 16 4 4 8 18 20 -5 36
19 Gateshead 32 7 12 13 40 50 14 3 6 5 19 23 18 4 6 8 21 27 -10 33
20 Dorking Wanderers 32 9 6 17 48 76 16 7 3 6 28 35 16 2 3 11 20 41 -28 33
21 Yeovil Town 31 6 14 11 27 36 16 5 7 4 16 16 15 1 7 7 11 20 -9 32
22 Torquay United 32 7 8 17 37 58 17 4 6 7 27 32 15 3 2 10 10 26 -21 29
23 Scunthorpe United 33 6 8 19 38 65 17 5 3 9 26 35 16 1 5 10 12 30 -27 26
24 Maidstone United 34 5 8 21 37 74 17 3 6 8 18 29 17 2 2 13 19 45 -37 23

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