Soccer betting preview: Barnet welcomes Torquay United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hive Stadium (5634 seats)

Barnet want to fill the stadium for this game even though the season has been grim so far with 16 points and a 17th position in the National League table. Visiting Torquay United hold 14th place with 18 pts.

Insights:
  • Barnet have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Torquay United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

This should be an intriguing match with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Barnet form and stats

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

In their previous game, the manager D. Brennan led his Barnet to a defeat in the National League match away at Wealdstone. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Hive Stadium.

Before that, Barnet had a home game versus Aldershot Town which ended with a victory 2-1.

Barnet have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Torquay United form and stats

There's been little loot from Torquay United's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the National League. Torquay United only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.

Torquay United won their last game, 2-1 versus Dover Athletic played at home.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Wrexham.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The National League trip to Aldershot Town.

The visiting Torquay have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. Torquay struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: two wins for Barnet, two draws and six wins for Torquay United. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Torquay UnitedA. Little
A. Little
7 goals
BarnetM. Enigbokan-Bloomfield
M. Enigbokan-Bloomfield
3 goals
BarnetJ. Widdowson
J. Widdowson
3 goals

Barnet missing players

Torquay United missing players

Barnet Torquay United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 14
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 5
4 2 1 Drew D 0 3 3
7 3 1 Lost L 0 3 6
17 6 1 Scored S 4 9 21
28 13 4 Conceded C 3 13 24
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
53% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 57%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 43%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 14% 14%
60% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 57%
7% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 21%
40% 57% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 21%
 
6.1 6.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.6
5.5 5.7 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 4.9 5.1
1.9 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.3 8.3 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9 9.3
3.5 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4.3 4.1
33% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 36%
 
10.9 11.6 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 20 12 9.3
4.8 4.7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.4 4.5
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Torquay United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Barnet have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Barnet have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torquay United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • 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 Chesterfield 15 9 5 1 31 13 7 5 2 0 17 7 8 4 3 1 14 6 18 32
2 Boreham Wood 15 9 4 2 21 12 7 5 2 0 10 3 8 4 2 2 11 9 9 31
3 Grimsby Town 15 9 2 4 28 15 7 6 0 1 18 5 8 3 2 3 10 10 13 29
4 Bromley 14 8 4 2 27 14 7 5 1 1 15 4 7 3 3 1 12 10 13 28
5 Notts County 15 8 4 3 26 17 8 5 2 1 14 11 7 3 2 2 12 6 9 28
6 Halifax Town 14 8 3 3 21 11 7 6 0 1 15 5 7 2 3 2 6 6 10 27
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 15 8 2 5 33 20 7 4 2 1 22 12 8 4 0 4 11 8 13 26
8 Solihull Moors 15 7 5 3 20 18 8 4 3 1 14 9 7 3 2 2 6 9 2 26
9 Wrexham 14 6 5 3 29 17 5 2 3 0 5 3 9 4 2 3 24 14 12 23
10 Woking 14 7 0 7 25 20 6 3 0 3 9 9 8 4 0 4 16 11 5 21
11 Stockport County 14 6 3 5 17 18 7 2 2 3 6 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 -1 21
12 Altrincham 14 6 2 6 24 21 7 4 1 2 14 9 7 2 1 4 10 12 3 20
13 Yeovil Town 13 5 3 5 13 13 8 3 2 3 7 8 5 2 1 2 6 5 0 18
14 Torquay United 14 5 3 6 21 24 7 4 0 3 12 11 7 1 3 3 9 13 -3 18
15 Eastleigh 14 5 3 6 18 21 7 4 2 1 14 10 7 1 1 5 4 11 -3 18
16 Wealdstone 14 4 5 5 13 19 8 3 3 2 7 6 6 1 2 3 6 13 -6 17
17 Barnet 15 4 4 7 17 28 7 2 2 3 6 13 8 2 2 4 11 15 -11 16
18 Weymouth 15 4 3 8 17 28 7 2 3 2 8 8 8 2 0 6 9 20 -11 15
19 Maidenhead United 14 4 2 8 18 26 8 3 1 4 15 18 6 1 1 4 3 8 -8 14
20 Southend United 14 3 2 9 11 23 7 2 1 4 9 13 7 1 1 5 2 10 -12 11
21 Aldershot Town 15 3 1 11 16 30 8 1 0 7 6 18 7 2 1 4 10 12 -14 10
22 King's Lynn Town 14 2 2 10 13 28 8 0 1 7 4 15 6 2 1 3 9 13 -15 8
23 Dover Athletic 14 0 3 11 10 33 7 0 2 5 4 11 7 0 1 6 6 22 -23 -9

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.