Home advantage could prove decisive in Boreham Wood - Barnet battle

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sun 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Meadow Park (4502 seats)

Boreham Wood are pursuing the top positions while Barnet are more concerned with staying out of trouble and relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals (13) in National League
  • Barnet have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Boreham Wood form and stats

Boreham Wood have performed here at Meadow Park this season with 6 wins from 9 National League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

It's back home for Boreham, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Barnet away with the result 3-2. Marsh (3) found the net in that victory. Marsh was absolutely essential when Boreham beat Barnet 3-2, scoring three goals.

In the game before, an away victory in the National League match versus Woking with a 2-0 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Boreham Wood matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, two draws and one defeat (from seven games).

Boreham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Meadow Park with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively Boreham have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Barnet form and stats

Playing away, Barnet have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the National League this season.

Barnet might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Boreham Wood proved too strong as Barnet slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at The Hive Stadium.

It was a National League defeat before that one as the away game against Yeovil Town wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Barnet when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning zero games.

Barnet find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Barnet have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - four - zero (Boreham Wood wins - draws - Barnet wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BorehamS. Boden
S. Boden
7 goals
Boreham WoodJ. Rees
J. Rees
5 goals
Boreham WoodT. Marsh
T. Marsh
4 goals

Boreham Wood missing players

Barnet missing players

Boreham Wood Barnet
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 10 19
11 6 3 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 2 5 8
28 15 6 Scored S 5 13 24
13 4 0 Conceded C 8 17 31
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
72% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 84%
33% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 58%
22% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 21%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 16%
44% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 70% 58%
56% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
6% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 37%
 
5.8 6.8 9.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5 5.7
5.1 5.1 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 5.3
1.8 1.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.8 9.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.8 8.9
4.6 4.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.7
34% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 37% 34%
 
8.3 7.4 3.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 9.7 10.4
3.4 3.1 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.5 4.5
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Barnet have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Barnet haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Boreham Wood have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Boreham Wood have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals (13) in National League
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in National League
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in National League
  • Boreham Wood have the most clean sheets (6) at home 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 Chesterfield 19 11 7 1 37 16 9 5 4 0 20 10 10 6 3 1 17 6 21 40
2 Halifax Town 20 12 4 4 32 17 9 7 0 2 18 7 11 5 4 2 14 10 15 40
3 Wrexham 21 11 6 4 37 20 9 4 4 1 8 5 12 7 2 3 29 15 17 39
4 Boreham Wood 18 11 5 2 28 13 9 6 3 0 15 4 9 5 2 2 13 9 15 38
5 Bromley 21 11 5 5 36 24 11 7 2 2 23 11 10 4 3 3 13 13 12 38
6 Stockport County 20 11 3 6 35 23 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 7 1 3 19 12 12 36
7 Solihull Moors 21 10 6 5 28 21 12 6 3 3 18 12 9 4 3 2 10 9 7 36
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 21 11 2 8 40 26 11 6 2 3 26 16 10 5 0 5 14 10 14 35
9 Notts County 19 10 5 4 33 22 10 7 2 1 20 13 9 3 3 3 13 9 11 35
10 Grimsby Town 19 10 2 7 31 21 9 7 0 2 19 6 10 3 2 5 12 15 10 32
11 Yeovil Town 19 9 4 6 20 18 10 4 3 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 11 9 2 31
12 Woking 21 9 1 11 34 33 10 4 0 6 14 17 11 5 1 5 20 16 1 28
13 Eastleigh 19 8 4 7 23 25 11 6 3 2 18 14 8 2 1 5 5 11 -2 28
14 Torquay United 21 8 3 10 32 34 10 6 0 4 19 15 11 2 3 6 13 19 -2 27
15 Altrincham 21 7 4 10 34 36 10 4 1 5 15 14 11 3 3 5 19 22 -2 25
16 Barnet 19 7 4 8 24 31 9 4 2 3 11 14 10 3 2 5 13 17 -7 25
17 Aldershot Town 21 6 3 12 24 34 11 2 2 7 10 21 10 4 1 5 14 13 -10 21
18 Wealdstone 19 5 6 8 19 29 10 3 3 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 11 18 -10 21
19 Maidenhead United 19 5 3 11 20 38 10 4 1 5 16 22 9 1 2 6 4 16 -18 18
20 Southend United 19 4 4 11 16 31 8 2 2 4 10 14 11 2 2 7 6 17 -15 16
21 Weymouth 19 4 3 12 21 38 10 2 3 5 12 17 9 2 0 7 9 21 -17 15
22 King's Lynn Town 19 3 2 14 17 40 10 1 1 8 6 17 9 2 1 6 11 23 -23 11
23 Dover Athletic 21 0 4 17 17 48 11 0 2 9 7 20 10 0 2 8 10 28 -31 -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.