Delightful dogfight as daring Boreham Wood duel with determined Barnet

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

High profile Barnet arrive at Boreham Wood after their 2-1-result versus Boreham Wood. Get out our complete preview!

Insights:
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in National League
  • Barnet have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!

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Boreham Wood form and stats

The story so far in the National League for Boreham Wood at their home stadium (Meadow Park) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

No payout for Boreham in their previous match, an away game at Barnet that ended in defeat 1-2. Heartbreak for Boreham Wood in their last match as Barnet's Havilland scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Southend United in the Fa Trophy. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Boreham Wood handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 16 league games, 12 have seen two goals or less.

The Boreham Wood fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Boreham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Barnet form and stats

Playing away, Barnet have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the National League this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Boreham Wood.

Impressive finishing from Kabamba and Havilland secured the home win 2-1 against Boreham Wood in their previous game. The end of the last match, against Boreham Wood, was very satisfying as Havilland scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

A home victory as predicted against Plymouth Parkway before that, in the Fa Trophy. We have checked recent matches where Barnet have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Barnet have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 23 goals from 10 away matches. The Barnet manager Brennan has some worries about the defense as 23 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Boreham Wood and Barnet have duelled before this season: Barnet - Boreham Wood 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Boreham Wood three wins, five draws and Barnet two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

BarnetN. Kabamba
N. Kabamba
12 goals
BarnetH. Pritchard
H. Pritchard
8 goals
BorehamL. Ndlovu
L. Ndlovu
7 goals

Boreham Wood missing players

Barnet missing players

Boreham Wood Barnet
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 2 10 22
8 3 0 Won W 1 4 12
7 4 2 Drew D 0 2 3
7 3 2 Lost L 1 4 7
26 12 3 Scored S 6 23 42
23 12 6 Conceded C 5 23 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
32% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 70% 59%
14% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 41%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 18%
59% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 59%
18% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 27%
23% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
5.1 5.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6 6.1
4.5 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7.3 6.8
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.4 9.5 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.2 9.9
3.9 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.8 4.6
30% 33% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 86% 48% 41%
 
10 8.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.2 11.4
4 3.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 7.6 5.7
Key stats in National League this season:
  • All of Barnet's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Barnet have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Barnet have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Barnet haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Boreham Wood have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in National League
  • Boreham Wood 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 24 17 6 1 63 22 12 9 3 0 26 5 12 8 3 1 37 17 41 57
2 Wrexham 23 16 5 2 60 19 11 11 0 0 42 9 12 5 5 2 18 10 41 53
3 Chesterfield 22 14 4 4 45 26 11 9 0 2 24 12 11 5 4 2 21 14 19 46
4 Woking 23 13 4 6 39 23 12 7 2 3 22 13 11 6 2 3 17 10 16 43
5 Barnet 22 12 3 7 42 39 12 8 1 3 19 16 10 4 2 4 23 23 3 39
6 Southend United 23 9 7 7 30 21 12 5 4 3 15 9 11 4 3 4 15 12 9 34
7 Solihull Moors 22 9 6 7 35 29 11 5 4 2 20 12 11 4 2 5 15 17 6 33
8 Bromley 22 9 6 7 32 29 11 5 4 2 16 11 11 4 2 5 16 18 3 33
9 Wealdstone 23 9 6 8 29 35 11 4 4 3 14 16 12 5 2 5 15 19 -6 33
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 21 9 5 7 35 36 12 7 3 2 25 18 9 2 2 5 10 18 -1 32
11 Eastleigh 24 9 5 10 27 30 12 8 2 2 17 10 12 1 3 8 10 20 -3 32
12 Altrincham 24 8 8 8 35 43 12 6 3 3 18 14 12 2 5 5 17 29 -8 32
13 Boreham Wood 22 8 7 7 26 23 10 3 4 3 12 12 12 5 3 4 14 11 3 31
14 Halifax Town 23 9 4 10 22 29 11 7 1 3 13 11 12 2 3 7 9 18 -7 31
15 Dorking Wanderers 25 8 6 11 43 55 13 6 3 4 24 25 12 2 3 7 19 30 -12 30
16 York City 24 7 7 10 26 27 12 3 4 5 11 16 12 4 3 5 15 11 -1 28
17 Maidenhead United 24 8 4 12 27 34 12 5 3 4 15 14 12 3 1 8 12 20 -7 28
18 Aldershot Town 22 8 2 12 31 35 11 4 1 6 17 17 11 4 1 6 14 18 -4 26
19 Yeovil Town 23 4 12 7 18 22 12 4 5 3 11 10 11 0 7 4 7 12 -4 24
20 Maidstone United 25 5 6 14 30 54 12 3 5 4 14 18 13 2 1 10 16 36 -24 21
21 Gateshead 23 4 8 11 28 38 11 2 5 4 15 17 12 2 3 7 13 21 -10 20
22 Oldham Athletic 22 5 5 12 23 37 10 5 1 4 17 17 12 0 4 8 6 20 -14 20
23 Torquay United 24 4 7 13 28 47 12 1 6 5 21 27 12 3 1 8 7 20 -19 19
24 Scunthorpe United 24 3 7 14 28 49 12 3 2 7 18 27 12 0 5 7 10 22 -21 16

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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.