Altrincham travel to Dover Athletic with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Perrys Crabble Stadium (6500 seats)

Club members at The Perrys Crabble Stadium haven’t witnessed many wins this season, with Dover Athletic lying uncomfortably in the 23rd position. The guesting Altrincham will hope to protect their higher league spot in this game.

Insights:
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (95) in National League

Dover Athletic have had a bad season and will be relegated from National League.

The hosts Dover saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the National League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Notts County, was also a home game here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

With 1 National League win, 3 draws and 16 defeats from their home games, Dover Athletic are certainly not brimming with confidence. With eight home National League games in a row without a win, the Dover Athletic fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Eastleigh game long ago, can be stopped today.

Dover Athletic played out an unpredictable loss 0-3 against Notts County in their previous outing, also played at home.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Chesterfield (2-3).

The manager Hessenthaler will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Notts County in only two days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dover here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 20 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 38 goals have been conceded.

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Altrincham form and stats

There's been little loot from Altrincham's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 19 away games in the National League. Altrincham only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 5 draws. Altrincham seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Marriott, Mooney and Kosylo (2) scored in Altrincham's previous match, the home game against Wealdstone that ended 4-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Wealdstone was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

A 0-4 defeat away at Wrexham before that.

After this away game Altrincham return home for a National League game against Barnet. That game is only two sleeps after this.

The visiting Altrincham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 19 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Altrincham - Dover Athletic 3-2 was the story when these two sides last played each other, some time ago this season. Dover Athletic-Altrincham H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Dover Athletic three wins, Altrincham one win, one draw. five of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AltrinchamR. Colclough
R. Colclough
11 goals
AltrinchamD. Mooney
D. Mooney
10 goals
AltrinchamM. Kosylo
M. Kosylo
9 goals

Dover Athletic missing players

Altrincham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dover Athletic Altrincham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 7 19 39
2 1 0 Won W 2 4 14
6 3 0 Drew D 3 5 8
32 16 7 Lost L 2 10 17
34 12 2 Scored S 9 21 59
95 38 14 Conceded C 7 38 63
92% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 97%
75% 60% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 84% 82%
60% 45% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 53% 56%
40% 30% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 47% 44%
30% 15% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 26% 28%
57% 45% 29% BTTS BTTS 57% 53% 54%
10% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 11% 23%
40% 50% 71% Failed to Score F T 29% 42% 26%
 
3.9 3.9 3.1 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 4.6 4.8
6.3 6.8 5.1 Corners against (avg) C A 6.1 6.2 5.6
2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.6
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
7.4 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.1 9.9 10.6
3.1 3.2 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.9 3.7 4.5
28% 18% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 30% 34%
 
13.7 13.4 12.9 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12 10.6
6.3 6.2 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5.1 4.4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Dover Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest clean sheets (4) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest points (6) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest points from losing position (0) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (38) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (95) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (48) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-26) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-61) 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 Stockport County 39 27 4 8 82 33 19 13 3 3 40 15 20 14 1 5 42 18 49 85
2 Wrexham 40 24 9 7 86 42 20 13 6 1 43 18 20 11 3 6 43 24 44 81
3 Halifax Town 40 23 8 9 58 31 20 16 1 3 35 10 20 7 7 6 23 21 27 77
4 Solihull Moors 40 21 12 7 70 42 20 12 5 3 45 23 20 9 7 4 25 19 28 75
5 Notts County 40 21 10 9 75 49 20 13 5 2 43 22 20 8 5 7 32 27 26 73
6 Chesterfield 40 20 13 7 67 44 20 11 6 3 36 25 20 9 7 4 31 19 23 73
7 Grimsby Town 40 22 6 12 60 37 20 14 2 4 36 16 20 8 4 8 24 21 23 72
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 40 20 6 14 74 49 20 9 5 6 43 29 20 11 1 8 31 20 25 66
9 Boreham Wood 39 17 11 11 44 32 20 11 7 2 27 10 19 6 4 9 17 22 12 62
10 Torquay United 39 17 9 13 62 51 20 10 5 5 36 22 19 7 4 8 26 29 11 60
11 Bromley 39 16 11 12 50 43 19 10 5 4 29 18 20 6 6 8 21 25 7 59
12 Southend United 41 16 8 17 43 58 20 10 3 7 24 25 21 6 5 10 19 33 -15 56
13 Yeovil Town 40 14 12 14 40 43 20 7 5 8 18 23 20 7 7 6 22 20 -3 54
14 Woking 41 16 4 21 58 56 20 8 0 12 27 31 21 8 4 9 31 25 2 52
15 Altrincham 39 14 8 17 59 63 20 10 3 7 38 25 19 4 5 10 21 38 -4 50
16 Wealdstone 40 12 10 18 45 61 20 7 7 6 21 21 20 5 3 12 24 40 -16 46
17 Maidenhead United 40 12 10 18 42 62 20 9 4 7 30 32 20 3 6 11 12 30 -20 46
18 Barnet 40 12 9 19 52 81 20 6 5 9 24 36 20 6 4 10 28 45 -29 45
19 Eastleigh 40 11 8 21 42 64 20 8 5 7 28 27 20 3 3 14 14 37 -22 41
20 Aldershot Town 40 10 8 22 39 66 20 3 5 12 15 36 20 7 3 10 24 30 -27 38
21 King's Lynn Town 41 7 9 25 40 74 21 4 3 14 19 35 20 3 6 11 21 39 -34 30
22 Weymouth 40 5 9 26 34 80 20 3 7 10 18 32 20 2 2 16 16 48 -46 24
23 Dover Athletic 40 2 6 32 34 95 20 1 3 16 12 38 20 1 3 16 22 57 -61 0

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 Stockport County 39 27 4 8 82 33 19 13 3 3 40 15 20 14 1 5 42 18 49 85
2 Wrexham 40 24 9 7 86 42 20 13 6 1 43 18 20 11 3 6 43 24 44 81
3 Halifax Town 40 23 8 9 58 31 20 16 1 3 35 10 20 7 7 6 23 21 27 77
4 Solihull Moors 40 21 12 7 70 42 20 12 5 3 45 23 20 9 7 4 25 19 28 75
5 Notts County 40 21 10 9 75 49 20 13 5 2 43 22 20 8 5 7 32 27 26 73
6 Chesterfield 40 20 13 7 67 44 20 11 6 3 36 25 20 9 7 4 31 19 23 73
7 Grimsby Town 40 22 6 12 60 37 20 14 2 4 36 16 20 8 4 8 24 21 23 72
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 40 20 6 14 74 49 20 9 5 6 43 29 20 11 1 8 31 20 25 66
9 Boreham Wood 39 17 11 11 44 32 20 11 7 2 27 10 19 6 4 9 17 22 12 62
10 Torquay United 39 17 9 13 62 51 20 10 5 5 36 22 19 7 4 8 26 29 11 60
11 Bromley 39 16 11 12 50 43 19 10 5 4 29 18 20 6 6 8 21 25 7 59
12 Southend United 41 16 8 17 43 58 20 10 3 7 24 25 21 6 5 10 19 33 -15 56
13 Yeovil Town 40 14 12 14 40 43 20 7 5 8 18 23 20 7 7 6 22 20 -3 54
14 Woking 41 16 4 21 58 56 20 8 0 12 27 31 21 8 4 9 31 25 2 52
15 Altrincham 39 14 8 17 59 63 20 10 3 7 38 25 19 4 5 10 21 38 -4 50
16 Wealdstone 40 12 10 18 45 61 20 7 7 6 21 21 20 5 3 12 24 40 -16 46
17 Maidenhead United 40 12 10 18 42 62 20 9 4 7 30 32 20 3 6 11 12 30 -20 46
18 Barnet 40 12 9 19 52 81 20 6 5 9 24 36 20 6 4 10 28 45 -29 45
19 Eastleigh 40 11 8 21 42 64 20 8 5 7 28 27 20 3 3 14 14 37 -22 41
20 Aldershot Town 40 10 8 22 39 66 20 3 5 12 15 36 20 7 3 10 24 30 -27 38
21 King's Lynn Town 41 7 9 25 40 74 21 4 3 14 19 35 20 3 6 11 21 39 -34 30
22 Weymouth 40 5 9 26 34 80 20 3 7 10 18 32 20 2 2 16 16 48 -46 24
23 Dover Athletic 40 2 6 32 34 95 20 1 3 16 12 38 20 1 3 16 22 57 -61 0

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