Betting preview: Dover Athletic faced with a tough challenge when Dagenham & Redbridge visits

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Perrys Crabble Stadium (6500 seats)

Season ticket holders at The Perrys Crabble Stadium haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Dover Athletic lying uncomfortably in the 23rd position. The opposing Dagenham & Redbridge will try to protect their higher league place in this one.

Insights:
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (43) in National League
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most scored goals (37) in National League

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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Dover Athletic form and stats

With 0 National League wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Dover Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (43) in National League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Dover who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 22 attempts. Their previous win was against Fylde, 673 days ago.

The Dover Athletic crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Bromley here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium in a Fa Trophy match.

Heartbreak before that as Dover lost 1-2 at King's Lynn Town's place.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Dover as they are travelling to their away game against Woking in the National League. That match is two days after this one.

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 (7 from 10 games). Dover Athletic have conceded 18 from these games.

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Dagenham & Redbridge form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (37) in National League, on their National League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

Dagenham & Redbridge has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Truro City (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) for a Fa Trophy game that ended a draw (1-1). As mentioned above, Redbridge drew the match against Truro City (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties). Manager McMahon brought on Walker to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Grimsby Town in the National League.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aldershot Town in just two days.

Redbridge find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Dagenham & Redbridge have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the last seven meetings): Dover won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Dagenham & Redbridge have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / four

Top Goalscorers

Dagenham & RedbridgeÁ. Balanta
Á. Balanta
6 goals
Dagenham & RedbridgeP. McCallum
P. McCallum
6 goals
Dagenham & RedbridgeJ. Walker
J. Walker
5 goals

Dover Athletic missing players

Dagenham & Redbridge missing players

Dover Athletic Dagenham & Redbridge
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 9 19
0 0 0 Won W 2 4 9
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
15 8 2 Lost L 0 5 8
15 7 3 Scored S 6 12 37
43 18 7 Conceded C 2 10 26
89% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 74%
58% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 63%
37% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 47%
32% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 32%
63% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 58%
11% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
37% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 32%
 
4.6 5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 6.3
6.2 6.9 10.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.7 5.8
1.6 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 9.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.8 11.7
3.6 4.1 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.9 5.3
22% 17% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 27% 37%
 
12.8 13.1 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8.9 8.3
5.9 5.8 9.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 3.4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have scored more than double the goals of Dover Athletic.
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most scored goals (37) in National League
  • Dagenham & Redbridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dover Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest points (2) at home in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals (43) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-28) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have yet to win a 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 18 11 6 1 36 15 8 5 3 0 19 9 10 6 3 1 17 6 21 39
2 Halifax Town 19 12 3 4 31 16 9 7 0 2 18 7 10 5 3 2 13 9 15 39
3 Boreham Wood 18 11 5 2 28 13 9 6 3 0 15 4 9 5 2 2 13 9 15 38
4 Bromley 19 11 4 4 35 22 10 7 1 2 22 10 9 4 3 2 13 12 13 37
5 Wrexham 20 10 6 4 35 20 9 4 4 1 8 5 11 6 2 3 27 15 15 36
6 Solihull Moors 20 10 6 4 28 20 11 6 3 2 18 11 9 4 3 2 10 9 8 36
7 Notts County 19 10 5 4 33 22 10 7 2 1 20 13 9 3 3 3 13 9 11 35
8 Grimsby Town 19 10 2 7 31 21 9 7 0 2 19 6 10 3 2 5 12 15 10 32
9 Yeovil Town 18 9 4 5 20 15 10 4 3 3 9 9 8 5 1 2 11 6 5 31
10 Stockport County 18 9 3 6 29 22 8 3 2 3 11 10 10 6 1 3 18 12 7 30
11 Dagenham & Redbridge 19 9 2 8 37 26 10 5 2 3 25 16 9 4 0 5 12 10 11 29
12 Altrincham 19 7 4 8 33 29 9 4 1 4 15 12 10 3 3 4 18 17 4 25
13 Eastleigh 18 7 4 7 21 24 10 5 3 2 16 13 8 2 1 5 5 11 -3 25
14 Barnet 19 7 4 8 24 31 9 4 2 3 11 14 10 3 2 5 13 17 -7 25
15 Woking 19 8 0 11 30 30 9 3 0 6 11 15 10 5 0 5 19 15 0 24
16 Torquay United 19 7 3 9 28 32 9 5 0 4 16 15 10 2 3 5 12 17 -4 24
17 Wealdstone 19 5 6 8 19 29 10 3 3 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 11 18 -10 21
18 Aldershot Town 19 6 2 11 23 32 10 2 1 7 9 20 9 4 1 4 14 12 -9 20
19 Southend United 18 4 3 11 15 30 8 2 2 4 10 14 10 2 1 7 5 16 -15 15
20 Weymouth 19 4 3 12 21 38 10 2 3 5 12 17 9 2 0 7 9 21 -17 15
21 Maidenhead United 18 4 3 11 19 38 9 3 1 5 15 22 9 1 2 6 4 16 -19 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 19 0 4 15 15 43 10 0 2 8 7 18 9 0 2 7 8 25 -28 -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.