The National League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Dover Athletic and Eastleigh are placed 22nd and 8th respectively.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dover Athletic form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Dover Athletic's two home games in the National League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium. It's trouble wherever Dover are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Stress levels are on the rise for Dover Athletic's attacking players as they have now played 301 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Wood was their last goal scorer.
Dover manager A. Hessenthaler and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Yeovil Town (after extra-time, 7-6 on penalties) (placed 17th) in the FA Cup. Heartbreak before that as Dover lost 0-2 at Torquay United's place.
Dover salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Yeovil Town (after extra-time, 7-6 on penalties), trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in T. Bramble equalizing. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Altrincham are coming to town in four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Dover Athletic's 2 home games: 1 goal, 5 conceded.
Eastleigh form and stats
Only one away game in the National League so far for Eastleigh and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 10 losses from 20 travels.
Eastleigh won their last game, 3-1 versus Weston-super-Mare played at home. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Aldershot Town in the National League.
The schedule is very tough for Eastleigh now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A National League game at Bromley is waiting in only four days.
It's early days yet, but Eastleigh has scored 5 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Dover wins - draws - Eastleigh wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Dover Athletic missing players
Eastleigh missing players
| Dover Athletic | Eastleigh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 16 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 44 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 37% |
- Dover Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-12) in National League
| Dover Athletic | Last season | Eastleigh | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 37 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 49 | 30 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Conceded | C | 37 | 55 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 79% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 86% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 46% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 27% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 11% | ||
| 53% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 62% | ||
| 26% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 5% | 16% | ||
| 26% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 399 | 217 | Total Shots | T S | 177 | 375 | ||
| 168 | 102 | Shots on Target | S O | 71 | 149 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Torquay United | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Hartlepool United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Woking | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Solihull Moors | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Notts County | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Eastleigh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Wealdstone | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Halifax Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Wrexham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Barnet | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Maidenhead United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Aldershot Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Bromley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Boreham Wood | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Yeovil Town | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 18 | Weymouth | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | King's Lynn Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 21 | Chesterfield | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Dover Athletic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
| 23 | Altrincham | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |