National League match prediction and preview for Dover Athletic vs Notts County clash

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Perrys Crabble Stadium (6500 seats)

This is the National League season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Dover Athletic or Notts County get that important first win?

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Dover Athletic form and stats

There will be little rest for Dover after this match as they are travelling to Bromley for a National League game in only three days.

Dover Athletic have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and seven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Dover scored 7 goals and let in 11 goals during these seven games.

Last season, Dover Athletic's league statistics were 15 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the National League. Over these 38 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 49. Playing at home last season Dover Athletic managed 6-6-8 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 27 conceded.

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Notts County form and stats

A quick return to home after this game, as Notts County are hosting Altrincham in the National League only four days away.

It's a day of discovery for Notts County as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Notts County have played four with the results W3-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Notts County has scored 7 goals and conceded 5 times.

Let's have a look at how Notts County performed last season in the National League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 12 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 61 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 25/22 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Dover Athletic-Notts County H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Dover Athletic zero wins, Notts County zero wins, two draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Dover Athletic missing players

Notts County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dover Athletic Notts County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Dover Athletic Last season Notts County
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 20   Played P   19 40
15 6   Won W   7 18
9 6   Drew D   4 12
14 8   Lost L   8 10
49 30   Scored S   26 64
49 27   Conceded C   25 41
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
79% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 82%
47% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
18% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 28%
8% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
53% 70%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
26% 10%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 38%
26% 20%   Failed to Score F T   26% 20%
 
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   1.3 1.3
1 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
399 217   Total Shots T S   189 429
168 102   Shots on Target S O   75 185
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aldershot Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Barnet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boreham Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dover Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Eastleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hartlepool United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 King's Lynn Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Macclesfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Maidenhead United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Notts County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Solihull Moors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Torquay United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wealdstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Weymouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Woking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Yeovil Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barrow 37 21 7 9 68 39 19 13 2 4 33 15 18 8 5 5 35 24 29 70
2 Harrogate Town 37 19 9 9 61 44 19 12 4 3 32 16 18 7 5 6 29 28 17 66
3 Notts County 38 17 12 9 61 38 20 10 8 2 36 16 18 7 4 7 25 22 23 63
4 Yeovil Town 37 17 9 11 61 44 18 9 6 3 34 19 19 8 3 8 27 25 17 60
5 Boreham Wood 37 16 12 9 55 40 18 7 7 4 24 18 19 9 5 5 31 22 15 60
6 Halifax Town 37 17 7 13 50 49 20 10 3 7 31 26 17 7 4 6 19 23 1 58
7 Stockport County 39 16 10 13 51 54 19 9 3 7 28 28 20 7 7 6 23 26 -3 58
8 Solihull Moors 38 15 10 13 48 37 19 12 1 6 29 15 19 3 9 7 19 22 11 55
9 Hartlepool United 39 14 13 12 56 50 19 8 5 6 28 23 20 6 8 6 28 27 6 55
10 Woking 38 15 10 13 50 55 19 8 6 5 22 22 19 7 4 8 28 33 -5 55
11 Barnet 35 14 12 9 52 42 16 7 6 3 26 19 19 7 6 6 26 23 10 54
12 Dover Athletic 38 15 9 14 49 49 20 6 6 8 30 27 18 9 3 6 19 22 0 54
13 Bromley 38 14 10 14 57 52 19 8 6 5 37 26 19 6 4 9 20 26 5 52
14 Sutton United 38 12 14 12 47 42 19 6 7 6 31 26 19 6 7 6 16 16 5 50
15 Torquay United 36 14 6 16 56 61 18 9 2 7 27 26 18 5 4 9 29 35 -5 48
16 Aldershot Town 39 12 10 17 43 55 19 7 6 6 28 25 20 5 4 11 15 30 -12 46
17 Eastleigh 37 11 13 13 43 55 17 6 8 3 22 18 20 5 5 10 21 37 -12 46
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 37 11 11 15 40 44 19 7 6 6 29 24 18 4 5 9 11 20 -4 44
19 Chesterfield 38 11 11 16 55 65 19 6 4 9 31 34 19 5 7 7 24 31 -10 44
20 Wrexham 37 11 10 16 46 49 18 7 7 4 23 16 19 4 3 12 23 33 -3 43
21 Ebbsfleet United 39 10 12 17 47 68 19 4 6 9 23 33 20 6 6 8 24 35 -21 42
22 Maidenhead United 38 12 5 21 44 58 20 4 4 12 20 30 18 8 1 9 24 28 -14 41
23 Fylde 37 9 12 16 44 60 19 5 6 8 20 26 18 4 6 8 24 34 -16 39
24 Chorley 38 4 14 20 31 65 19 3 5 11 13 30 19 1 9 9 18 35 -34 26

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 Aldershot Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Altrincham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Barnet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boreham Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dover Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Eastleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Halifax Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hartlepool United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 King's Lynn Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Macclesfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Maidenhead United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Notts County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Solihull Moors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sutton United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Torquay United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wealdstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Weymouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Woking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Yeovil Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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