Football betting preview: Dover Athletic with moderate expectations before welcoming Stockport County

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

Dover Athletic are banking on their home following to assist them to do well in this match hosting Stockport County. Who triumphs at The Perrys Crabble Stadium?

Insights:
  • Dover Athletic have the fewest scored goals (6) in National League
  • Stockport County have scored at least twice as many goals away as Dover Athletic have scored home.

It's no vacation for neither Dover Athletic nor Stockport County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Dover Athletic form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National League this season. Dover Athletic have only managed 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at The Perrys Crabble Stadium. All in all it has been a very rough period for Dover who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Fylde, 615 days ago.

Dover are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Yate Town.

Before that, Dover drew at home versus Yate Town.

The manager A. Hessenthaler will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Southend United in only three days.

The lack of attacking qualities in Dover means that they have only scored 2 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Dover's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stockport County form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Stockport County's previous game was their home loss versus Barnet (1-2).

A 1-2 defeat away at Notts County before that.

Stockport County have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Stockport County in these games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Dover AthleticA. Cosgrove
A. Cosgrove
4 goals
Stockport CountyP. Madden
P. Madden
4 goals
Stockport CountyJ. Rooney
J. Rooney
3 goals

Dover Athletic missing players

Stockport County missing players

Dover Athletic Stockport County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 0 Played P 3 6 12
0 0 0 Won W 3 3 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
8 4 0 Lost L 0 2 5
6 2 0 Scored S 5 6 11
22 6 0 Conceded C 1 6 15
82% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
64% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 67%
45% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 58%
27% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
27% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 42%
18% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 42%
55% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
3.7 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.5 6.2
5.9 5.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 5.6
1.6 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.2 9.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9 7.8
3.5 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 2.9
16% 9% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 31%
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 scored goals (6) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-16) in National League
  • Dover Athletic have yet to win a game.
  • Dover Athletic is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Stockport County have scored at least twice as many goals away as Dover Athletic have scored home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Grimsby Town 13 9 2 2 27 12 6 6 0 0 18 4 7 3 2 2 9 8 15 29
2 Chesterfield 13 8 4 1 25 11 6 4 2 0 13 7 7 4 2 1 12 4 14 28
3 Boreham Wood 13 8 3 2 19 11 6 4 2 0 9 3 7 4 1 2 10 8 8 27
4 Halifax Town 13 8 2 3 21 11 7 6 0 1 15 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 10 26
5 Solihull Moors 13 7 4 2 20 16 7 4 2 1 14 9 6 3 2 1 6 7 4 25
6 Bromley 11 7 2 2 24 13 6 5 0 1 15 4 5 2 2 1 9 9 11 23
7 Dagenham & Redbridge 13 7 1 5 27 17 6 4 1 1 20 10 7 3 0 4 7 7 10 22
8 Notts County 13 6 4 3 23 17 7 4 2 1 12 11 6 2 2 2 11 6 6 22
9 Altrincham 12 6 1 5 21 17 6 4 0 2 13 8 6 2 1 3 8 9 4 19
10 Stockport County 12 5 2 5 11 15 6 2 1 3 5 9 6 3 1 2 6 6 -4 17
11 Wrexham 11 4 4 3 17 14 4 2 2 0 4 2 7 2 2 3 13 12 3 16
12 Woking 11 5 0 6 20 16 4 2 0 2 6 5 7 3 0 4 14 11 4 15
13 Eastleigh 12 4 3 5 16 19 6 3 2 1 13 10 6 1 1 4 3 9 -3 15
14 Yeovil Town 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 2 2 3 5 7 4 2 0 2 6 5 -1 14
15 Torquay United 12 4 2 6 18 22 6 3 0 3 10 10 6 1 2 3 8 12 -4 14
16 Maidenhead United 12 4 2 6 17 21 7 3 1 3 14 14 5 1 1 3 3 7 -4 14
17 Wealdstone 13 3 5 5 12 19 7 2 3 2 6 6 6 1 2 3 6 13 -7 14
18 Barnet 13 3 4 6 15 26 6 1 2 3 4 12 7 2 2 3 11 14 -11 13
19 Weymouth 13 3 3 7 16 24 6 1 3 2 7 8 7 2 0 5 9 16 -8 12
20 King's Lynn Town 12 2 2 8 11 21 7 0 1 6 2 9 5 2 1 2 9 12 -10 8
21 Southend United 11 2 2 7 7 19 5 1 1 3 5 10 6 1 1 4 2 9 -12 8
22 Aldershot Town 12 2 1 9 13 22 6 0 0 6 4 12 6 2 1 3 9 10 -9 7
23 Dover Athletic 11 0 3 8 6 22 6 0 2 4 2 6 5 0 1 4 4 16 -16 -9

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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.