Possible nail-biting contest in Eastleigh - Altrincham game

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Silverlake Stadium (3000 seats)

It's looking good for Eastleigh so far, with the 7th position in the National League table and hosting Altrincham (who are in 13th).

Insights:
  • Eastleigh have the most clean sheets (11) at home in National League
  • Altrincham have the most points from losing position (23) in National League

It's no vacation for neither Eastleigh nor Altrincham 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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Eastleigh form and stats

42 points is a decent return from 19 National League games here at Silverlake Stadium for Eastleigh. The data says 13 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Two home wins in a row for Eastleigh bring valid hopes of a third.

No payout for Eastleigh in their previous match, an away game at Notts County (after extra-time) that ended in defeat 1-3.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Oldham Athletic (after extra-time).

This is expected to be a close game, with Eastleigh perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Eastleigh as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Eastleigh has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 11 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Eastleigh fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 19 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Eastleigh are not conceding a lot of goals here at Silverlake Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 19 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Altrincham form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Altrincham so far with only 19 points returning home. The records show 4-7-8 (win-draw-lose).

Altrincham play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting York City (after extra-time) (placed 18th). Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league games without winning.

Earlier, the Fa Trophy victory away at York City (after extra-time). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Altrincham playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Altrincham wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

Observe that 13 of this team's 17 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Altrincham find the net regularly in their away games. 26 goals from 19 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Altrincham, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants played each other earlier this season; Altrincham - Eastleigh 2-1. Stats for the prior nine meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Eastleigh, four draws and three wins for Altrincham. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

EastleighD. Whitehall
D. Whitehall
12 goals
EastleighC. Carter
C. Carter
7 goals
EastleighA. Lloyd
A. Lloyd
5 goals

Eastleigh missing players

Altrincham missing players

Eastleigh Altrincham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 7 19 37
18 13 4 Won W 1 4 13
6 3 2 Drew D 2 7 10
14 3 0 Lost L 4 8 14
45 25 6 Scored S 7 26 56
41 12 2 Conceded C 16 42 66
95% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
61% 53% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 89% 86%
39% 21% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 63% 65%
21% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 58% 46%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 26% 22%
45% 26% 33% BTTS BTTS 57% 68% 70%
39% 58% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 8%
21% 21% 17% Failed to Score F T 43% 32% 24%
 
4.9 4.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.4
5.8 5.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.4 6.1
2 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 11.9 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.2 10.4
4.4 5.2 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 4.2 4.8
27% 26% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 32% 32%
 
10.9 10.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 12.7 10.1
4.3 4.2 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.4 3.9
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Altrincham have the most points from losing position (23) in National League
  • Eastleigh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Eastleigh have the most clean sheets (11) at home 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 Wrexham 37 28 7 2 95 34 18 17 1 0 57 15 19 11 6 2 38 19 61 91
2 Notts County 38 27 9 2 96 35 19 14 4 1 43 11 19 13 5 1 53 24 61 90
3 Woking 37 20 8 9 62 38 18 10 5 3 34 19 19 10 3 6 28 19 24 68
4 Chesterfield 37 19 8 10 64 44 18 11 2 5 33 21 19 8 6 5 31 23 20 65
5 Barnet 36 19 5 12 68 60 18 11 2 5 32 26 18 8 3 7 36 34 8 62
6 Boreham Wood 36 16 13 7 44 30 17 7 7 3 20 15 19 9 6 4 24 15 14 61
7 Eastleigh 38 18 6 14 45 41 19 13 3 3 25 12 19 5 3 11 20 29 4 60
8 Wealdstone 37 15 10 12 48 55 18 9 4 5 28 25 19 6 6 7 20 30 -7 55
9 Southend United 36 15 8 13 44 36 19 9 4 6 25 16 17 6 4 7 19 20 8 53
10 Bromley 36 13 13 10 50 45 19 7 9 3 27 20 17 6 4 7 23 25 5 52
11 Solihull Moors 37 14 9 14 56 53 19 8 5 6 31 23 18 6 4 8 25 30 3 51
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 15 6 15 53 60 19 10 3 6 32 30 17 5 3 9 21 30 -7 51
13 Altrincham 37 13 10 14 56 66 18 9 3 6 30 24 19 4 7 8 26 42 -10 49
14 Oldham Athletic 36 12 8 16 47 52 18 9 3 6 30 26 18 3 5 10 17 26 -5 44
15 Maidenhead United 38 12 8 18 41 52 19 7 6 6 23 21 19 5 2 12 18 31 -11 44
16 Halifax Town 36 11 9 16 34 42 17 8 3 6 22 19 19 3 6 10 12 23 -8 42
17 Aldershot Town 37 11 7 19 50 62 19 5 4 10 25 30 18 6 3 9 25 32 -12 40
18 York City 37 10 9 18 44 49 18 5 5 8 22 26 19 5 4 10 22 23 -5 39
19 Yeovil Town 36 7 16 13 31 41 19 6 8 5 18 18 17 1 8 8 13 23 -10 37
20 Dorking Wanderers 36 10 7 19 51 81 18 8 4 6 30 36 18 2 3 13 21 45 -30 37
21 Gateshead 34 7 13 14 41 52 16 3 7 6 20 25 18 4 6 8 21 27 -11 33
22 Torquay United 36 7 9 20 42 66 19 4 6 9 29 36 17 3 3 11 13 30 -24 30
23 Scunthorpe United 37 7 9 21 42 70 19 6 3 10 28 36 18 1 6 11 14 34 -28 30
24 Maidstone United 37 5 9 23 39 79 18 3 7 8 19 30 19 2 2 15 20 49 -40 24

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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.