Soccer betting preview: Eastleigh welcomes Boreham Wood in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 03.December
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Silverlake Stadium (3000 seats)

The season has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, ups and downs resulting in mid-table positions so far. Gear up for Eastleigh - Boreham Wood!

Insights:
  • Eastleigh haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals (8) away 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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Eastleigh form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 10 National League games here at Silverlake Stadium for Eastleigh. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Eastleigh to get some points in this home game.

Eastleigh are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Altrincham.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Maidenhead United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Eastleigh have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1.

The Eastleigh fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Eastleigh have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Boreham Wood form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the National League. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Boreham Wood have lost on their last two travels.

Boreham aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 220 league minutes without a goal. Fyfield was the last player to find the net.

Two away matches in a row for Boreham Wood, whose manager Garrard could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Bristol Rovers. Defender Evans was the best team player with a rating of 7.91. Evans scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 10 duels.

Prior to that match, the Boreham Wood manager Garrard faced defeat when travelling to Halifax Town and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Boreham Wood in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Boreham, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Low-scoring game? 11 of this side's most recent 13 league matches have seen two or less goals.

A new game in only three days for Boreham Wood, the National League home match versus Oldham Athletic. Busy days.

Boreham Wood have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Boreham are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Boreham Wood have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Eastleigh.

Top Goalscorers

EastleighD. Whitehall
D. Whitehall
7 goals
Boreham WoodT. Marsh
T. Marsh
5 goals
Boreham WoodL. Ndlovu
L. Ndlovu
5 goals

Eastleigh missing players

Boreham Wood missing players

Eastleigh Boreham Wood
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 10 19
8 7 2 Won W 2 5 7
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
9 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
25 16 3 Scored S 7 13 23
27 8 1 Conceded C 4 8 19
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 70% 74%
48% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 26%
14% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 10% 16%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 10% 5%
57% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 58%
29% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 21%
19% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 21%
 
5.3 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.1 5.3
5.3 4.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 4.4
2.2 2.6 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.7 14.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 9.5 9.5
5 6.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 3.9
24% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 31% 31%
 
10.4 10.3 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 11.5 9.7
4.6 4.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.7 4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Boreham Wood have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in National League
  • Boreham Wood haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Eastleigh haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Wrexham 20 14 4 2 52 18 10 10 0 0 37 9 10 4 4 2 15 9 34 46
2 Notts County 20 13 6 1 49 17 10 7 3 0 20 4 10 6 3 1 29 13 32 45
3 Chesterfield 19 12 4 3 40 23 10 8 0 2 21 11 9 4 4 1 19 12 17 40
4 Woking 20 11 4 5 34 19 10 6 2 2 19 10 10 5 2 3 15 9 15 37
5 Southend United 21 9 6 6 28 18 10 5 3 2 13 6 11 4 3 4 15 12 10 33
6 Barnet 20 10 3 7 38 38 10 6 1 3 15 15 10 4 2 4 23 23 0 33
7 Solihull Moors 20 8 6 6 33 23 10 4 4 2 18 11 10 4 2 4 15 12 10 30
8 Bromley 20 8 5 7 28 26 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 3 2 5 15 18 2 29
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 19 8 5 6 34 35 10 6 3 1 24 17 9 2 2 5 10 18 -1 29
10 Wealdstone 20 8 5 7 23 28 10 3 4 3 11 14 10 5 1 4 12 14 -5 29
11 Boreham Wood 19 7 7 5 23 19 9 2 4 3 10 11 10 5 3 2 13 8 4 28
12 Eastleigh 21 8 4 9 25 27 10 7 2 1 16 8 11 1 2 8 9 19 -2 28
13 Maidenhead United 21 8 3 10 21 26 10 5 2 3 11 9 11 3 1 7 10 17 -5 27
14 Dorking Wanderers 20 7 4 9 36 45 11 5 2 4 20 22 9 2 2 5 16 23 -9 25
15 Halifax Town 20 7 4 9 17 26 9 5 1 3 9 10 11 2 3 6 8 16 -9 25
16 Altrincham 21 6 7 8 28 38 11 5 3 3 16 13 10 1 4 5 12 25 -10 25
17 York City 21 6 6 9 23 23 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 3 3 5 13 11 0 24
18 Aldershot Town 20 7 2 11 28 33 10 4 1 5 16 15 10 3 1 6 12 18 -5 23
19 Yeovil Town 21 4 10 7 17 21 11 4 4 3 11 10 10 0 6 4 6 11 -4 22
20 Maidstone United 21 5 6 10 25 44 11 3 5 3 12 15 10 2 1 7 13 29 -19 21
21 Gateshead 20 3 8 9 25 34 10 2 5 3 15 15 10 1 3 6 10 19 -9 17
22 Oldham Athletic 18 4 5 9 17 27 9 4 1 4 14 15 9 0 4 5 3 12 -10 17
23 Scunthorpe United 21 3 6 12 26 43 10 3 2 5 16 21 11 0 4 7 10 22 -17 15
24 Torquay United 21 3 6 12 24 43 11 1 5 5 20 26 10 2 1 7 4 17 -19 15

Read more about National League

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.